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Thinglink tutorial
- 1. ئ THINGLINK TUTORIAL Course :INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY FEBRUARY 6, 2018 DONE BY: RASHA DERGHAM Instructor : Dr Ibrahim Kebbe
- 2. 1 Introductiontothinglink: ThingLink Inc. (ThinglinkOyinFinland) 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 )
- 3. 2 Who will beable 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
- 4. 3 Thenwheninthe firstpage tosignin:
- 5. 4 Thenselecton(GET STARTED ) Thenuselecttoopenthe applicationthroughalreadyexistingaccountsuchas : Google accountor twitteraccountor a facebookaccountand sure studentshavone of these accounts .. Thenthisis the page that opens:
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- 7. 6 Andin the (welcome) optionitshowsusa sample of the projectspeople workedin. Thenin the(explore ) optionalsoasample of videosandpictures. Nowthe otheroptionsonthe rightup part of the page :
- 8. 7 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 ..
- 9. 8 Anddon’tforgetto pressthe savebuttonunderthe icon image options Thenat the endu pressthe option(save image)
- 10. 9 Andhere we addedtoour mediaanimage: Nowitstime to uploada video: Clickon create thenclickon importfromURL:
- 11. 10 Paste out thelinkof the videouwant to uploadandu get: Thisis watu get :
- 12. 11 Thenstart by taggingthings Suchas 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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- 14. 13 So fornow wecant 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 ..