Snipping Tool

I honestly never realized that this tool was available on my computer.  After attending a training a couple years ago I have been using PowerPoint to show different historical images to my students.  I would use black squares to cover portions of the picture and let the students explain what they think the picture is about from the different pieces before showing them the whole picture.  So for example I would show students the below snippet. 

As a class I would ask students what they see in the picture and to explain what they think is happening in the picture.  After a couple minutes I would show students a different segment of the picture.

The process would repeat itself as each part of the picture was revealed to the class.  Discussion from this is usually high as students enjoy trying to predict what the meaning of the whole picture is just from the pieces. 

Eventually I would show students the whole picture as shown below. 

Once students get the whole picture we will then piece together what they have been saying about the individual pieces of the picture.,  I would then have students make a connection between this picture and Manifest Destiny. 

I usually do the above using PowerPoint and it does take a little bit of time using PowerPoint.  However using the Snipping Tool I was able to break down this picture in a very quick time and also complete this blog post in about ten minutes. 


ISTE NET*T Standards
   For this activity I feel that we touched on 1B because we can use the snipe tool to engage students in real world issues by simply showing the small portions of a photograph and let them digest it this way.

I also feel that 3A was represented well because I took a painting and used a technological tool to look at it in a new way.