Image Capture

For this assignment, I used Microsoft Works to create a graphic that I wanted to copy and use. So, after I made the graphic, I then used the print screen button to take a picture of the screen. I later learned there may be a better way to do the printing of the screen that may not copy all of the taskbars and everything. But, I had already went through this much of the process and so decided to just erase all the additional things that were on that picture. I edited and experimented with the Paint program to get the final result. I decided to save it as a jpeg because most programs can open those types of files. My final picture saved at the size of 52.7 KB. To obtain my graphic that I used, I simply chose something from clip art that would be good to use in a classroom setting and then added my own text around it.
One thing this could be used for in the classroom is to explain how to do things on a computer. The brief explanation of the Print Screen button that I read from Windows explained that it could be used to take pictures of various screens to show the steps in doing something. This could be used to help explain and demonstrate a step-by-step process of how to do something. It would provide a small visual for the students to follow along with and would help them understand what their process should look like.
I had never used this application before and I can see how it could definitely be useful for the classroom setting and in everyday use as well.

http://www2.fairmontstate.edu/users/elong/imagecapture.jpg