Jing Image

This morning, I downloaded Jing and used it to develop a graphic for a U.S. government lesson about Washington, DC. The graphic can be found here. I've included the Jing image below, as well:

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I like working with Jing a lot. Jing generates PNG files that are automatically saved to your clipboard so that you can paste the URL in the document of your choice. You can also save your document to your computer. Best of all, Jing saves your documents to your own Jing/Screencast library so you can come back and access your Jing history. Screencast images can be shared in many ways. You can share a link to the URL for your image on your blog or you can send the link out via email. In addition, you can embed Jing images in your blog or distribute them via Twitter. The bottom line is that publishing and sharing information on Jing is very easy. It's a great tool.

Relationship to Standards - the Jing activity relates well to the following standards: 2 in that Jing allows teachers to design and develop authentic learning experiences incorporating contemporary tools and resources. Why just talk about Washington, DC or Mount Rushmore when you can show your students detailed and annotated images of the topics?; 2(a) in that Jing allows teachers to design relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital tools; 2(c) in that Jing allows teachers to customize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles.