Zoom.it

I found this cool tool while I was just searching around the net. Zoom.it lets you take the url of a picture, map, painting, etc., and creates a high resolution file. Then you are able to explore the whole image. Your able to zoom in on parts of the image that may not have been clearly visable by just viewing the standard size. With trying to get more document analysis in the classroom and the recent move to the Common Core, what better way to help your students?

This allows you to zoom way in on specific things, move around, zoom back out and highlight specific items in the image. Try it from the front of the class or use it in groups as they complete their document analysis.


Zoom.it also creates a Zoom url that you can take and embed on your website. Here's a link to an image that I used. And for some of you, you may want to try the bookmarklet. Give it a try! Happy Zooming :-)