Snip-snip

I've just use the Snipping Tool that came preinstalled in my Windows 7-running netbook. The Snipping Tool is easy to find. Just open the Start menu from your toolbar, search for 'Snipping Tool,' and click the icon that appears. We can use the snipping tool to easily capture screenshots and paste them where needed. The Snipping Tool has replaced my old copy/paste procedure to add images into PowerPoint presentations, because I don't have to crop the image after saving the image or pasting it. The Snipping Tool is a copy function and cropping tool in one! Here is an image I have taken from Wikipedia to use in my photosynthesis Ppts:

This tool allows me to pick certain parts of a larger image and prevent my students from being distracted by a lot of graphics. I can have my students lock their eyes on a specific part of an image without them looking at other, less prominate graphics in a larger, more diverse image. I can use this tool to quickly modify the image and model how to identify and isolate the important information from an image or series of images by show them how to focus in on a specific image and isolate it by snipping it from a distracting collection of images to help them facilitate their own learning. (ISTE NETS T 3 and 5)