How many things could a thinglink link, if a thinglink could link things?

THINGLINK......

It's not.....                                            or this....

Or some of you might be thinking even.......

Thinglink is so much more!  It's.... an exciting, creative and different way of communicating.  You begin by choosing an image and uploading it.  Then you can add all sort of links or text to your image.  When you scroll over the "thing," your message or link will appear on the image.  Below, I have created a Thinglink about David and Goliath, which I will use in my Bible class. I have added YouTube clips, bible references, map references etc. to bring the image to life. When the thinglink is complete, it can be shared through many different media, including Facebook, Pinterest, Edmodo, email, Twitter, etc.   I am excited about trying this with my students.    Here are some ways I thought it might be useful in the classroom: 

• use it to define vocabulary, by getting linking different images that show the definition of the word. 
• create a book review
• collaborate as a group to answer an essential question
• compare and contrast two opposing ideas/concepts
• visually introduce themselves to the class at the beginning of the year. 
• break an image up into parts ( eg. a pic of the solar system, where each students gets one planet) and have each student add in the relevant links.