xTimeline


 * xTimeline**



xTimeline is an easy to use, free web tool enabling interactive timelines to be created and shared. It can be used to create activities or present information on pretty much any curriculum area. Students can use it as a tool to present their research and demonstrate understanding of a topic.

Have a look around and see how people are using it; range of applications from celebrity gossip to popular culture to education and academic work. From [|Tom Cruise the couch jumper] to Theoretical [|foundations of educational technology]
 * Ways to use it**

o Getting the stories behind the dates in a historical period o Find out about the development of a scientific breakthrough o A document of a shorter term event such as a political campaign or sports event o If you can’t find one that fits, **create your own** o Get your students to create one to present some research of their own and share with you o Set them a collaborative task to create a timeline for a project o Use to capture digital storytelling/reflection

= Search timelines =
 * Explore** – Search for most recent, most viewed or most liked (rated)
 * Lists** – Search by user created lists of related Timelines e.g. Art, History, Science
 * Groups** – This functionality is seemingly in development as at September 07th 2009

= View Timelines = The overall document is called a **Timeline** and each page in that timeline is called an **Event.**
 * Timeline View** - When looking at a Timeline, a series of Events are displayed in a sequence. Click on the green slider button to move along this sequence. (Click on an event to change the navigation to fwd and back arrows to progress through pages)[[image:file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ANDREW%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png]]
 * Event list** – to view the events in a vertical list.
 * Print view** – if permissions exist.
 * Embed in a Blog** - by taking the html code
 * Link to url -** copy the web address



= Create your own = Go to [|www.xtimeline.com] Click on [|Sign up] and complete registration form. To start your own timeline click Create a Timeline and give it a **title, description, assign tags** and **related reference urls.** You can also define privacy settings to determine who can view your timeline and make edits to it.

= Edit and Work collaboratively = As well as searching for Timelines, Timelines can be edited if you find something that needs correcting or adding to. You may or may not be able to do this depending on the privacy setting. Request to edit a Timeline. Comments can be made on Timelines and specific Events within them to develop a discussion and feedback between teacher – student and amongst students To manage this. Students will need to register with xTimeline and share their usernames, either by email or by becoming a ‘Fan’ of your page. They can also be invited by email address.

= Copyright = There is a risk of infringing or perpetuating copyright when using or citing this kind of user generated content. For example text is sometimes taken directly from Wikipedia and images used without efforts to check terms of use. To minimise this; o Create your own timelines (which provides the chance to tailor some of your existing lesson notes for the web and shape specifically to your curriculum) o Search for Creative Commons licensed images where possible. E.g. using advanced image search in Google or Flickr

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