{"id":4149,"date":"2018-02-05T17:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=4149"},"modified":"2018-01-14T17:03:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T14:03:44","slug":"4149","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/4149\/","title":{"rendered":"New Interactive Timeline Generator!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 align=\"center\">Create an interactive classroom newsfeed using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/newsfeed\/create.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this simple interface<\/a>!<\/h1>\n<h2 align=\"center\">Simply provide a list of points you wish to share with your students. ClassTools will then turn it into an &#8216;race against the clock&#8217; newsfeed for your students to take notes from as efficiently as possible!<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sample, but you can easily <a href=\"http:\/\/www.classtools.net\/newsfeed\/create.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create your own<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.classtools.net\/newsfeed\/samples_yr7-medieval-realms\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/ecd9a284\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/ecd9a284\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/ecd9a284\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"safari-extension:\/\/com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR\/ecd9a284\/background\/helpers\/prefilterHelper.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create an interactive classroom newsfeed using this simple interface! 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