ThingLink in the
ClassroomPresented by Bianca Becker
RBES
What is ThingLink?ThingLink offers a web platform and iOS mobile app for creating and sharing interactive images. This allows teachers or students to add content inside any image- including photos, videos and audio players, web links and more- that appear in the image when shared and viewed.
You can also install a simple piece of code to a blog or webpage in order to display the image.
How does it work?
How can I use it in
the classroom?
Create an Interactive Report
• Ask students to locate and download an image that best illustrates the general topic of the report.
• Then add information as appropriate:• Short audio clips • Primary source documents• Podcasts or speeches• Videos about the topic• Google Docs or presentations• Link a map or slideshow of
captioned pictures
Interactive Book Talk
- Photograph a book cover
- Students add links to of their recorded book talk
- Students can add video or audio trailer for the book
ThingLink Mobile +Mathematics:
Annotating Student Work
• First students use a drawing app such as Educreations or ShowMe to work out a problem.
• Next, students use this image as the background for their ThingLink. "Nubbins" can be strategically placed on the image to show the steps the students used to solve the problem.
Whole Group Lesson
Differentiated Instruction
or Lesson Tutorials
Resources
Free Technology for Teachers- “ 65+ Ways to Use ThingLink in Your Classroom
What ThingLink Can do for Education ThingLink How to Video How to Create a ThingLink
