TIMEGLIDER - timeline maker

TIMEGLIDER is an easy-to-use, fully featured timeline maker that makes professional, scalable graphic representations of chronological events. Perfect for a student to use, and suitable even for a professional "stand and deliver".







You can add dates, images and links and even view 2 timelines simultaneously. How could you use this? A student could map events in a novel against real world events in the same time period, compare the rise of two civilizations, or show the unfolding of a major historical incident.

In order to use this great app, you will need to create an account (an email address is required.)

The Worldbook online (available in many school districts) also has a timeline gereator that has some similar features.

Timeline generators are just one more interesting way to allow kids to demonstrate their learning and thinking.

Timelines...a great way to present

If you want your students to present a timeline to the class, what's a great intuitive way to do it? Sure, you could ask them to use Powerpoint, or some other kind of presentation software, but why not try something new? I came across Dipity the other day. I can see some very interesting possibilities. If you explore the Dipity site, you can view examples by others: some serious, some not. Not only can it be used to present a timeline to a class, students can create them and then make them available for others to review at any time.