This past week, I was introduced to a wonder Web 2.0 product called "Glogster." Glogster is in essence, a virtual posterboard. The best part for me in glogster is that all student accounts can be linked to the teacher account. This allows for easy access for the teacher to monitor and grade the glogsters. The next part is that other students are also linked to all other students, so that they can make comments to one another.
Below is a practice glog that I did while I was learning about glogster. http://anewby.edu.glogster.com/newbypractice/
What this one doesn't show, but what Glogster has avaiable is the opportunity to link where you found your picture, information, etc. from. This allows for a virtual bibliography and a way that the students can easily learn about citations. Once a student has added the image then they can add the link to where the informaiton was found. This is essential to writing papers.
Glogster also has a private setting, so that students are protected. The key with any Web 2.0 product is that teachers have to make sure that the students are protecting themselves. They shouldn't be allowed to give out any personal information, which is allowed in glogster. The teacher while using glogster needs to be very mindful when teaching students that this is an educational resource. If they want to share more, then they need to create a personal one, not the school one!
If you have questions of Glogster, feel free to contact me!
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LOVED glogster. Thank you for sharing.
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