- Created by Knight Lab, Northwestern University
- "History": started as a tool for journalists
- easily shareable with students and easy to create a timeline that can be hosted on a webpage
- Note: Base on GoogleSheet document - ease of editing
Notable Example - TIME: Nelson Mandela Timeline
URL: http://world.time.com/2013/12/05/nelson-mandelas-extraordinary-life-an-interactive-timeline/
Features:
To accompany text, we can insert video and images
- Interactive
- Multimedia Content
- Students are better able to see the continuum of events and how they are connected to each other
- Self updating after publication
- Paragraph development:
- Assess students ability to capture main ideas in a short summary of events
- Possibility of weaving in peer evaluation: Different groups of students can write on the same event and critique each others' versions
- Considering multiple perspectives
- Content Revision for pop-quiz
- Intellectual Integrity
- Recap: Students can create a timeline that captures past lessons and content taught; hence increase student ownership
- Scheme of Work
Hands-on
1. Download template into GoogleDrive
2. Click HERE for timeline
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