One of The Best Apps to Use in Class to Annotate PDFs and Pictures

September1, 2015
Skitch is one of our favourite apps for annotating pictures and marking up PDFs . It is also one of the apps that have made it into our  last year’s ‘Top Educational Apps for A New iPad’. Skitch allows you to easily capture your screen and share it with others. You can also use it to annotate images and PDFs by adding shapes, arrows, stamps, text and many more.

As a teacher, you can use Skitch for a variety of purposes. You can, for instance, use it to mark up a PDF document and highlight important parts you want your students to focus on. You can also use it to create annotated visuals to include in your instructional tutorials. Skitch is also a great tool to use to give feedback and share ideas with students.

Skitch is free of charge. However, the PDF Markup feature requires an 'Evernote Premium account. Also, an  Evernote account is required to save to Evernote. All other capturing, mark up and saving and sharing functions are free and do not require an Evernote account.'

Skitch is available for Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS  device

Watch the video below from Gresham Brown to learn more about how to use Skitch in your classroom.

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eHighlighter- A Great iPad App for Taking and Annotating Notes Is Now Free

January 27, 2015
eHighlighter is an excellent iPad app that allows you to take notes via transcribing from paper books. This is a great app for research students. They can use it to record snippet of texts from documents and PDFs they read. The app also allows them to add annotations to their notes and help them prepare organized, searchable, copy and passable excerpts and notes from hard copy books, journals and magazines.’And for citation purposes, eHighligther enables you to record bibliographic information of the book by scanning its barcode.

The way eHighlighter works is pretty basic. Simply point the camera of your phone or iPad at the text you want to record and eHighlighter will automatically grab your highlighted text and save it for you to annotate. Some other interesting features offered by eHighlighter include:

• Create, manage, and export MLA, Chicago, or APA styled bibliographies. Instantly add citation information by scanning a book's barcode or searching by title/author.
• Keep information organized with notes and tags. Sort and search highlights by tag or keyword.
• Instantly share notes with other eHighLighter users or export to email, Evernote and Dropbox.

Watch this video to learn more about how eHighlighter works:

Courtesy of Apps Gone Free.

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