Snip & Sketch
Snip & Sketch is an application that is found on most newer computers. It is a newer version of Snipping Tool.
Amazing, but true, virtually all the teachers at the academy had never heard of Snip & Sketch or Snipping Tool when the information was shared in a staff meeting; it was like sharing a magic wand with them!
This tool is not one which would be best for posters or artistic projects; it is best used for annotation of images, documents, or virtually anything you can capture on screen. Unlike a normal screen capture, with this you can write, circle, draw on, or other special effects. Snip & Sketch or its precursor would be a great tool for a science class. The student could be given a diagram of the human body and they could label the parts on the image, save it, and turn it in.
Again, for a student who struggles with reading/writing, they could show what they know...even by drawing the correct organs in the human body outline that is already labeled.
For teachers, it is a quick way to save information on the screen that they might need to send an absent student. Or, to remind themselves of something that must be finished. On an online map, you can use can use the sketch function to map a route for a field trip and send to everyone quickly.
The ISTE-S sections for this tool were 3C, which covers using many tools and methods to highlights connections or conclusions, and 6b, which is learning responsibility in remixing already existing material into something new. Knowing how to credit the original source even while using it is an important skill.
Annotated images would be best included in another project rather than used on their own, unless it was the map that was being annotated.
Both tools would be useful in the classroom, both by the teacher and students; learning with the students is sometimes the best way to teach them, so try something new.
Snip & Sketch is an application that is found on most newer computers. It is a newer version of Snipping Tool.
Amazing, but true, virtually all the teachers at the academy had never heard of Snip & Sketch or Snipping Tool when the information was shared in a staff meeting; it was like sharing a magic wand with them!
This tool is not one which would be best for posters or artistic projects; it is best used for annotation of images, documents, or virtually anything you can capture on screen. Unlike a normal screen capture, with this you can write, circle, draw on, or other special effects. Snip & Sketch or its precursor would be a great tool for a science class. The student could be given a diagram of the human body and they could label the parts on the image, save it, and turn it in.
Again, for a student who struggles with reading/writing, they could show what they know...even by drawing the correct organs in the human body outline that is already labeled.
For teachers, it is a quick way to save information on the screen that they might need to send an absent student. Or, to remind themselves of something that must be finished. On an online map, you can use can use the sketch function to map a route for a field trip and send to everyone quickly.
The ISTE-S sections for this tool were 3C, which covers using many tools and methods to highlights connections or conclusions, and 6b, which is learning responsibility in remixing already existing material into something new. Knowing how to credit the original source even while using it is an important skill.
Annotated images would be best included in another project rather than used on their own, unless it was the map that was being annotated.
Both tools would be useful in the classroom, both by the teacher and students; learning with the students is sometimes the best way to teach them, so try something new.