The website, sketchfu.com, is an easy tool to use for any age. It is a place to publish pictures that can be used for educational purposes. There is a feature on it that replays each step in the drawing. This feature allows the learner to go back and observe how the artist created their drawing. After, the learner can copy techniques learned from the original artist. It can be published to many different web applications.
For reading, I would like to use this tool in my classroom when we create digital stories. This site could be a place where the students illustrate their portion of the story. It is easy to navigate. It would be easy for kindergarteners to get on and explore using the basic computer skills of a mouse. They could create multiple pictures and simple sentences to go with each picture.
In science, the students can come up with scientific pictures that represent a whole product. For example, a child demonstrated through picture what creates a plant: seeds+dirt+water=plant. This project demonstrates creative and critical thinking skills.
Another feature this site provides is the option to add to other people’s art. I would like to use this concept for math. I would create a grid. Each student could add a different way to solve the math problem. This project would prove the point that there is not just one right way to solve a math problem.
In conclusion, this web2.0 product can be used in all subject areas. It allows both the teacher and student to be creative in its use.
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