Glogster

=Getting Going with Glogging=

We've all heard about blogging. People put up their thoughts and activities on weblogs that other people read and subscribe to. This has given rise to new ways to share your perspectives on everything from shoes to global politics and philosophy, such as Facebook, tweeting, and so on and so on.

Well, now, there's Glogging.

Glogster (www.glogster.com) is a social media site that allows users to create interactive multimedia posters, or "glogs" as they like to call them. The site is very popular among teenagers who enjoy personalizing and decorating their glogs. Fortunately for us, Glogster provides a way for teachers to use Glogster in the classroom. Called EDU Glogster, the minds behind this popular Web 2.0 site have created a version of their site that puts the power into the hands of the teachers to guide their students' use of Glogster to meet their educational objectives.

Glogster EDU is currently being used by more than 30,000 teachers with about 1,000,000 students all around the world (Wikipedia).

How can Glogster be used in my class?
Glogster can be used wherever students would do research and be asked to represent that research. They can create a poster, and integrate video, audio, and links directly into their project.

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 * Depending on the amount of information you want students to put up on their glog, you may break your project into a number of smaller glogs to make sure that the information has enough space to be adequately represented.

Links:
To see how other teachers are using Glogster, check out these links:
 * @http://lrberry.edu.glogster.com/jan-brett-glog/
 * @http://scienceglogs.weebly.com/

Teacher Sample:
The assignment here is to create a glog on an alternative energy source, such as solar power, wind power, or so on. The students need to find information on what the power source is, how it works, the pros and cons of the type of power, and so on. More areas of research could be added if there is time or interest. Students can be expected to include one or more images, videos, and links to other sources of information. Here is the sample Glog that I could show to the students as an example. media type="custom" key="6146133" align="center"