{"id":2473,"date":"2013-06-04T13:49:28","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T20:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2013-09-01T06:04:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T13:04:14","slug":"interactive-images-using-thinglink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/2013\/06\/interactive-images-using-thinglink\/","title":{"rendered":"Interactive Images &#8211; Using Thinglink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are moments when an image tells a better story than just having a bunch of words on a page (actually that&#8217;s most of the time). \u00a0However when that image has a level of interactivity such that it delivers even more information, then you have a perfect marriage of visual and linguistic.<\/p>\n<p>On any given year, we have many projects and Learning Series on the go. \u00a0Our blog houses ongoing information with specific instructions, workflows and lesson plan ideas. \u00a0They are meant as guides to facilitate the journey of integrating technologies in the learning environment. \u00a0I&#8217;ve used a tool called <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a title=\"Thinglink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Thinglink<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 to capture \u00a0some of these project details. \u00a0Hover over the various buttons on the image and you will find popups with weblinks or additional pieces of information.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alwaysThinglink\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/api\/image\/396271384432476160\/1024\/10\/scaletowidth#tl-396271384432476160;626328886\" width=\"500\" \/><script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/jse\/embed.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">How would I use this?<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Consider having students use this much like <a href=\"http:\/\/edu.glogster.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Glogster<\/a> to share their knowledge of a unit of study. Each button connects to layered information.\u00a0How about a class newsletter using captured images of student work? \u00a0Or as a sharing piece to parents. \u00a0There are so many possibilities to bring dynamic learning to your audience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thinglink<\/a> comes as a website and as an ipad app, giving you great flexibility cross-platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are moments when an image tells a better story than just having a bunch of words on a page (actually that&#8217;s most of the time). \u00a0However when that image has a level of interactivity such that it delivers even more information, then you have a perfect marriage of visual and linguistic. On any given&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4642,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[113,17],"tags":[25,35,36,137,43,50,99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4642"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2498,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}