The tool I decided to review is the ReadWriteThink timeline tool. The tool can be located by clicking on this link: ReadWriteThink timeline tool. The tool’s purpose is to create a digital timeline. This is a free online tool that you can access through any kind of internet browser. I like this timeline tool because you can easily save your work. It is very easy to use and you don’t have to make an account to use it. Students can download their final work and share with the teacher as well. To use this tool you simply enter your name and the project title to get started. Once you have done this, you are able to start creating your timeline. To create a “date” you simply click on the timeline and add in the information you want in the box provided. You can also add in photos if you would like. If you want to delete something you can just drag it up to the trash can on the upper left corner. This online timeline tool is fairly easy to use and very kid friendly. The other online timeline tools I looked at were too detailed and students would have to create an account to create one. This tool could be used for things other than timelines as well.
Substitution: This tool could easily replace a simple written timeline. The students could easily create their own timeline about a historic event. For example, if the students were asked to create a timeline on the revolutionary war, they could easily substitute creating a timeline on paper to a digital timeline.
Modification: Instead of using this tool to create a standard timeline, they could create a storyboard on a book they have read. This lesson could be used in a 3rd grade and beyond classroom. For example, if we were reading story as a whole class, the students could create a storyboard of what happened in the book. They then could share their timelines with other students. Each students timelines would look different because it would be up to the students to include what they thought was important to include in the timeline.
Redefinition: This tool could be used to create a timeline of the seasons of the year. This lesson could be used in a 1st grade classroom. We then could compare the timelines to other classes timeline who lives in another state who has different seasons and weather as us in Iowa. I think it would be really cool to compare seasons with people who are close and far away, far away meaning, out of country! I think this tool could be used to even compare different cultural norms, such as eating times and what we eat.
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