TECH TIP: TimelineJS
I worked with Brian Leslie's 9th Social Studies class on their WWI projects this week. One of the options I gave to them was to create a timeline using the timeline creator TimelineJS.
There's a bit of a learning curve to this program and it is worth taking the time to watch the tutorial video on how to use it. Essentially, though, you fill out a Google Sheet template you download from the site, and fill it with your information, dates, images, or video links. You then upload that Google Sheet to the site and they will produce your timeline. You can then either embed the timeline on a website or you are given a link to share. Here are a couple examples of the timeline:
- http://world.time.com/2013/12/
05/nelson-mandelas- extraordinary-life-an- interactive-timeline/ - https://timeline.knightlab.
com/examples/houston/index. html
BOOK TIP: The Need by Helen Phillips
Speculative fiction (fiction that contains elements that are not of the natural world, whether it be supernatural, science fiction, etc.) is not my usual genre, but this book was recommended, so I gave it a shot. Molly is the main character and she is mother to two young children and works as a paleobotanist when she begins to hear and see things.....and I'll leave it at that because it really is a book best gone into blind and is one you will either love or hate. It is a book I keep thinking about and don't understand the ending, so I need to talk with someone about it!
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