Edward+Nelson--Golgster


 * What: **Glogster


 * Web Address: ** http://edu.glogster.com/


 * Student’s Name: ** Edward Nelson


 * Grade level(s): ** 1st-University


 * Content area(s): ** All areas


 * