BP3_2010061_Web_2.0_T1_Skitch

The free program, Skitch, is a Web 2.0 tool with many uses. It can be used to snap screen shots and easily manipulate images. You can use Skitch to grab an image of something on your screen or within view of your iSight camera, and then modify it with text, arrows, drawings, and other basic sketch tools (Snell, 2007). Once you've finished marking up your image, you can drag its Drag Me tab into an iChat window to add it to your chat, press a hotkey to e-mail it, or click on the Webpost button and watch as Skitch uploads your image to your blog or Flickr account (Snell, 2007).
With the purchase of a Wacom-Bamboo Pen and Tablet, $69.99 at Best Buy,
(http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Wacom+-+Bamboo+Pen+and+Tablet+-+Black/9469014.p?id=1218110423543&skuId=9469014&st=bamboo&contract_desc=null), and with access to a projector, Skitch can also be used as a whiteboard or blackboard in your classroom, depending on the settings. Skitch can be used to provide information on lessons or it could allow in interactive way for students to participate in the lesson.

If you want to have some fun, for a review students could play a game of Pictionary using terms or concepts from past lessons or units. Again, Skitch is an interactive, useful way create and modify images. Everything can be saved by clicking the Save button or a simple drag-and-drop to the desktop or wherever you need it.
I really like the how easy it is to share created images or snapshots. I put a few examples of some of the different ways Skitch can be used. Simple drag and drop.

Snell, J. (2007). Skitch. Macworld, 24(9), 32. Retrieved from Academic Search

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This Skitch captured image shows how you can highlight buttons easily to show information easily using highlights and arrows.


This Skitch captured image highlights where you name and drag and drop images.