Exploring Glogster
- 1. Exploring Glogster Maggie Phillips ITEC 7430/02 Spring 2012 Dr. Vega
- 2. What is Glogster? • Glogster is a website that allows users to create interactive, digital posters for free! • It’s a platform for creative expression of knowledge and learning.
- 3. Elements of a Glog • With Glogster, users can create digital, interactive posters with a variety of multimedia elements: – Text – Photographs – Images – Backgrounds – Audio Files – Videos – Special Effects
- 4. Glogster in Education • Glogster can be used in the classroom by teachers and students. • Teachers can use Glogster to create interactive posters to visually represent content, enhancing learning experiences. • Students can use Glogster to demonstrate their knowledge and learning. Students synthesize their learning by creating interactive multimedia posters representing content.
- 5. Safety First • In 2009, Glogster launched Glogster EDU, which serves the education field. • With Glogster EDU, students can create glogs and share them safely in a teacher controlled virtual classroom. Student glogs stay private!
- 6. Why did I pick Glogster? • Glogster allows • Glogster promotes students to create fun, higher order thinking creative, and interactive skills by allowing posters that students to synthesize demonstrate their content using a variety learning. It’s a great of multimedia assessment tool. resources. • Using Glogster is • Glogs are a quick, easy motivational to way to enhance a students. lesson!