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Remember the days of those awkward large paper poster boards overflowing with magazine clippings and Elmer’s glue, posters that you carried in an oversized plastic garbage bag to avoid damage when running into school on a rainy or snowy day? Well, those days could be gone forever thanks to Glogster EDU.
Glogster EDU promotes digital literacy in a digital learning environment. It can be used in K-12 Education, in University, or Corporate learning environments. Students and teachers alike learn technology in an easy to use scalable format that results in a multi-media electronic poster. A Glog is an interactive visual platform in which students create a “poster or web page” containing multimedia elements including: text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data free from glue, construction paper and magazine clippings.
Glogster EDU fosters problem-solving skills in a way that allows the students to express independent and creative thought to become competent and confident problem solvers for any curriculum objectives. Its application can be used in any subject area. It creates an innovative learning environment for all learners, regardless of learning style. Students can work independently or as a part of a team to solve problems through media of their choice such as graphic galleries, images, video, audio or text, uploading, linking or grabbing images, use of Web cams, animation, selection and layout of poster and page wall as well as use of drawings. The student selects the means in which they demonstrate what they know. This engaging tool taps into the learners’ interest, offers appropriate challenges, and increases their motivation.
Teachers can easily create a private virtual classroom with students by registering for a teacher administered account. This generates student accounts with safety in mind. Student accounts are created without providing email addresses or using any personal contact information. There are logins and passwords and teachers can monitor all activities during the Glog learning process. When Glogs are completed, the teacher can share students work in a variety of educational settings, embedded in a blog, wiki, or web page depending on the schools regulations.
It is now time to throw away that big plastic garbage bag, Elmer’s glue, scissors, paper poster boards and magazine clippings, as Glogster EDU is the way to go. Visit this amazing electronic poster 2.0 Web tool at http://edu.glogster.com/
Isn't this a great site? There is a teacher in my school who uses this for projects with her special education students. May I ask, what grades do you teach? The reason I ask is that some of my research I'm doing talks about the importance of the very young students still needing physical challenges and growth of manipulation of objects. See my blog page Wk_1 Reading. The article stated however, that if you relate and connect the physical aspects to the computer/virtual aspects, most young students can make the transition. Just something to think about before you throw all of your craft materials away. Did you make the glogster in your picture?
ReplyDeleteLaurie, I can't find it at the moment. There is a music glogster page I have saved at my school's computer. It is INTERACTIVE! complete with video, music, links all kinds of stuff. If I remember, I'll send you the url. I think you would like it and maybe glean some ideas from it. It is created by a music teacher. Perhaps you could use it at your workplace.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Glogster. You gave a very in depth description of the site. I encountered Glogster at a workshop a couple of years ago, but you know how that is. My head was so stuffed with new applications to try, I never really got around to delving into Glogster. You also gave a much better description of the variety of ways Glogster can be used than the one I got in that workshop. I will be more likely to use Glogster in my classes this year thanks to you.
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