Glogster

Our class was split up into teams to work on a Web 2.0 tool that we were assigned. Chelcie and I were assigned to learn how to use Glogster, and will later present to the class what we learned and teach them how to use it.

Glogster is a site used for making virtual posters.
This is the poster Chelcie and I made:


I really enjoyed getting to experience the Glogster site and learning how to make my own "graphical blog." For the most part, it went very well because the site was easy to use and pretty self explanatory. The only difficulty I faced was that sometimes the specific buttons or graphics I was looking for were hard to find. For example, when we wanted to add an animated arrow to the poster, we had a lot of trouble finding one. I think that a search button would have made this a lot more manageable and saved time.

This tool is definitely practical for classroom use. As a teacher, I will be able to incorporate Glogster posters that I have previously made to my lessons. This could make certain subjects much more exciting. Also, I could give parents a link to these Glogs so that the students and parents could look at them together at home.

Next time I use Glogster I probably will do most things the same way. The only thing I can think of that would make it a more successful experience is looking at example Glogs before beginning my own. This time I did not think to look at previous examples, but I think now that I've seen some and used the site everything will go smoothly next time!