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Thinglink Basics – Creating a “tour” in Thinglink – EdTech Dash

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Thinglink Basics – Creating a “tour” in Thinglink – EdTech Dash

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Thinglink is a great tool for turning a single image into a rich multimedia resource. One fun way to explore a new topic or content area is to create a guided tour that leads students through various levels of learning. You can have students take a tour in the classroom or make it part of a flipped or blended learning environment. Even better, have students uncover the content themselves by creating their own Thinglink as you move through the unit. This example uses an image of an animal cell for science students, but can be adapted for any curriculum at any level from K-12 to higher ed.

Hover over this image to see interactive tags.

Within this project is a great opportunity to teach students how to responsibly find free images by using advanced Google image search options. Search for an image and click the gear icon to choose advanced search.

Locate the usage rights option and select "free to use or share." This option will provide results for images in the public domain. If you plan to modify the image, choose the "free to use, share, or modify" option. In many cases, classroom sharing falls under fair use rights, however it is good practice to get into the habit of reusing media responsibly.

I found this image of an animal cell to use as my tour site, and saved it to my desktop.

The next step is to get my image moved over to Thinglink and start building. What I love about Thinglink is that its basic account is free for one teacher with up to 100 students. (The premium version gets you up to 1000 students in up to 30 classes and some more bells and whistles for only $35 per year, which definitely won't break the bank if you want a little more oomph.) From my account, I click the red cross to "create," and simply drag my image to the screen.

The image will load in the editor and you're ready to start adding interactive tags. I'll start by tagging the nucleus of the cell. Simply click the image where you want the tag to appear.

You see the black and white dot which is the first tag. If I don't like the look of my tag, I can choose "edit tag" and select from a variety of options. Using the free educator account, my options are limited to color or letter. The premium version includes additional custom tags. I'll choose use the black and white option for this project.

The image I chose is a diagrammatic representation of the cell, but I want students to see real images of the cell as well. Since we can only see cells under a microscope, I want some of my tags to contain real microscopic images. I searched for a free image of a cell nucleus and found a great picture of HeLa cells with blue stained nuclei. If I right-click the image and "copy image address" or "copy image url", I can paste it to my tag in the left sidebar. (Note I don't want the url of the source page, just the image.)

Now that image is associated with my first tag. When a student hovers on that tag, the image will appear. I will add a textual description in the left sidebar to explain what students are seeing in the tag. Save the tag at the bottom of the sidebar.

Students are now able to see what the nucleus looks like through a microscope, as well as understand its spatial relationship within the whole cell. I would also like to add some video content here. I can add another tag to the nucleus for an informative video. I decided to make all of my image tags black and all of my video tags red. Simply paste the url or embed link from YouTube or other source into the space at the top of the left sidebar and your video will be embedded in your tag. Check mine in the finished product above.

I continue to add tags for each part of the cell that I want students to know about. Since scientific terminology can be difficult, I also linked to the proper pronunciations for each part of the cell. A tour is a great jumping off point to get a unit started. Use a Thinglink tour to flip your classroom or as part of a stations activity. If students are creating the Thinglink, this is a perfect opportunity for them to search for appropriate resources, critique the reliability of sources, and use summary writing to add descriptions to tags. You can compile all of the student interactives to a central location, such as a class website, Google drive, or LMS, and the collection will serve as a valuable resource throughout the unit.

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Thinglink Basics - Creating a "tour" in Thinglink

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