Greetings! Here’s a two-parter on History Timelines. In part one I be looking at timeline creation apps. These sites are, in my opinion, a fantastic and creation alternative or addition to a standard slideshow. Many of the sites below permit the user to embed the product into blogs and webpages or to download for insertion into Powerpoint or Keynote. Whether you’re presenting to a class as a teacher or student, delivering a talk at a conference, creating a portfolio, or collaborating around a social event these apps can and do change the game. In part two I’ll look at sites making use of timelines. Here we go… Timeline Creation screenshot of TimeRime TimeRime - View, create and compare timelines : TimeRime is an online community that allows people to create, compare and upload information by creating timelines, and to view information uploaded by others. Information can be uploaded by individuals, as well as companies or (public)  institutions. TimeGlider: Web Based Timeline Software  - free, web-based timeline software for creating and sharing history and project planning. Create, collaborate, and publish zooming and panning interactive timelines. Free only for students. Preceden - The Easiest Way to Make a Timeline: While it might not be the easiest, its still pretty good, and and there are a variety of timeline types you can create, i.e., Project management timelines, Résumé timelines, Family tree timelines, etc. screenshot of TimeToast Timetoast Timelines | Create timelines, share them on the web: The layouts are not as sophisticated as other timeline sites but the learning curve is shallower.       Dipity screenshot Dipity: Dipity is an online timeline generator. The learning curve is shallow, and the results are easily navigable and embeddable. Photo Timelines - LIFE : Create Photo Timelines from LIFE magazines awesome collection of 20th century and 21st century photos. Capzles Social Storytelling | Online Timeline Maker | Share … : Very clever, very useful online free app which enables users to create interactive timelines they can share with friends and classmates. You can also use it as a digital storytelling tool, or a topic curation tool. Tiki-Toki - Create Beautiful Timelines: embeddable web timelines. Certainly the sexiest of the free timeline creation apps. The backgrounds are gorgeous. Most of my students stick with Tiki-Toki once they’ve tried it. Tiki-Toki also offers a variant called PeoplePlotr that one can use to create interactive family trees or organizational charts. Tiki-Toki screenshot WhoWhatWhen - Interactive Historical Timelines  WhoWhatWhen is a database of key people and events from 1000 A.D. to the present. Create graphic timelines of periods in history and of the lives of individuals. Very, very straightforward, only a single template. Rememble: Rememble is sort of a social media meets timeline site. Thread together texts, photos, videos, sounds, scribbles, scans, notes, tweets into rather attractive timelines… you can also create group sites to collaborate around an event or project. Pretty clever. OurStory.com - Capture your stories, save them permanently. Similar to Rememble, OurStory focuses on creating social timelines around an event or project. Create Free Interactive Timelines - Stories Displayed on Maps: Create geolocated timelines that interface with maps, text, and video. Combine maps and timelines seamlessly into one great presentation, convert any public timeline into a personal pdf file, or export it into Google Earth format for offline storage. Honestly, I love this one. screenshot from myhistro on the founding of Islam Create and share timelines - whenintime: create, view, explore, share and contribute to interactive digital timelines on the topic of their choice. Timelines can be embedded in your own blogs/websites. Events can be added individually or in bulk from social media such as Twitter, YouTube, Flickr etc. There are a variety of themes and templates to choose from Timeline JS - Beautifully crafted timelines that are easy, and intuitive to use. - an open-source tool that enables you to build visually-rich interactive timelines and is available in 40 languages. TimelineJS works on any site or blog and the learning curve is pretty shallow. Essentially, it affords  users the ability to convert a spreadsheet into a timeline. Very clever but it takes a bit of preplanning. OK. That’s it for Part One of Web 2.0 Weekly: Historical Timelines Edition. Check back in a day or so for Part Two on Timeline Providers. The post Web 2.0 Weekly: History Timelines Edition - Part 1 appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.

