This is my last foray into searching for Web 2.0 Tools as an assignment on my own. I looked under the category of "fun" for a change, and lo and behold, there was Sketchfu! I must warn you, it's hiding it's light under a bushel, because this sweet little tool is not merely fun, but it can be used for much, much more.
Stop and think for a moment about all the times when you've been trying to describe something to someone over the telephone with absolutely no luck. You come at it from every angle you can think of, and still no success.
"It's about four feet tall, but it gets narrower towards the top, and it's kind of a kelly green, but not quite, then near the top there's this sort of a blueish trim that goes all the way around..." We've all been there. The person on the other end might as well put the phone down and make a sandwich, take a walk around the block and come back when we're done for all the good that description does.
Cell phones with cameras did a little bit towards saving that fiasco, but not everyone is favorable towards allowing pictures to be taken. So we were back to the descriptions. Now, you can draw a picture, and either direct your description-receiver to it, or send the picture directly to them! It's amazing, you can dispense with all of the confusion (assuming you can draw anything remotely like what you were describing, and if you can't, I"m sure there's a Web 2.0 Tool out there somewhere to help you, but that's another blog, my friend) and get right to the point!
And for uses in the classroom, kids can come right back to the classroom and draw what they've seen on a walk, or a field trip and email it home so the parents who were unable to make the trip can appreciate it as well. The drawings can also be printed out and used in portfolios or to decorate the class, they can be copied and pasted into reports as well. Best of all, as usual Sketchfu, found at http://sketchfu.com/ is FREE. Give it a whirl my friends.
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