Skitch

**Skitch App for iPad 2**

@http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skitch-for-ipad/id490505997?mt=8
 * Link to the App in the iTunes Store: **


 * Skitch Handout in .pdf: ** [[file:Skitch App.pdf|Skitch App.pdf]]


 * Description: ** Skitch is an app that allows the user to annotate photos, camera images, screenshots, web pages, maps or it allows you to draw on a blank page. Think of a coach drawing up plays, a teacher labeling the parts of a cell, circling the right angles in a picture.....

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 * Steps to Begin Using Skitch: ** [[image:Skitch-choices.png align="right"]]
 * **Download the Skitch App** for your device: [] OR iTunes: []
 * **Open the “Skitch” App from your device** and select one of the following items to annotate: Photo, Camera (take a pic), Screenshot, Web, Map, or Blank Page. (see at right)
 * Once you have the item you would like to annotate open, **use the tools located along the left side to begin annotating.** See the tools below for assistance annotating your image.




 * ** Once you have added the annotations, the finished image   may be shared in the following ways: ** to Evernote, via Airplay, Twitter, email, saved to the camera roll.


 * Best Practice Use: ** Students and teachers could use this app for labeling, providing feedback, checking for understanding, drawing on maps, highlighting important information on a web page, etc.


 * Lesson Idea & Procedures: **

Students will use their mobile devices to label the parts of a flower including: pistil, stamen, petal, stem, filament, ovary, anther, sepal, and receptacle
 * 1) S**tudents download the Skitch App** (available for iPad, iPhone, Android, iPod) or use a device with the app downloaded.
 * 2) **Students will open Skitch and use the web feature to find a picture of a flower** (not clip art) or they may use the camera option to take a picture of a flower.
 * 3) **Students will use the annotation features in Skitch to label the parts of the flower.** Students may use any of the annotation tools.
 * 4) **Once students are finished annotating the image, they should save the picture to their camera roll for review** and ALSO  e-mail their image to their teacher: pkrambeck@esu3.org (provide email address)


 * Follow-up: ** This app could be used for any labeling or annotating activity.


 * Standards Addressed: ** SC2.3.1.c Identify external parts of plants and animals

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