If you haven’t had a chance to use ThingLink you and your students are missing out. ThingLink allows you to upload a picture and add interactive touch points. When you hover over these touch points information and pictures pop up. This is really great for displaying information that the students know.
Mrs. Ferguson and I broke her lesson into two parts. The first part of the lesson the students found their own pictures using Britannica Image Quest through One Search. This was a great opportunity to teach students about safe search practices in a controlled environment. By using these services we knew all the pictures in the search would appropriate and of high quality.
Once Mrs. Ferguson’s class found an image they signed into ThingLink, uploaded their picture and got to work. The students added touch points for different facts. They were able to change the appearance of the touch points and move them around the image. When the students were done with their awesome creations, Mrs. Ferguson then posted the images to her blog for other students to see and use as a review.
Check out one of their awesome images below.
