30 days of Web Tools:#5: Create your own multimedia Qwiki

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQNqT-xI37zucwb4AIIfXMS_Ae4yk5uz_OV26-2xRwi18neAg40BuyCV-dt" /></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I first read about this tool (</span><a href="http://www.qwiki.com/">http://www.qwiki.com/</a>) <span style="font-size: small;">on the blog of <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Educational Technology Guy,</a> who found out about it at a Teacheet in the USA. That is how news spreads! This tool looks really great for students to use to create informative, interactive multimedia presentations very easily. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br />Qwiki encyclopaedia</b></span> </div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have always known Qwiki as a visual encyclopaedia with over 3 million entries but somehow I can’t find a way of getting there directly unless I add a URL that I already know. From there the other resources can be accessed. For example I clicked on this URL about Ancient Egypt (</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.qwiki.com/q/Ancient_Egypt" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.qwiki.com/q/Ancient_Egypt</a>) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">and came up with the search site button seen on the top right of this image below.</span><a href="http://www.qwiki.com/q/Ancient_Egypt" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsKBe3DT06GU2AKOJzLe0mKt33O71D1OpFH19DHLrHImlOeBwdFw-11xBCSVy1o6c7-FBT6hUKrEWlnpc1-GVhiCiRGTSeidOj1ff3uWKMBqk9LfDLhVxgumkR4QYsFdU9zp9N35jIpp4/s1600-h/image%25255B3%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkfjfOZQGkGMfnI8Ef-EGw7Ob9aDjGFd63n9NRGawJXUkPaLum4iK2XP3TarMd9NWGj5ntYrKiIPPEikwe6Sh3gQPDALWBbAEoGZ3hCLAC0i4mPOsVPsX_lgBYIktZzs-IvhmPIF91W1Y/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What exactly is a Qwiki made using Qwiki creator?</b></span> </div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now Qwiki has added a Qwiki creator. This Qwiki creator is a type of a search engine that aids you in creating a lovely multimedia presentation on a topic of your choice. It doesn’t give you links but rather creates a multimedia presentation around your search item. Consequently it creates a story consisting of images, text, audio and video on your subject. You can add narration or use their digital voices. The recording above gives the idea of how a Qwiki multimedia presentation plays.  You’ll notice a film strip that appears below which enables you to ski to another part of the presentation.The site provided a demo video </span></div><div class="qwiki-embed" id="OiJp80-6CaEEW"><a href="http://www.qwiki.com/AboutUs?q=6CaEEW" target="_blank">Play the Qwiki: Qwiki Demo & Background</a></div><script async="" class="qwiki-embedder" id="OiJp80-6CaEEW" src="http://s1.ikiwq.com/embed/2.5/embed.min.js"></script> <br />  <br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">How to make your own Qwiki </span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. Sign up to the site. <br />2. Once you have signed up it will be a good idea to watch their introductory video that tells you all the steps. I have embedded it below. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="qwiki-embed" id="ZRpLql-TVD2ZV"><a href="http://www.qwiki.com/Tutorial?q=TVD2ZV" target="_blank">Play the Qwiki: The Qwiki Creator</a></div><script async="" class="qwiki-embedder" id="ZRpLql-TVD2ZV" src="http://s1.ikiwq.com/embed/2.5/embed.min.js"></script> <br />  <br /><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Upload your content or link references in the exact order that you wish everything to appear. This necessitates careful planning. Voice recordings are limited to 20 seconds. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Caption your content. You are presented with a grid to caption your all your content. This is where you insert your links. </span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br />When you sign in it seems that everything is clearly indication at the place where you create your Qwiki.  </span></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Qwiki in the classroom</span></b></div><br /><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. I haven’t actually created my own Qwiki yet, but plan to! It seems to be a great way to get students creating a multimedia presentation for a project. </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Students could also use the Qwiki encyclopaedia site to learn information from their 3 million plus entries.  </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. Teachers could also create great resources for their classess using Qwiki. </span></div></div>

30 days of web tools Qwiki Web tools 30 days of Web Tools:#5: Create your own multimedia Qwiki

I first read about this tool ( http://www.qwiki.com/ ) on the blog of The Educational Technology Guy, who found out about it at a Teacheet ...

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