{"id":3617,"date":"2011-02-03T18:28:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T01:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilearntechnology.com\/?p=3617"},"modified":"2011-02-03T18:28:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T01:28:49","slug":"capzles-interactive-timeline-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/?p=3617","title":{"rendered":"Capzles Interactive Timeline Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hR_21MeVeqQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Capzles is a site that I have written about and recommended <a href=\"http:\/\/ilearntechnology.com\/?p=498\">many times<\/a> (you can read one of my original posts about it below). \u00a0I am currently working with a school that has zero technology. \u00a0When I say zero, I mean they don&#8217;t even have over head projectors. \u00a0This is a NO tech school. \u00a0They recently enlisted my help in taking their eighth graders from no tech into a one-to-one environment. \u00a0Each of the students will be receiving a laptop to use during instruction. \u00a0The challenge: the computers aren&#8217;t all the same age, make, or model. \u00a0No problem, we will use web 2.0 tools! \u00a0The benefit of going from zero to fully immersed: no bad technology habits to break, we are staring from a clean slate!<\/p>\n<p>Last week I met with the eighth grade teacher to talk about what learning is currently happening in the classroom and took a look at the scope and sequence of learning for the next semester. \u00a0I asked a LOT of questions and together we mapped out a plan for integrating technology that would support and enhance the learning that was already happening. \u00a0We decided to begin by adding technology into art, composer study, history, astronomy, poetry, and literature. \u00a0I thought about having the students create blogs or wikis to chart and reflect on learning, but in the end decided that Capzles was the best tool for this job. \u00a0Capzles lets students organize learning in the form of an interactive timeline. \u00a0Students can upload a variety of documents to the timeline including images, videos, documents, and slide shows. \u00a0They can also blog directly to the timeline (complete with comments!). The blog feature also provides a way for students to embed other web 2.0 creations. \u00a0For the learning that these students will be doing, the visual timeline makes the most sense. \u00a0Students can create multiple timelines or compile all of their learning into one timeline. \u00a0If students create these timelines based on actual historical dates, they will begin to see the overlap in history, astronomical discoveries, composers, and artists of the time. \u00a0This leads to a more complete understanding of how the world that they know has been shaped.<\/p>\n<p>Students can also create a timeline based on their learning, each day adding learning to a virtual &#8220;journal&#8221; of events.<\/p>\n<p>I have created weblists of the links these students will be using as a part of their learning over the next semester:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weblist.me\/ambleside-form-iv-to-kill-a-mockingbird\">To Kill a Mockingbird<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weblist.me\/ambleside-form-iv-poetry\">Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weblist.me\/ambleside-form-iv-astronomy\">Astronomy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weblist.me\/ambleside-form-iv-art\">Art<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weblist.me\/ambleside-form-iv-composers\">Composers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/weblist.me\/ambleside-form-iv-history\">History<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tutorial above is a brief introduction to using Capzles, you will have to forgive the drowned rat look&#8230;that is what happens when you shovel snow in a blizzard \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ilearntechnology.com\/?p=498\">Original post from July 22, 2008:<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What it is:<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzles <\/a>is another interactive timeline maker. I really love all the little extras that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzles<\/a>has! With\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzles<\/a> teachers and students can add photos, videos, audio, and text to their timeline. Themes, colors, backgrounds, and background music can be added to the timeline making it unique and personalized.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzles <\/a>also provides options when sharing your<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\"> Capzle<\/a>, it can be private with a specific list of who can view the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzle<\/a> or made public for the world to see.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How to integrate <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\"><strong>Capzles<\/strong><\/a><strong> into the classroom:<\/strong> Obviously\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzles<\/a> is a great way for students to create timelines about any subject. The web 2.0 collaborative aspect of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzles<\/a> makes it very appealing to students. I think\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzles<\/a> could also be very valuable in the primary classroom. Students probably won\u2019t be creating their own timelines in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzles<\/a> at this age, parent helpers paired with students to create simple timelines would be appropriate. Because\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzles <\/a>has the capability of adding audio, photos, and text, it would be the perfect place to record students reading throughout the year. As you assess student reading through reading records, record the students using a program such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gabcast.com\/\">Gabcast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gcast.com\/\">Gcast<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.com\/\">Audacity<\/a>, or Garageband. Take a digital picture of the student reading. Throughout the year, you can make a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzle<\/a> for each student. This is an excellent motivator for students, especially your struggling readers. Students can see their growth throughout the year in pictures, and hear their reading progress made throughout the year. You can share the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/capzles.com\/\">Capzle<\/a> with parents (they will go crazy for this keepsake!) and with the students future teacher. How much would you love getting a timeline of your students from the previous year? You would have a jump-start on their struggles and strengths in reading as you quickly flip through their timelines. Cool huh?!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leave a comment and share how you are using Capzles in your classroom.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capzles is a site that I have written about and recommended many times (you can read one of my original posts about it below). \u00a0I am currently working with a school that has zero technology. \u00a0When I say zero, I mean they don&#8217;t even have over head projectors. \u00a0This is a NO tech school. \u00a0They&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2486,2487,9,2484,2485,135,2489,4,197,204,8,67,2488,191,590,11],"tags":[1094,546,3096,4716,193,137,96,1109,136,3095,946],"class_list":["post-3617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-analyze-blooms","category-apply","category-art","category-create-blooms","category-evaluate","category-history","category-knowledge-remember","category-language-arts","category-middlehigh-school","category-music","category-secondary-elementary","category-teacher-resources","category-understand-describe-explain","category-video-tutorials","category-web-tools","category-web20","tag-astronomy","tag-capzles","tag-composers","tag-history","tag-learning","tag-literature","tag-poetry","tag-technology-integration","tag-timeline","tag-to-kill-a-mockingbird","tag-tutorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3619,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3617\/revisions\/3619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}