Skitch+Station

=**Skitch App & iPads** =

**Background Information:** 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.....


 * Handouts/Posters from the Station: **
 * **Directions**: [|0-Directions Skitch.pdf]
 * **Downloading Skitch:** [|1-Skitch Download.pdf]
 * **Web Search for an Image:** [|2-Skitch Web Search.pdf]
 * **Annotating with Skitch:** [|3-Skitch Annotate .pdf]
 * **Discussion Questions for Skitch:** [|4-Questions Skitch.pdf]

**Downloading Skitch:**
 * ** ink to the App in the iTunes Store: **   @http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skitch-for-ipad/id490505997?mt=8
 * ** Skitch Handout in .pdf: [|Skitch App.pdf] **

** Steps to Begin Using Skitch: **
 * 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: [[image:skitch-drawing.png width="NaN" height="NaN" align="right"]] **

** 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) Students 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. Brainstorm other ways the tool might be used.