Color Coding and Adding Emojis to Google Drive Folders for Organization

The human brain ๐Ÿง  can recognize images in a matter of milliseconds, according to research at MIT. This information can be useful in helping students (and adults!) in quickly finding information by color and emojis in Google Drive. For example, science folders could be in green and social science folders could be in blue. An emoji of a microscope ๐Ÿ”ฌ could be added to the file name of the science folder and a globe ๐ŸŒŽ to the file name of the social science folder. Have an important file about organization? Add a file cabinet ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ to it! These colors and pictures can help trigger memory in the blink of an eye ๐Ÿ‘€ when trying to locate files plus they add an element of fun! These strategies can help students organize their information in a way that they can quickly access later without the need to rely on text. Check out this video from Specialized Instructional Facilitator – Assistive Technology Jean Garrett to learn how to color code and add an emoji from emojipedia.org.

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