Dipity

Dipity-Interactive timelines 1. **Resources and Links** **[|Dipity]**

**History of Technology-Dipity Timeline** [] [] media type="youtube" key="8slBz1dtgXM" height="525" width="660"
 * ** ReadWriteWeb Blog: Dipity: Visualizing the Passage of Time **
 * **Tutorial Video for Basic Use**

2. __SWOT__ a. **Strengths**
 * Free for basic use.
 * Very simple to sign up and get started.
 * Timelines can be shared and embedded.
 * Timelines can be made into a flipbook or a map if locations are added.
 * Timelines can include video, music, and pictures that can be uploaded or gleaned from other websites like flickr.com.
 * Sections of the timeline can be zoomed in on.
 * Timelines of other users can be searched with a keyword and followed. You will receive notification when your followed timelines change.
 * Timelines can be searched by topic.
 * Comments can be made on each section of the timeline.
 * Feedback of from other users and receive data of who and when others are viewing your work.

b. **Weaknesses**
 * Advertisements (possibly inappropriate for children) appear throughout the free version.
 * If teachers choose to have students view previously made timelines, some user comments may be inappropriate for children.

c. **Opportunities**
 * As a visual aid, this application allows students to visualize the order of historical events or create a "lifestream" of their own learning on on topic.
 * Research on a topic goes beyond text and pictures.
 * Other timelines can be used as research tools.
 * Timelines can be made collaboratively or independently.
 * Could be used to create a resume.

d. **Threats**
 * Timelines are not filtered for content. Students will need to be prepped on how to be discerning researchers.
 * Students need to be taught about privacy/safety issues before posting, especially regarding personal information.
 * Links to followers of previously created timelines could lead to inappropriate material.

3. __Ideas for the classroom__
 * Timelines can be made about any topic in any subject. Students can research video, audio, pictures, and text to make a rich presentation of new knowledge.
 * Timelines can be used as teaching tools. Teachers can create the timelines or use ones made by others. Students can be asked to comment on the timeline as part of the assignment.
 * Classes can create a timeline in small groups.
 * Geography skills can be taught and practiced when using the map feature.
 * A class birthday timeline could be made at the beginning of the year. Each entry could be an "about me" assignment. The whole timeline could be presented at open house.