ISTC 702

Janet Corbin

Amy McGinn

Susan Miller

Lizanne Wallace

www.glogster.com

What is Glogster?

Click on the image of the glog for an introduction to Glogster!

What is Glogster?

Web 2.0 tool launched in 2007. (www.glogster.com)

Users create public or private “glogs” – short for graphic or graphical blogs – which are similar to interactive, multimedia posters.

Users can incorporate vibrant multi-sensory resources on their glogs such as images, photographs, graphics, text, video files, and sound files.

Users can also comment on each other’s glogs.

Glogs are…

creative, free interactive posters. social networking sites. valuable educational tools. simple and easy. distinctive multimedia products designed

with text, images, photos, audio, videos, and special effects.

both in public or private forums. flexible.

How does Glogster work?

Click on the image of the Glog to experience the interactive, multimedia capabilities of Glogster for yourself!

http://lwallace.edu.glogster.com/how-glogster-works

How does Glogster work?

Users create a “poster” using different multimedia elements: text, images, sound, and video.

Text, in the form of titles, bubbles, captions, or larger blocks of text, can be incorporated and displayed in many different graphic styles.

Pictures can be downloaded from the internet and inserted.

Photographs can be scanned into or uploaded from the user’s computer.

How does Glogster work?

Music can be downloaded from the internet. Users can also create sound files on their glog

by narrating through a microphone on their computer.

User-created videos as well as videos from the internet can be added to the glog.

Users can choose from a library of different ways to present their text, pictures, sounds or video.

The glog can be simple or as elaborate as the imagination of the user.

How can Glogster be used in the classroom?

Integrating Glogster in Education

As a learning tool: Conduct book talks Label science projects Create travel posters for social studies Illustrate elements of a story during

reading Demonstrate speaking and vocabulary

skills in a foreign language class Analyze character development in

reading Engage in creative writing projects Develop biographies of historical figures Create personal glogs in advisory or

homeroom to get to know your students and build positive self-esteem

Click below for an example of a glog created as a character sketch for the novel Lord of the Flies

Integrating Glogster in Education

As a teaching tool: Teachers can create a class glog to

use as a class webpage. The link can easily be shared with parents to foster communication between home and school.

Teachers can create glogs for specific units of study, such as this one, which teaches about the food chain. The glog can contain links to various resources that students need to access as they progress through the unit. Because visuals, text, video, and audio can be used, teachers can differentiate content for their students.

Media specialists can use glogs to “advertise” new books to students, such as this one, which contains information about The Alchemyst.

Click below for an example of a glog used as a class webpage.

Glogster and Differentiating Instruction

Glogs can be created by students of all age and skill levels. This gives educators more opportunities to actively engage students in the classroom. For example, an elementary student could create a food chain poster while a high school student could give a book talk by linking a book trailer to his or her glog.

Differentiating instruction is key to all students being successful achievers and life long learners.

Glogster lets students create online posters using their own academic and technology skill level.

Educators can manage the site to ensure students have appropriate, available resources.

Educators can assign projects that can be modified for all learners.

Glogster and Differentiating Instruction

An example of differentiation using Glogster would be having the class create a food chain as an assessment. Some students could utilize a teacher-created website for online resources, some students could have specific online resources available on the computer desktop, and some students would be monitored and assisted by an adult. All students would have an end project – their glogs – but the process is unique to their abilities.

Click on the icons below to explore how Glogster appeals to different learning styles:

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How Does the Media Specialist Fit In?

Collaborate with classroom teachers to use Glogster instead of standard student written or PowerPoint reports. Encourage students to create a glog about a book they have read and post it to the media center’s wiki or website. Work with the teacher to create a classroom glog chronicling a unit project which can be accessed by the parents.

Collaborating with Glogster Media specialists ensure that innovative technology is

secure and appropriate for their school population. They would hold staff development on how to use

Glogster in the classroom. They would demonstrate the benefits of using

Glogster for classroom instruction with practical examples.

They would collaborate with teachers to use Glogster to create online posters to share within their school or county.

For example, this collaboration could be creating an online poster to depict a biography that the students had researched and written during social studies or language arts.

Alignment with NETS-S

Glogster is a unique program that aligns with all six of the National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETS-S)

1. Creativity and Innovation - Glogster allows students to create a collage to express their ideas. There is no limitation on the graphics that can be utilized, either selected from the plethora found in the program or imported from other sources.

2. Communication and Collaboration - Glogs are posted online to foster the sharing of ideas. Glogs can be used for collaboration on a project, with students adding ideas to create a final project, the posted online in a public or private forum.

3. Research and Fluency - Students research information to be included on the glogs, and information can displayed by recording their own voices, importing movies, and taking pictures to use with the tools provided in Glogster.

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making - Students can search online for information appropriate for their project. The glog must be planned out prior to creating and decisions make as to the necessary information to include.

5. Digital Citizenship - Student-created glogs should be free of plagiarism and be sensitive to social issues since they are created and posted online.

6. Technology Operations and Concepts - Glog creation involves the application of basic computers operations such as saving, locating, and importing files.

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Ideas and Issues to Consider

Glogster EDU

Glogster has an educational component called Glogster EDU (www.edu.glogster.com)

This site allows teachers to create virtual classrooms and permits closer monitoring of content by teachers. Teachers actually control the activities in which their students can engage.

Teachers can ensure that students are displaying proper digital citizenship and can protect them from content that might be inappropriate for their age level.

Security Issues

Teachers can set up a student classroom within the Glogster site so that the teacher and other students in the class can view the glogs.

Security allows the glogs to be viewed either publically or only by the class.

Additional Considerations

The basic version of Glogster EDU is free to educators, but a Premium package is available by subscription.

Teachers and students must be aware of copyright issues and cite sources where applicable.

As with any online program, students must follow all Acceptable Use policies.

Glogster does not permit children under the age of 13 to register for the main site. Children under 13 can use Glogster EDU as a member of a teacher-created virtual classroom.

Sources

Glogster at www.glogster.com Glogster EDU at www.edu.glogster.com ISTE NETS-S at

http://www.iste.org/content/navigationmenu/nets/for_students/nets_s.htm

Top Ten Technology Tips for New Teachers at http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=934

Teacher Tap at http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic68b.htm Mouse Circus at http://www.mousecircus.com/videotour.aspx Virtual Frog Dissection at

http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_16/BL_16.html Valenza, J. (Designer). (2009). Reading resources. [Web]. Retrieved

from http://bookleads.wikispaces.com/ Languageexemplars. (Designer). Glogster poster. [Web]. Retrieved

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