Write on that site!

Most of us here at SMASD are working with ActivBoards and pens to project and teach.

When it comes to writing out notes & examples for our students with the pen, 

we head to ActivInspire for our digital whiteboard. 

But, what happens if we want to annotate a resource that is on the web, 

in a tab in our Chrome browser? 

#1 You have the option to "Desktop Annotate" within ActivInspire

• Pros: 
• Availablity of  the entire ActivInspire toolbar
• Easy to switch back to ActivInspire when finished annotating
• Cons: 
• ActivInspire must be open
• The pen marks do not "scroll" with your webpage

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#2 Install "Page Marker" Chrome extension

• Pros: 

• Get a pen, without leaving the browser
• Easily save/download your annotations as an image 

• for any student needing a copy of notes, Google Classroom, or for your records
• Annotations will scroll with you on most webpages.
• Cons: 
• scrolling not available for Google Docs
• work around File > Publish to the Web > Open url

Page Marker certainly isn't a tool I use everday, but it is nice to have in your back pocket for a quick note while teaching, demo-ing, creating tutorials etc.

What tricks have you found when teaching to quickly markup your screen? 

Let us know in the comments below!