Glogster: An Epic Summary

Glogster: An Epic Summary

By David IngrahamBy David Ingraham

What is Glogster?What is Glogster?

Glogster is a web 2.0 application that allows users to create posters on-line that others can comment on.

Glogster is a web 2.0 application that allows users to create posters on-line that others can comment on.

What’s so great about posters?

What’s so great about posters?

Glogster posters are not your ordinary posters. Music, narratives, animations can all be added to enhance the content of what would typically be thought of as solely a visual medium.

Glogster posters are not your ordinary posters. Music, narratives, animations can all be added to enhance the content of what would typically be thought of as solely a visual medium.

Pleasant surprises await!Pleasant surprises await! Glogster is an incredibly user friendly

sight. All the tools are available and obvious on every screen. Help menus and tutorials are in plain view.

Get to the website and it will do all the work teaching you how to use it.

The tutorial is one minute long and takes you through all the steps necessary to work the sight.

Glogster is an incredibly user friendly sight. All the tools are available and obvious on every screen. Help menus and tutorials are in plain view.

Get to the website and it will do all the work teaching you how to use it.

The tutorial is one minute long and takes you through all the steps necessary to work the sight.

More surprises await!More surprises await!

Glogster has pop-ups as you complete each step of the process that help direct you to the next thing that you need to do.

Glogster has pop-ups as you complete each step of the process that help direct you to the next thing that you need to do.

Glogster screen with tool choices and help pop upsGlogster screen with tool choices and help pop ups

OpportunitiesOpportunities

Glogster has many applications in the classroom.

English: Can be used for students to add graphics and sound to interpret the mood or meaning of a poem.

Glogster has many applications in the classroom.

English: Can be used for students to add graphics and sound to interpret the mood or meaning of a poem.

Sample Poem Glog with embedded video

Any subject could create a Glog that shows a process, whether scientific or mathematical or how to bake a cake.

Any subject could create a Glog that shows a process, whether scientific or mathematical or how to bake a cake.

The Joy of this website is its simplicity. -No sign up is required to complete a Glog,

so students without an e-mail address can still create one. If you do sign up all it requires is an e-mail address and a password.

-Glogs can be tagged by content to be easily searched.

What to do…What to do…

Another great thing about this sight is the way it literally holds your hand every step of the way.

My largest problem was that I was having so much fun I was having trouble focusing on my goal.

Another great thing about this sight is the way it literally holds your hand every step of the way.

My largest problem was that I was having so much fun I was having trouble focusing on my goal.

CautionsCautions

There are over a thousand choices for graphics alone, students can spend a long time selecting options.

Some content and locations should be monitored as I did come across a gang related Glog.

There are over a thousand choices for graphics alone, students can spend a long time selecting options.

Some content and locations should be monitored as I did come across a gang related Glog.

ResourcesResources

Glogster http://www.glogster.com Jing http://www.jingproject.com Slideshare

http://www.slideshare.net Explore all the options (there are a

lot!)

Glogster http://www.glogster.com Jing http://www.jingproject.com Slideshare

http://www.slideshare.net Explore all the options (there are a

lot!)