I have been very pleased with the results of using the web 2.0 application InkScape. It is a free vectors graphics program. It is downloadable from the application website. I can see that it would be an excellent resource for my students.
The program is well suited for students in the drafting program. The program is designed to integrate digital photos into a vector graphics tool. For the drafting and design students it would be used for importing images that they have taken or found on the internet and alter the images with drawing tools and text.
An ideal lesson that would integrate this program would be for students to take or find photos of historic building types and use the text editing tools to describe the unique features of the building.
Another type of lesson for the design students would be to add an addition to an existing house by creating the image over a digital photo they have taken. Here is an example; Robin's addition
Students would be able to put the free download onto their personal computers. If they are using UAS computers they are not able to download software. I would encourage our IT department to allow this program to be installed on the UAS server.
The website URL is http://Inkscape.org
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