ThingLink is a free user-friendly digital tool that allows us to create and share interactive images. All can be done effortlessly and quickly and one can turn any static image into a multimedia rich interactive graphic by adding video, other images, audio, links to different sources...
In addition to the coloured dots / nubbins, ThingLink now has more graphic icons - we can therefore choose the one that best suits our purpose when tagging images.#2 ThingLink in the Classroom
Its uses in the classroom are limitless. We can use it for any subject, any grade! Depending on our goals, we can tag the information ourselves or use it as a collaborative tool and ask our students to add /tag info. I've used it before with maps, with famous paintings as you can read here; I've used it with students for introductions as well as to introduce myself.
#3 Using ThingLink for Reading Suggestions
An interesting way of using this innovative and flexible tool in the classroom is also for Reading recommendations and suggestions. Bring books to life by collecting resources, challenging students / potential readers with questions, highlighting important info, presenting the author!
"Gone Girl" is a book I've finished reading recently and absolutely loved it. By then I wrote a short review here (please scroll down as there are already over 100 books!) and once the movie is going to premiere in the beginning of October, I thought about recommending it beforehand :) Here it is:
I'd be very glad to hear from you! Thanks :)
Many thanks to Susan Oxnevad for the #TLChallenge
Many thanks to Susan Oxnevad for the #TLChallenge
5 comments:
Whoa! This is a tool with lots of potential! Thanks for sharing!
I've just recently started using this as a tool to help students review maths concepts. I have been linking images to ExplainEverything videos of them completing the work. One thing I'm stuck on though is how to tag a personal photo on to an image?
@LN, definitely! When using Thinglink, we meet the needs of different types of learners and hopefully sts benefit from the use of a combination of digital tools in a meaningful - and fun - way :)
@Lizzie, first you will have to upload the pic to a photo sharing website. Try Flickr, Photobucket... only then can you have a hyperlink to your personal photo to be tagged.
Thank you Alexandra for this wonderful blog post and for all of the amazing images you created for the ThingLink Teacher Challenge. I am very appreciative of the opportunity to connect with you and look forward to continued learning. You are fabulous!
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