Creating Multimedia Timelines

National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS): 

National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS): 

Create a Timeline in Microsoft Visio 

Create a Timeline in Microsoft Word 

Knowledge 

Skills 

Familiarity with word processing and copying and pasting of text and images.

Ability to find and save information and images from Encarta or the Internet.

Comfort with saving files to a shared folder on a computer or network.

Preparing the project (1-2 class periods)

Creating the project (1-2 class periods)

Finalizing the project (1 class period)

Presenting and reflecting (1-2 class periods)

Create a project of your own to use for demonstration, and then share the process with the class. Note It is also helpful to display student projects from prior years if they are available.

Align your project to your curriculum and state standards, and then create an assessment rubric for your project. (Visit the Rubistar Web site at http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php for more information.)

A few days before the project, talk your subject over with your students and assist them with finding locations of the images that would be appropriate.

Help students set up their calendar by back-tracking from the final due date. Set deadlines for each separate project element.

Send out a message to parents letting them know of the project expectations and the due dates.

Create a series of mini-lessons to address the skills and the knowledge needed to complete the project.

Allow time to meet with students to assess progress and assist in problem-solving. Use this time to check off and score completed elements.

Make sure that you plan for differentiation or modification as needed for your diverse group of learners.

Consider first saving projects as Web pages, and then uploading them to your classroom Web site to share with parents and community.

Create a timeline tracing the important events in a story such as Harry Allard's, Miss Nelson is Missing!.

Create a timeline tracing when land in North America and South America was claimed by Spain, France, England, Portugal, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Russia.

Create a timeline placing important events in your life in the order they occurred.

Create a timeline that traces defining events in the great civilizations that were developing at the same time throughout the world during medieval times.

Create a timeline that traces the roots of the Scientific Revolution. (For example, Greek Rationalism; Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Sciences; Renaissance Humanism; and new knowledge from global exploration.)

Create a timeline that tracks tectonic plate motions in the last 200 years along the Ring of Fire through major geologic events, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

Create a timeline tracking the discoveries that led up to the Human Genome Project.

Create a timeline tracing the inventions and discoveries of James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Louis Pasteur, and Thomas Edison, and explain how their work influenced social, economic, and cultural change.

Create a timeline tracking important events during the life of a modern literary figure, such as Toni Morrison or John Steinbeck. Explain how these events influenced the author's writing.

Grouping students http://www.rightinclass.com/integrate/groups.htm 

Rotation of students http://www.rightinclass.com/integrate/rotation.htm 

Teamwork http://www.rightinclass.com/integrate/teamwork.htm 

Scheduling http://www.rightinclass.com/integrate/schedule.htm