Timeliner+XE

=TimeLiner XE from TOM SNYDER SOFTWARE=

Timeliner XE is a software program used to visually organize data—anything from historical events, to scientific processes, to story arcs—to see the connections, and transform a world of information into real knowledge.

This program allows students to:
 * Gather information for anywhere, including the Internet
 * visutally organize information on a timeline, sequence or cycle
 * communicate their understanding of events in a rich, multimedia presentation
 * [|Curriculum Resources] for Timeliner XE

Students can create colorful, attractive timeline banners, story maps, sequences, research.
Here are some screen shots showing some of the activities.
 * [[image:tl-ancient_egypt.jpg width="227" height="184" align="center"]] ||  || [[image:tl-history_transport.jpg width="253" height="177" align="center"]] || [[image:tl-recycling_process.jpg width="236" height="188" align="center"]] ||   ||
 * [[image:tl-research.jpg width="227" height="176" align="center"]] ||  || [[image:tl-story_map.jpg width="232" height="193" align="center"]] || [[image:tl-vocabulary_sequence.jpg width="245" height="189" align="center"]] ||   ||

TimeLiner XE Video Tutorials
[|TimeLiner XE Tutorials]
 * = [|Making a timeline] ||=  ||= [|Making a sequence] ||=   ||= [|Using the research browser] ||
 * media type="youtube" key="RY0yD3nhMoo?fs=1" height="190" width="240" ||  || media type="youtube" key="2Q1YGP0g8KU?fs=1" height="190" width="240" ||   || media type="youtube" key="E-PNbDrzqDk?fs=1" height="192" width="240" ||
 * = [|Adding multimedia] ||=  ||= [|Making a slideshow] ||=   ||= [|Formatting a timeline] ||
 * media type="youtube" key="u9utP63kGBs?fs=1" height="190" width="240" ||  || media type="youtube" key="WFEb-9v-a-A?fs=1" height="190" width="240" ||   || media type="youtube" key="LEaxRvk0opU?fs=1" height="190" width="240" ||
 * media type="youtube" key="u9utP63kGBs?fs=1" height="190" width="240" ||  || media type="youtube" key="WFEb-9v-a-A?fs=1" height="190" width="240" ||   || media type="youtube" key="LEaxRvk0opU?fs=1" height="190" width="240" ||

This matrix aligns three activity types to your learning objectives, Challenge, Research, and Finish Me Activities. ||  and activities [|here] ||
 * == TimeLiner XE Curriculum Matrix == ||
 * Download matrix [|here]
 * [[image:tl-matrix.jpg width="494" height="312"]] ||
 * ==TimeLiner XE Ready-Made Timelines == ||
 * Download the list of over 400 ready-made timelines
 * Download the list of over 400 ready-made timelines
 * [[image:Screen_shot_2010-10-08_at_2.27.00_PM.jpg width="498" height="335"]] ||

Activities Exchange
Download activities made by teachers [|here]. Find Timeliner XE activities for your grade and subject. For educators who do not currently have Timeliner XE, PDF's of timeline files have been posted, as well." ([])



TimeLiner XE in the Classroom
Ideas from TimeLiner XE Getting Started Guide found here.:
 * **Research**
 * Model smart research techniques, then have small groups of students research, gather, cite, and organize facts into a timeline or sequence project.
 * **Assess Student Knowledge**
 * Use Finish Me and Challenge Activities to help assess class knowledge of new content or to prepare for an upcoming test.
 * **Showcase student work**
 * Allow students to showcase their work with timeline presentations and multimedia slideshows.
 * **Science**
 * Present diagrams such as a cell, layers of the earth, or the parts of a flower, piece by piece
 * **Language Arts**
 * Use the sequence mode to create a living story.
 * **Social Studies**
 * Ancient Egypt:
 * Have student groups create timeliners on a topics such as Egyptian agriculture, art, government, etc. Merge into a comprehensive Egyptian timeline
 * **Math**
 * Have students complete a number pattern.

Thanks to Tom Snyder for all links and images. Screen shots have been made of various activities so students have a better understanding of what the software does.