Friday, January 15, 2010
BP5_2010012_Web2.0T2_Glogster
The Web2.0 tool for this week is Glogster. The free education version can be found at http://edu.glogster.com/. Glogster is a tool that allows teachers and students to create online and interactive posters. It is user friendly and provides many ways to "dress up" your glog. Test out the one I created and posted above. Let me know what you think.
The original (and non-safe for education) Glogster site (www.glogster.com) describes the site as "Simply put, Glog is a kind of poster - fully designed by yourself! Glog is a fancy creation from text, images, music and video. No matter what it is. Your Glog will stand out. It gives you a perfect tool to express yourself." Glogster was originally created as a way for teenage girls to express themselves virtually. So many educators began wanting to create this for classroom use that a separate and student friendly site was created.
I selected to use a staff development topic for my glog instead of a student based curriculum topic to show the diversity of the tool. When you create your Glogster account, you also have the ability to create student accounts. This allows for a "protected" area for students to create their own glogs related to a specific topic.
I could see the teacher creating a glog to introduce a topic and then have students create a final product related to the topic using Glogster. Having the ability to embed videos, sound and link to websites, provides even more opportunities for a glog to encompass many aspects of a lesson, activity or become a study guide.
If you need guidance on how to create your own glog, visit http://www.scribd.com/doc/25030064/Glogster-Instructions-Revised as these make it very easy and guide you step-by-step. You will need a Scribd account to view these. It is free and easy to set up.
Have fun Glogging!!
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ReplyDeleteI have played a little with Glogster and found it to have some great potential for using it in wikis. I didn't know their was another site that was more safe for education and my students. I am glad I know that now because some of the content can be a little sketchy.
I have not played with Glogster, but I love this! Once you get your students' attention it is so much easier to teach. This can be done to not only get the students' attention, but also get them motivated to either start the day or get into the lesson. Ticket out the door is a great way to summarize and this would definitely be a great, fun way for students to summarize what has been taught and or learned.
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