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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/
