Deb Norton Tech

Meograph is a Web 2.0 tool for creating a four dimensional presentation.  I wrote about it once before here .  I've been waiting for just the right opportunity to Meograph , and this past week we did.   My students read about immigration in the United States.  The text covered immigration from the 1800s to the present.  It also describes a variety of counties that immigrated to the U.S., the reasons why they immigrated, and where the different groups settled. To show understanding of the text, I had the students create a presentation using the Web 2.0 tool called Meograph .  It is free and we signed up with just an email and password.   Meograph creates a timeline based presentation with the integration of Google Maps, images, text, dates, and narration.  It was the perfect match to show what students had learned. Here is an example of a Meograph created by one of my students: No question about it!  This student really absor...

Meograph looks like a useful site for digital story telling.   Meograph allows you to create a presentation which can include Google Maps, images, audio and video.  Therefore it is considered to be four-dimensional.  The presentation plays in a timeline format.  Take a look at this example: Check out this video explaining how to create a Meograph : I played around with Meograph and found it very simple to use.  This site could easily be used by lower elementary all the way through adults.  I highly recommend checking Meograph out.