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Chris C.
Classroom teacher
Concordia International School Shanghai
Pudong, China

My Subjects Social Studies

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My Students Liked It Yes

My Students Learned Yes

I Would Recommend It Yes

Setup Time More than 15 minutes

Great for Creation
Student-driven work
Teacher-led lessons

Great with Advanced learners
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How I Use It

ThingLink can become a lesson home page, with links to key resource sites layered over images of the sites or related objects. Alternatively, ThingLink can be the course home page, with links to individual units and resource pages branching off of it. At the institutional level ThingLink really shines. The graphical nature of what ThingLink does make it perfectly suited for this role. Also, ThingLink can be used as a treasure map, with each link leading to a clue that takes you to another ThingLink page with another clue. I am already using ThingLink to overlay maps of the seven floors of our HS building with videos that introduce the facilities to families and students considering our school, and to allow teachers to introduce themselves and their teaching philosophies to students who are considering their courses.

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Thinglink is a web tool that allows you to “link” any part of a page to a video, audio, website, etc. Videos can be imbedded directly onto a ThingLink page. Basically, ThingLink creates hot links over any image or webpage that you wish. The fact that ThingLink is versatile and easy learn makes it a potentially useful tool for teachers. The coolness factor is there, because the service will look and fool as “cool” as you can make it. The cost for “Pro” is $100 per year, which can be off putting to individual teachers, unless the teacher uses ThingLink often (too often?). The cost should be borne by the institution if it is going to be used at this level. The way that I use ThingLink easily fits with institutional-level use.

ThingLink Ties together various apps, creations, and tools is visually interesting ways

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