CyberWise Guide to Glogster by CyberWise

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Glogster

How To Use This Guide This guide accompanies the CyberWise Guide to Glogster (which hopefully you just watched). If you are reading this guide online then simply click the links within to access the material they reference. You can also print this guide in order to have a hard copy on hand. Either way, we hope you find the information within useful. Enjoy!

What is Glogster? If you’ve already watched the CyberWise Guide to Glogster, then you a know that a Glog, short for graphical blog, is an interactive multimedia image loaded with text, graphics, music, videos, and more. In short, it is the digital age version of the poster board presentation!

History Glogster debuted in 2007 as a unique social network based on the creation and sharing of “glogs.” Designed as a way for users to express unlimited creative expression online, it didn’t take long for Glogster to catch on! Eventually Glogster EDU, a secure learning platform for teachers and students, was launched in 2009. Today, Glogster empowers millions of people all over the world with a space to express their emotions, ideas, and knowledge online, both for fun and for school. http://mrsgettys.edu.glogster.com/digital-citizenship-glog/

Uses

Where to Start?

Glogster can be used for: Interactive Multimedia Presentations

In addition to going directly to the Glogster website, you might check out these free, easy-to-understand, online tutorials for the basics on setting up an account, creating, and sharing your Glog’s.

Digital Storytelling Collaboration and Sharing

In fact, some of the best Glogster tutorials are made by educators and students themselves. Following are a few for your review:

Concept/Mind Mapping

Video Tutorials

Digital Information and Research Presentations

1. Check out this excellent Glogster tutorial video created by Traci Blazosky . She covers everything from registering with Glogster to setting up a classroom to embedding finished Glogs into a wiki or blog.

Creating Storyboards Explaining Concepts Developing New Media Literacy Skills

http://www.slideshare.net/fergsl/detailed-tutorial-on-Glogster-edu-online-teaching-and-learning-tool

2. This SchoolTube “Glogster Tech Tip” also provides an excellent overview:

http://www.schooltube.com/video/c92d54a70fbe49328a52/Glogster-Tech-Tip

3. This 5-minute video shows educators how to set up Glogster EDU for students:

5. This comprehensive print tutorial is also a terrific resource:

http://smagusiak.wikispaces.com/file/view/Quick_Glogster_Tutorial.pdf

4. In this video, Eileen Dougherty, a 4th grade teacher in Watertown, MA, discusses her project making virtual posters with her students.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njlZ5O0xV3k&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiS-Mdm3ZXc

Glogster Lesson Ideas Check out this terrific Glog on Spanish Vocabulary:

Lesson Planet provides 37 teacher-reviewed Glogster lessons on topics ranging from math to climate change. [Note: Lesson Plan is a fee site, but does have a 10-Day Free Trial that provides interested teachers FULL ACCESS to all of Lesson Planet's database and teacher tools.] Visit www.lessonplanet.com to get full pricing and information. http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=glogster&media=lesson

http://misscolbert.edu.glogster.com/spanish-1-vocab-review/

Another on Earth Sciences: The Moon:

http://tehescmarts.edu.glogster.com/the-moon-meehan/

This one is on History/Current Events: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Freedom Ridersâ&#x20AC;?:

http://aingri1.edu.glogster.com/freedomriders/

Twitter Video Transcript And last, but certainly not least, here is a link to our own Glogster on “Internet and Technology Use in Education”:

It’s tough keeping kids engaged today. They’re used to communicating and multitasking on computers, and smart phones, and netbooks and more. Even teachers are distracted with all these new gadgets. So when it comes to creating classroom projects, asking young people to use these tools that result in static posters like this, might be considered a bit, well… boring. Fortunately today there is a whole new way to erase, paste and cut. It’s called Glogster EDU. So what is a “glog”? Well, take the “g” in graphic and the “log” in blog, and you’ve got . . glog. Short for graphical blog. The glog replaces the old-fashioned poster with an interactive, multi-media image that lets the 21st century student interact with its content. With Glogster, students and educators create posters that integrate graphics, text, images, video, and sound. This lets students create and present their work across several mediums. For example, in this project on California missions, students worked together to integrate text, visuals, and sounds to illustrate the topic. They also uploaded images of their handmade projects, showing off their work to parents and teachers who could access the project online by going to the Glogster link. So stop being boring and help your students integrate traditional projects with 21st century tools like Glogster. It’s online, its free, and best of all, its easy to use. To be CyberWise about how and why Glogster will work for you, go to our website to download your copy of the CyberWise Guide to Glogster.

http://liebermanc.edu.glogster.com/glog-9993-8940/

Video Music Credit: Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech, http://incompetech.com/

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