Snipping Tool

     The first step in using the snipping tool was to go to the start panel and search for the tool.  I created a shortcut to the snipping tool on my desktop.  Then I used the tool to snip an image I'm using in my classroom.  I saved the image on my desktop.  It took me an hour to figure out how to upload my image into my blog.  When I realized it was right on the toolbar I felt like a pretty big idiot.  I guess it was one of those days...again. I decided to snip an image of the nursery rhyme I'm teaching this week.  I project it onto the Smartboard.
    

   I have never heard of this tool but it was surprisingly simple to use. I could definitely get some use out of the snipping tool.  My only problem was figuring out how to get the image into my blog.
This tool would be ideal to use in the classroom because it is so user-friendly. Students could snip images to include in their projects and papers.  When the prek teachers and I were going over our planning guides, it would have been awesome to have this "snipped" onto our papers so we wouldn't have had to show each other the web site with our laptops.
     The standards this activity address would be #1 Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity and #2 Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.