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Name of Tool:Tiki-Toki Timeline

Website of Tool: http://www.tiki-toki.com/
Screen Image of Tool and/or logo: timeline

Does tool require Sign-in?
yes

Description of Tool:
Interactive timeline that gives you the ability to upload pictures and create events base don their time in history

How does tool apply to your curricular area?
This web 2.0 tool will be helpful in a social studies classroom because it provides the students with a visual timeline to organize events in history. For language arts this tool could be helpful in organizing the sequence of events in literature. Combining event timelines will show different historical events and when books were published. When talking about the history of technology in technology courses this tool will be helpful as well.

Where does tool fit in Digital Blooms and why?

Tiki-Toki Timeline fits into the Applying level of Digital Blooms. When you create a timeline, you are taking the knowledge that you have learned and applying it to this web 2.0 tool. Say for instance you taught about the War of 1812 and wanted your students to demonstrate that they understand the history of the war, they could come on Tiki-Toki and create a digital timeline to present to you and the class.

Extras:

There is a lot you can do with Tiki-Toki, but there are certain things, such as uploading personal pictures, instead of web images, that you have to pay for.