This word document is about thinglink tutorial , it includes the description of the website and the benefits of using this website , for improving learning and teaching science throgh videos and images ! :)

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THINGLINK TUTORIAL
Course : INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
FEBRUARY 6, 2018
DONE BY: RASHA DERGHAM
Instructor : Dr Ibrahim Kebbe

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Introductiontothinglink:
ThingLink Inc. (ThinglinkOy inFinland) is a Finnish-Americanproviderofin-image interaction
tools.
ThingLink,launched in2010 and ledby UllaEngeström and Janne Jalkanen,developstoolsfor
image interaction that allow content sharing via online images.The purpose ofThingLink,
according to itsdevelopers,isto allow photosand otherimages to be made into web links,mainly
for the purpose of advertisingand education.
Thinglinkisatool of web2.0 differentinteractivetools.
Thinglinkallows itsuserstoactivate theirpicturesandvideosinaveryattractive wayto attract the
attentionof the viewerandthuslearningtakesplace atitsbestlevel .
Therefore thinglink isaninteractive mediaplatformthatallowsstudentstouse multimedia content
and linkstoshare theirknowledgeandtell theirstorybytaggingimagesorvideoswithhotspotsthat
include additional information.
nowto openthinglinkandstartworkinginit
go to the website (www.thinglink.com/edu )

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Who will be able touse it?
Users can be many ,teachersorstudents,intheirclassroomsorintheirhome toclarifyand increase
the processof learning andunderstanding ..
We can use thisapplicationusing ourlaptopsorcomputers , if internetconnectionisavailable ..
What isnice in thinglinkisthatyoucan workon desktopstabletsandsmartphoneswhereveryou
wantbut withan internetavailable
Andin additiontothattagging360 degreesimages

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Thenwheninthe firstpage to signin:

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Thenselecton(GET STARTED )
Thenu selecttoopenthe applicationthroughalreadyexistingaccountsuchas :
Google accountor twitteraccountor a facebookaccountand sure studentshavone of these
accounts ..
Thenthisis the page that opens:

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Nowthisisthe WELCOME option :

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Andin the (welcome ) optionitshowsusa sample of the projectspeople workedin.
Thenin the(explore ) optionalsoasample of videosandpictures.
Nowthe otheroptionsonthe rightup part of the page :

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There isthe searchoption,,upgrade ,,articlesandinformation,,andthe accountsettings,,
Nowwe will starton creatingour ownmediabyselectingthe option(create)
Andu uploadthe image fromdesktop
Andu start tagging forexample tagthe nose ,larynx,trachea,bronchus,andthe lungsandaddthe
name of eachone in the textblankpart ..

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Anddon’tforgetto pressthe save buttonunderthe icon image options
Thenat the endu pressthe option(save image)

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Andhere we addedto our mediaanimage:
Nowitstime to uploada video:
Clickon create thenclickon importfromURL:

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Paste out the linkof the videouwant to uploadandu get:
Thisis watu get :

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Thenstart by taggingthings
Such as write somethinginthe text optionandchoose the iconand choose the time insecondsthen
at the endwhenufinishtaggingclickonsave to save the tagg u made …
Withrespectto images360 degreesthe same processasthe usual images,the 360 degreesimages
can be tagged…
Withrespectto students:

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So fornow we cant add studentstoour page so we can onlyuse thinglinktodemonstrateourwork
and make the imagesandvideosmore interactiveandalive …
Educational purposes for the tool :
we can use thisapplication to entertainstudentsand inthe same way to letthe informationbe as
simple as it is to be understoodby the studentsand then both teachersand studentsENJOY
studyingand learningand the processof learningbecome lessBORING and more INTERESTING !!!
In this technological age,it is important that teachersuse all resources ofweb 2.0 tools available
to them to reach and engage theirstudents.Web2.0 tools are a great way to accomplishthis.
Thinglinkhelpthe teacher to attract attention of studentsin a very attractive and astonishingway
to attain learningat its best ..