Jing #1- Image

Using Jing I was able to create this image.

I realized that when I saved this image to my computer it was a PNG image rather than a JPEG which was something I had never heard of. It was very easy to use the upload button on my blog post to upload the image from where I saved it on my computer. I also thought it was very cool that the images are stored on my computer and in my Jing history and on the Jing website.

I struggled trying to figure out how to get the picture website and thats when i figured out that I could click on the picture in my Jing history and edit it. And its very cool that when you save the image to your computer that it saves to your Jing history at the same time.

I really enjoyed using this website to create this step by step instruction. I can't count the amount of time as teachers we spend on writing out step by step instructions on boring plain paper. This allows us to "spice" it up a bit and do something different in the classroom. This activity could be used with older kids to do a directions project such as this. This type of activity easily fits under technology standard 1- Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity, bullet a- promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness. This could also be used by us the educators in creating documents to illustrate directions for the students. This type of activity would easily fit under technology standard 5- Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership, bullet d- contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-renewal of the teaching profession and of their school and community. You could also do an activity with another class where each class had a hand in adding something to the image. This type of activity would also fit under technology standard 5, bullet a- participate in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of technology to improve student learning.