Class Yearbook or Class Journal

To explore the collaborative potencial of Our Story timelines and stories, it is possible to create an yearbook or a class journal, registering the main events going on through the school year. Each student may give his/her contribution, adding an event or giving more information/resources/comments about the ones that already included. At the end of the year, it will be fun to remember all that the students have gone through and it will be rewarding to see all the progress they have made.

(posted by Ana Paula Rocha, Eunice Oliveira e Dora Lopes)

Historical events

Timelines are also useful when presenting a period of history. Not only do they allow you to present a chronological list of events, but they also can include other references that can help you characterize the time: lifestyles, fashion, role models, music, literature, arts...

In the 10th grade, for example, we discuss the different generations. Students have to characterize the different decades from the 1950s up to the 2000s. Our Story timelines would allow them to organize the information of each decade in topics and illustrate it with photos and videos. The dynamic collaborative features of this tool is ideal for group work.

(posted by Ana Paula Rocha, Eunice Oliveira e Dora Lopes)

Fiction

Our Story can also be used to explore fiction. When analysing a short story or a novel, for example, students can create timelines to organize the events in the story.

The teacher may also create a timeline to present / summarize the main events. To make it more challenging, it may be incomplete and students have to collaborate in its creation. Or it may contain mistakes and, in this case, the students' task would be to spot them.

To develop their creativity, they can also be given a timeline and write a story based on it.

(posted by Ana Paula Rocha, Eunice Oliveira e Dora Lopes)