ideas needed for creating a multimedia/internet accessible timeline

Hi! My name is Linda and I teach fourth grade in Cincinnati. Instead of having my fourth graders do their typical paper/pencil Ohio History timeline, which is part of the state standards for social studies, I want to set up something online that they can access and create links, audio and even video. I would like to invite another class in our district to have access to it as well, so they can share their research and build on each others' ideas. Does anyone have any ideas for how I can use technology to do this? A wiki with a power point or screencasts? Thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Valerie Becker on December 16, 2009 at 8:14pm

Here are a couple of sites for timelines:
I have not used http://www.capzles.com/ - but it looks good.
I have used http://www.xtimeline.com/ for student collaborations
both can be made private

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Permalink Reply by Linda M Shrader on December 16, 2009 at 9:41pm

Thanks! I really appreciate such a quick response and can't wait to share these with my media specialist who is helping me. You rock!

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Permalink Reply by Bernadette Roche on December 17, 2009 at 7:48am

Time Glider http://timeglider.com/

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Permalink Reply by Matt Gleeson on December 19, 2009 at 4:59pm

I've used timeglider a bit. Can be quite effective but found it a bit frustrating in regards to editing colour and while the zoom functionality is great, I don't know that my participants get it so if the wrong zoom seting is applied all text disappears and people don't actually read it. The only option is then to set zoom settings for each individual event which is not a big deal for small timelines but time consuming for large ones,

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Permalink Reply by Allison Hart on December 17, 2009 at 8:46am

also http://www.dipity.com/

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Permalink Reply by Jesse R Elam on December 18, 2009 at 6:44am

I've also used dipity for classroom presentations, great tool and allows you to embed youtube video. A little buggy at times, but things are getting better.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Zimmer on December 17, 2009 at 11:46am

http://www.timetoast.com

I am working on a Blog Post for my Friday Focus tomorrow about the different timeline websites...might want to check it out tomorrow. http://edutechintegration.blogspot.com

All the ones listed here are good ones.