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Lines & Shapes
Clean diagrams, in a click.
How do you teach?
Freehand graphs and diagrams come out wobbly, and a messy drawing can hide the idea it’s meant to show. Lines & Shapes draw straight lines and precise shapes you can move or resize any time.
A wobbly hand-drawn triangle makes geometry harder than it is. Draw clean lines and shapes in seconds, and adjust them as you and your student work the problem.
When your diagram is messy, the class argues about the drawing, not the idea. Draw precise shapes and straight axes, and resize them as the lesson builds.
A rough sketch of an org chart or process flow confuses more than it helps. Draw clean boxes and connecting lines, and rearrange them as the group talks.
Graphs drawn freehand on the classroom display are hard to read from the back. Draw straight axes and precise shapes, and move them as the lesson develops.
Frameworks drawn by hand on the big screen look rushed. Draw clean boxes and arrows, then rearrange them as the room reshapes the idea.
Kids get frustrated when their shapes look wrong. Straight lines and neat shapes help your child focus on the math, not the drawing.
Free for 2 weeks on any paid plan. No credit card required.
What it solves
- Writing math and diagrams with a mouse
Helps you
Teach better
Part of
Whiteboard
The problem
Messy drawings hide the idea
Graphs, diagrams and geometry need clean lines. Drawn freehand, they wobble, look wrong and distract students from the concept they’re meant to show.
The usual way
Teachers draw slowly and carefully, apologize for the mess, or paste in pictures that can’t be changed.
How Pencil Spaces solves it
Lines (shortcut L) and shapes (shortcut S) for clean diagrams, graphs and geometry, which you can move or resize at any time.
What changes
Students see the idea, not the mess.
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What it looks like
In practice
A teacher presses L to draw axes and S to add a rectangle for an area problem. She resizes the rectangle as the student changes the dimensions.
In a 1:1 lesson
You draw a right triangle with clean lines and label each side. When your student changes one length, you resize the triangle to match.
In a group class
You draw a coordinate grid with straight axes and place shapes on it. Students move the shapes to answer each question.
In a virtual training
You draw the team structure with boxes and lines. When the group reorganizes it, you drag the boxes into place.
In your classroom
You draw a bar graph with straight axes on the display. Students come up to resize the bars to match the class data.
In the training room
You draw a 2x2 matrix on the big screen with clean lines. Each table places its ideas in the right box.
At home
Your son draws a square and a rectangle with the shape tool to compare their areas. They look right, so he focuses on the counting.
