Each group was asked to create a word cloud based on key words found in astronomy articles that were gathered by each person in the group. Some of the frequently occurring words were Super Moon, astronomer, asteroids, meteor, and animals in space. After creating the word cloud, the words that appeared most often would be used to create a history of space timeline. So what technological tool would each group be using to create their timelines?
Google Docs, Time Toast, and Tiki Toki were options to use when creating our timelines. The first group use Google Docs to arrange the information for their timeline about space. This tool allowed them a simple way to organize the information and then put that information into a timeline on Time Toast. The second group used Tiki Toki to create their timeline. Exact dates were difficult to input into Tiki Toki. Another drawback was if the dates were close, the images appeared too close together.
Our group also chose Tiki Toki to display our timeline on. The theme of the timeline was the general history of space dating beginning with the Big Bang Theory. Through time and space, we traveled to the recently released night time images of Earth by NASA. The biggest issue using Tiki Toki was matching the exact dates. Our group also created a Kahoot based on information featured in the timeline which we then played in class.
Using Tiki Toki was new for everyone in our group. This tool would be especially useful in history lessons or used when presenting an overview of a new lesson if the teacher created the timeline. Both Tiki Toki and Time Toast seemed more appropriate for older students to use but younger students could benefit from teacher creations of timelines. I would need to further familiarize myself with Tiki Toki in order to feel comfortable using this tool. Using technology throughout this science class has exposed me to technological tools I was unaware of prior to taking this class.
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