Glogster


 * Glogster (online poster editor)


 * Resources links/Class examples:
 * Glogster – []
 * Cnet news: []
 * Slideshare Presentation on Glogster: []
 * Thinking in Mind: []
 * Impactmax: []
 * Box of Tricks: []
 * Pitch Engine: []
 * Common Sense Media: []
 * Free Technology for Teachers: []
 * Blog about ways to use Glogster in the Classroom @http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=601
 * Glogster Tutorial: @http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dgqwv5cr_127g7nqc8fm
 * Glogster Rubric: http://butlertech.wikispaces.com/file/view/Glogster+Rubric.pdf


 * Strengths:
 * This tool is free
 * Do not have to register to use it
 * Easy to upload text, video clips, audio files, and photographs
 * Easy to edit each item uploaded by changing colors, effects, zoom, and deleting it
 * Numerous graphics
 * Various types of text boxes and wall designs within various categories including: basic, hippie, punk, retro, etc.
 * Can upload video from SchoolTube or another video website
 * Grab image or audio file from camera and microphone
 * When registered: can save and publish blog and have others view it or have it private
 * When registered: can search other gloggers, new glogs, top glogs, and glogs by categories.
 * When registered: can comment on other glogs and can rate on other glogs
 * When registered, can add glogs to favorites, online chat, and email
 * New addition: glogster.com/edu
 * Can create a glog for each student in class
 * Can create a glog for any subject to present information
 * Promotes creativity and individuality
 * Videos can be uploaded directly to glog from several common formats of video sharing without having to host to a separate website
 * Allows students to express their feelings about a topic.
 * The rubric provides a great tool to use when using glogster in the classroom. This tool can easily be modified to fit the criteria of a specific assignment.
 * Glogster can be set to private or public!


 * Weaknesses:
 * Must register for others to view your glog and have access to other items on the website
 * Age restriction: 13 years or older to be a registered member
 * When uploading a file, sometimes you need to get out of the catergory and then get back in to see your file
 * Audio files that are wav files take a long time to upload
 * Glogs with a lot of videos take a long time to upload
 * Work must be saved frequently in order to not lose it during an upload
 * Glog has some content (i.e. pictures and animations) not suitable for elementary aged students
 * Glogster is still in Beta form
 * Depending on the county your school in, glogster and glogster.com/edu is not available. Some counties allow the websites to load but the pictures and text will not come up. Other counties will not let glogster come up at all.
 * Students have access to glogs that may not be appropriate for a younger audience.
 * When managing a class (i.e. passwords, nicknames) sometimes you are not notified that a password or username wasn't accepted.
 * Students are displayed collectively rather than by classes.

Opportunities:
 * Create and publish simple multimedia projects
 * Easy to add text, video clips, audio files, and photographs
 * Allows students to be creative in a form of authentic assessment, in a traditional testing paradigm.
 * Allows students to express themselves with the easy customization process
 * Allows students to collaborate with others by commenting on their peers' glogs
 * Students have the opportunity to create their own unique take on an assignment.
 * Widens students views of what is available on the Internet.
 * Threats:
 * Some glogs do not have appropriate material for younger children (some nudity, hate speech, and topics such as rape, suicide, and war)
 * If using YouTube, some schools will have this part of the glog blocked
 * Online chat could be an issue if adults are chatting with minors
 * Some schools may have Glogster blocked because of suggestive content
 * Anyone can have a Glogster. It may lead to cyberbullying or cyberstalking
 * Glogs can be share with anyone, thus creating an atmosphere that may not be appropriate for the school setting.


 * Ideas for the classroom:
 * Complete a project on a famous composer and add video clips from a symphony orchestra playing his or her pieces
 * Complete a project on their instrument and add audio files and photographs of the instrument
 * E-folios
 * Create posters for various projects
 * Create posters to be presented at an art show or music concert
 * Create a poster that summarizes key content of a unit of study, basically an online study guide for students
 * Inventive presentation tool for Senior Projects and group projects.
 * Can be used as a form of assessment (midterm exam or final exam)
 * Create a "getting to know me" poster for beginning of the school year to promote positive class culture
 * Create a class mission statement using graphics and text
 * Have students create a flow chart of the content covered
 * Science Fair Projects - students could take a video or audio recording, depending on their project, of their experiment and place it on their poster. They could have their research available and any info on other scientists, theories, and/or experiments that are relevant. Various pictures of their experiment could be included as well. The general interactivity of glogster would make science fair much more interesting for students (Jeannie J.)
 * Create posters to answer Essential Questions to develop meaning for content and lessons.
 * Students may create mock Facebook pages for the characters in the books they're reading.

MID TERM EXAMPLE
 * Can be used to expand student understanding of a topic where they have to customize a glog
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