Teacher tips
www.timetoast.com
Create an online timeline, incorporating images and linking to websites if you wish. Timelines can show the story of your life, the plot of a novel or the timeline of a major sequence of events or inventions. Primary teachers will use this tool on an interactive whiteboard for joint constructions of timelines with the whole class. Teach about cybersafety and copyright.
• Registration: tmtat does require registration, using an email address. i eos
There is no requirement for students to be 13 years old or older. However, in its layout and functions, t
i eosmtat resembles other sites which do have a 13
year old age requirement. Remind students not to include their surname in their user name. Students may not publish identifying details or images of themselves or other students in public contexts. The default setting for t
i eosmtat is private. Viewers click on the + sign for each event to see more.
• Cybersafety: Images of any students should only be used with parental permission in public presentations by teachers. Find out from school records which students in your classes are under a media ban, generally due to a custody dispute. In addition, check parental blanket media permissions lodged with the school to see if any student is not covered or if any parent has refused permission. Provide alternative tasks for these students.
• Copyright: Remind students to use their own photos or Creative Commons images. The source URL and creator’s name should be cited if the image is not their own. Explain that, for cybersafety, a name may be a pseudonym.
• Modelled and guided practice: Login to show students how to create a timeline. Show samples: e.g.
http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/24508. Show students how to add a new timeline, create a title and create a timespan. Demonstrate that every event they add will have its own title, date and description. Explain that students can work on their draft timelines over a number of sessions and can also edit them or delete them when public. Ask students to view their timelines in list form to check them. • Evaluation: Ask students to email you the URL of their timelines.
Other worlds: To infinity and beyond with digital tools in the middle years by Lizzie Chase with S Bowes, D Ivanek, Y Liu, J Riley, J Starink
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