Allowing students to connect and collaborate with their peers is a vital part of their education. Many Web 2.0 developers understand this importance and it is a basic feature of their tools. The interactive image creator, Thinglink is no exception. Using this tool, students can take any digital image and instantly make it interactive by tagging the image with an array of media. This can include: audio, video, websites, documents, etc. If it provides a URL link then it can be tagged to a Thinglink image.
The project highlighted below show the versatility that Thinglink provides.
The interactive images were created by Tandy Cobb's 12th grade English classes. During their study of The Once and Future King, each student chose a knight. The students researched their knight and created a multimedia project which could include a podcast (SoundCloud), wiki (Wikispaces), blog (Blogger), Prezi, or video. The completed projects were compiled using Thinglink to create an interactive roundtable. By clicking on a knight, the students could learn about each of the knights of the roundtable.
Projects like this is just one example of how Thinglink could be used in the classroom. The tool also provides a "remix" feature that allows students to copy an image that has already been created. Therefore, a teacher could set up an image with questions "tagged" throughout portions of the image. The students could then "remix" the image and provide the correct answers.
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