Snipping Tool

I absolutely love snipping.  I learned how to use this tool a few years ago in one of my education classes.  I was trying to copy and paste a graph that would not copy.  My instructor told me about the snipping tool which worked wonderfully.  It took me a while to learn how to adjust the snip, because once you click on the starting spot you can not move it, but after several attempts I was doing great.  I used the snipping tool last year to make my digital video.  Several of the photos I wanted to use were too big and I only wanted pieces of them.  You can not copy and paste pieces of a picture, but you can snip them.  Below you see several snips of pictures I took of my kids.  I would like to show my students how to use the snipping tool so that they can piece together photos as well.  Also many photos or graphs that you copy and paste have an area around them that take up extra space.  This bugs me to death.  I hate not being able to type right beside of something.  Using the snipping tool prevents having any unwanted space. 

Each of these are snips of the actual picture.  Using the snipping tool I am able to capture just the part that I want.  I think this is a great tool for students to learn how to use, because there are always pictures in which we want to cut something out or just keep a piece of it.
I personally feel that teaching students to use the snipping tool falls under standard 2 of the ISTE NET-T.  By teaching students to use this tool they can participate in different explorations in which they can create their own ideas.  They can use this tool to customize different pictures and create an image all of their own.