Below are 4 different options for making timelines with your class. I have also included some pros and cons for each. The 4 options are:

• Animated timeline from timeline.knightlab.com
• Using Popplet on the iPad
• Using Google Slides to make a basic animated timeline
• Using StoryboardThat.com to create scenes of each stage

Animated Timeline - www.timline.knightlab.com (Laptop)

Click here for the website

Click here for the timeline sample file

Pros

• Easy to embed in blogs
• Years are to scale

Cons

• Adding in photos requires using a link to the image.
• Editing then publishing the spreadsheet

Using Popplet on the iPad

Google Slides Animated Timeline (Laptop or iPad)

Using Google Slides with a slide right transition you can make a very basic animated timeline.
Click here for the template file you can share with your students.

Pros

• The students can do this independently
• Easy to embed in the blog
• Updates as changes are made
• Can be edited and created on either the iPad or you Laptop

Cons

• You cannot see the whole timeline on one page

StoryboardThat.com

• Looks good and the students create their own individual pieces.
• You can customise the all the character positions, colors etc.
• You can create a free account using Google Sign In.

• Can take a long time for some students to create each scene.
• Embeds very wide in the blog, you need to add a width="600" command to the HTML embed code.
• Storyboardthat.com has a habit of sending lots of update emails about their product after you sign up.