My students were working on our WWI webquest this month. One
of the requirement is to integrate their research into a timeline. We were having
trouble with both of the websites I have used the past four years. I sent out
an SOS Tweet to one of the companies. Within minutes I had received a Tweet
from HSTRY to try them out. We did and I am and grateful for HSTRY’s outreach
and easy to use product.
HSTRY is a free and easy to use timeline maker. The teacher
signs up for a free account. As the teacher, you have a dashboard to create classes,
issue a class code for students to sign up (no student email needed), control the
roster with the ability to reset student passwords (I LOVE this feature), and
can view and monitor student progress. One of the other great features is that
if a group is presenting and the timeline creator is absent, you can still
provide access to the group/class for presentation.
HSTRY is not your traditional timeline- it progresses
vertically. It allows for a brief or more elaborate entry. Their template
includes positions for images with image citation, incorporation of You Tube
video for multimedia, topic trivia with Did you know?, and allows you to
integrate questions along the way.
Again, HSTRY is easy to use for both the teacher to utilize
for their presentation of info and for students to demonstrate their research
and mastery of knowledge. Check out these sample timelines.
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