Greetings all! Here’s part two of my history timelines edition. This time I’ll be focusing on sites that provide content based timelines as opposed to sites devoted to timeline creation. Here’s we go… General History History of Information by Jerry Norman "is designed to help you follow the development of information and media, and attitudes about them, from the beginning of records to the present." The site contains interactive timelines that include annotated references for discoveries and developments across a wide variety of social, scientific, and theoretical fields. These timelines include specific reference to books, documents, art, and artifacts all accessible through public digital media.  The timelines are organized both thematically and chronologically. I think this is the pick of the litter. Most excellent! History of Information Timeline TimelinesTV offers a series of history timelines for students, teachers and life-long-learners. The site has won a BAFTA award (the British equivalent of the Emmy’s and Oscars’) and is optimized for mobile devices. This resource smoothly integrates high quality video into its timelines. Whilst the timelines are somewhat anglo-centric, there are excellent ventures into the American West, Smallpox, and Nazi Germany as well. Well done indeed. HyperHistory is an interactive timeline covering more than 3000 years of human endeavour with over 3000 interactive entries on historical events and lives lived. One special feature is a section called "Connections" containing stories or graphics that defy simple categorization as interesting ‘footnotes’ to world history. LIFE magazine offers a series of pictorial timelines covering major events of the 20th century. Here you will find some of the best photojournalism from the magazine that made photopournalism a viable field. HistoryWorld is a rather different take on a search engine. Here you can search the internet using timelines (though the results a a little sketchy - not as good as what you’d get with the now defunct Cuil search engine). There is also a database of timelines on subjects ranging from African Art to Zoroastrianism. You will also find a random quiz generator that makes for a fun trivia challenge. Infoplease (a site I often use for their "Word of the Day" and "Analogy of the Day" apps) contains a large selection of historical timelines. Unfortunately, they are not particularly interactive or attractively designed. Timelines of History provides an old fashioned static series of historical timelines on pretty much every historical period. Searchable by geographical area. SoftSchools offers a series of timelines directed toward students middle school age or younger. The timelines presented here are moderately interactive and examine both historical events and periods as well as biographies. Do note that the majority (but not all) of the timelines here are focused on American History. Art History Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art offers interactive timelines covering the last 10,000 years and pretty much every geographical region. This site also adds value by providing maps, and a series of thematic essays on a variety of eras and locales. The British Museum Timeline affords users the opportunity to explore the collection of the museum from the Middle Ages to the present. Do note that you’ll need a Flash compatible browser to view the timeline. There’s lots of great information and added value here. Food History Foodtimeline is a fun site that explores recipes and culinary history. So if you’re looking for Roman recipes at the time of Julius Caesar or what pioneers ate whilst colonizing the Old West, this is the site for you. OK. There we go… remember this list is not meant to be exhaustive. Rather its a sampling of the over 6000 free educational resources available in my archive. If you know of other sites you find of value please send them my way! Til next time… peace and love… Paul The post Web 2.0 Weekly: History Timelines Edition - Part 2 appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.

Greetings all! I just ran across this via a tweet from Alec Couros and I feel a bit taken aback that as a veteran Edublogs user blogging with my English classes I didn’t know about this ages ago. In any case…. Sue Waters, edublogs guru, has released a truly excellent set of tutorials that walk […] The post Blogging: Edublogs Teacher Challenges appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.

Greeting all! Here’s a multipart edition on web resources for students, and teachers of automotive technology. Fuel BioDiesel Basics covers just what you think it covers the basics of biodiesel production and use. The site includes a few pdf fact sheets including one directed at younger grades. There are guides to finding, handling, and using […] The post Web 2.0 Weekly: Automotive Tech Edition - Part 1 appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.

Greetings! Here’s part 2 of my automotive tech edition. In this post I’ll be focusing on engines, parts and general interest. Parts The Frugal Mechanic is a parts comparison site. Enter in the search criteria (model, year, make, part type, etc) hit search ans away you go. Compare part sources by price, location, shipping, etc. […] The post Web 2.0 Weekly: Automotive Tech Edition - Part 2 appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.

Greetings all! Whilst searching my archive for a good site for finding a "short" short story, I happened across East of the Web; a site I’d made use of several years back but then as short stories began playing less of a role in my curriculum I had less need of the site. Pity. As […] The post Web 2.0 Weekly: East of the Web - a good language arts resource for grades 5-12 appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.

Greatings all! One of the challenges of coaching sports at the school, recreational, or competitive level is team management. Most coaches love the coaching but the paperwork that goes with the territory leaves something to be desired. Scheduling, communication with team members and parents, managing fees, and rosters… it can all add up to a […] The post Web 2.0 Weekly: Free Coaching Apps appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.

Greetings all! Here’s a quick sampling of some of the educational web resources I’ve found in the last week or so. Resource Repository ICTMagic is an absolutely fantastic curation wiki of quite literally thousands of useful edtech resources. The site has won numerous awards including the 2013 Edublogs Best Educational Wiki. Honestly, it’s the sort […] The post Web 2.0 Weekly: Eclectica - Web Resources appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.

No really. Try Engineering!. It’s an engineering resource portal for students, teachers, and parents. For teachers the site features a variety of lesson plans covering topics such as energy, robotics, simple machines, heat, buildings, and much more. Moreover, the lesson plans are searchable not only by topic but by age appropriateness. In the media resources […] The post Web 2.0 Weekly: Try Engineering appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.

Years ago I tried to wend my way through Dante’s Divine Comedy. Sadly, I only made it about half way through the Inferno - too many Ghents and Ghibellines I guess. Recently, I found I site that I wish had been around all those years ago. The World of Dante is a wonderful companion for […] The post Web 2.0 Weekly: Dante on the web appeared first on Many Pebbles, One Pond.