XTimeline

What is XTimeline? XTimeline is a tool for users to create their own interactive timelines. Users can enter their own events, titles, and descriptions and can upload a photo to go with each event.

What are the benefits of XTimeline?
 * Timelines can be created in an interactive and engaging manner
 * Online discussion can take place about the timeline through the website
 * Timelines can be saved and edited as needed, as well as printed
 * Students can work together as a class or small group to create and edit the timeline, as it is possible to have multiple editors
 * Timelines can be saved as private or public, and editors to the timeline can be chosen

XTimeline Activity
 * 1) Go to [|XTimeline] and create a free account
 * 2) Once you are logged in, click on "Create Timeline"
 * 3) Pick a character from your favorite book or your favorite historical figure
 * 4) Name your timeline
 * 5) Briefly outline some events in the character/historical figure's life by creating an event on the timeline
 * 6) Explain the importance of the event in the Description box
 * 7) Upload an image for at least 3 of the events
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Save your event to the XTimeline website
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Share the name of your timeline with the person sitting next to you, and look up one another's timeline in the search bar on the website
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Post a discussion comment on his/her timeline

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How can I use XTimeline in my classroom? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">These are just a few ideas; there are many more ways to create and use the timeline as a discussion tool or class collaboration activity.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Students can create a timeline of:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> a book's plot
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">a character's life
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">a historical figure's life
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">the discovery of a new medicine or invention
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">their own life
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">their experiences with reading
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Teachers can create a timeline of:
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">checkpoints of a certain project or assignment
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">his/her own life
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> schedule of the class

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Student Examples <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|5th grade: Black History] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Civil Rights]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Teacher Examples <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|School District Implementation of Technology]