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@http://timeglider.com/app/viewer.php?uid=line_5ce15077af9e4e60d5838230ab73351bTimeline Trial 1.0

You are planning your dream trip to Switzerland. Since you are trying to get several of your faculty friends to accompany you, you want to prepare some information to share with them in a short presentation at a party in your home! You will use the following web 2.0 tool to accomplish the task. Your group will prepare a presentation on the history of Switzerland! Prepare 1 collaborative timeline, not separate timelines. When you are finished, embed or link your project to this page and answer the questions at the bottom.

Web 2.0 tool to use for creation: [|Timeglider]

How to use the tool: [|How it Works!]

Sites for researching: [|http://online.culturegrams.com] [|http://www.thinkfinity.com] [] [|http://www.discoveryeducation.com]

Was this tool easy to use? (intuitive)

It was very easy to sign up for the tool but it was not easy to manipulate. Directions were wordy- students would likely struggle more than the tool would be valuable.

Is the tool something that you could use in your content area? How?

It could be used in social studies as chronologically mapping information is much of what we teach…timelines

Were there any negatives in using the tool? It is not user friendly and took much time to import information. The frustration level was high.

Would you try to use the tool with your students? Why or Why not? Some may try but not in our department... there are other alternatives to timeglider as other free timeline generators (free-timeline.com, shambles.com, readwritethink.org etc). Additionally, it can be helpful to students to create their own either by hand or using a microsoft office tool.

Would you like more training and time to work with this particular tool? NO