Web Tool 2.0 Smackdown of Thinglink
I decided to choose Thinglink as my webtool for my smackdown. I chose Thinglink because I believe it is a very easy to use tool that helps you display an image with tons of embedded links! As an education major I had learned about Thinglink in the past and believe it to be a very fun and interactive way to store all your common links in one amazing place!
Thinglink lets you pick any image and add embedded links to it, so you can then display it with other hidden information in one picture! Thinglink is also known as an interactive image, this means as you hover over the image you can see different links and resources to learn more information. Thinglink lets you add in articles, websites, music, locations, and also other images! In my video I go in depth on how you can add this extra information into your image. What is also great about thinglink is that you can make the icons standout or blend into your image. This is a cool feature because the main idea is to display your interactive image so if you make them blend together you will have your audience focused on your image.
As a future educator I believe I could definitely utilize Thinglink often in the classroom. You can use this to help your students study together by creating study link in an image, or use it for fun and add in fun facts about a lesson! I believe as a teacher you have to make the learning fun for students. If you have a very fun image displayed on the board students are going to want more, and Thinglink definitely helps with that!
Here is the link to my Smackdown!
Jordyn, I have never heard of this tool before, but it seems wonderful for group settings! I frequently facilitate groups at work and could see myself implementing this to further engage the clients. The "hidden" information aspect fosters a fun learning environment Thank you!
ReplyDeleteJordyn,
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of Thinglink before, but it seems like a fun way to store and organize your links. I like your idea of using this in the class room for students to study and learn together. As a business major I will probably never use this app in my career, however I am curious to look more into it in my free time.
Hi Jordyn, I have never heard of Thinglink before, so I was definitely excited to learn about this tool. I’m glad that you found a way to incorporate this tool in your future career as an educator. I think your students would enjoy using a tool like this because it seems fun, but still effective in getting the idea across.
ReplyDeleteHi Jordyn!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I have never heard of Thinglink prior to your smackdown, it seems like a great organization tool. It seems like a great tool for educators to encourage studying habits, while making lessons a little less dreadful for students, as you mentioned. Thank you for sharing!
Hi Jordyn! I personally have never used thinglink ever before! Though I love the idea of this tool! I think this could be very helpful and useful in the psychology field. I think it is overall a very interesting tool as well. You do not see things like this too often. It also seems very fun to get involved with! I definitely will be looking into this on my free time!
ReplyDeleteJordyn,
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you covered Thinglink! This is the first time I have heard of this tool and I intend on using it in the future. It is such a cool concept that you can display an image with hidden information within it. I will definitely be using these types of images in future presentations for college and potentially for my intended career. It is a great way to keep an audience active. My favorite feature is being able to add music to a picture!
Hi Jordyn,
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of thinglink before, but I love this especially as a future educator this resource will be very useful for me in my classroom with sharing information to my students in my lessons.
Jordyn,
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of ThingLink before, but I am glad you covered it so well. It seems like a great tool for people pursuing a career in Education. I love the idea of the "hidden information". This would be a great tool for teachers in a classroom setting. Personally, I would never use it in my career, but it is interesting to learn about and will look more into it during my free time.
Hi Jordyn! I have never heard of ThingLink before. I loved your implementation of it into the education field. Having an interactive and fun way of learning and discovering these links could be really memorable and enrich the learning environment. Great job!
ReplyDeleteHey Jordyn,
ReplyDeleteThinglink seems like a cool way to make links a lot more interesting. I never heard of the website but it appears to be a good tool to know about, like you said it would be more appealing to the eyes which will help grasp your audiences’ attention
Jordyn this is a very creative tool and I agree on your viewpoint of using this in the classrooms and I think a lot of students will benefit off this since image tends to stay in our mind more than words. You can a nice demo on how to create the image and hopefully I will use this one day.
ReplyDeleteHi Jordyn!
ReplyDeleteI never heard of this app called thinklink prior to your app smackdown. I believe it’s a great tool to showcase every link you have into a picture form. It is unique and can make boring links on websites more appealing. I liked how you mentioned you can benefit from this app with your major in education. Thanks for sharing!
Jordyn,
ReplyDeleteThis app is really incredible and you did an amazing job showing all the features of it. I have never used Thinglink but it definitely is a tool that I think almost anyone in any profession could use. It's especially interesting because it's easy to get viewers hooked on an image so when they click on it, having links right there is perfect to direct them to other websites.
Hi Jordyn!
ReplyDeleteI really like this application and what is has to offer. Amazing job presenting the tool! I think this tool would be great for educators and it is a different way of presenting links. The picture is much more appealing to the eye than just a list of links on a slide. I would like to see how I could apply this in the future!
Jordyn,
ReplyDeleteThinglink is new to me and it looks very interesting! This is a great tool for presentations or lesson planning to attach certain links to point in a picture that relate to each other. This will most definitely grab students’ attention to the lesson. This is a great tool for so many different professions also, like a business presentation. Great job!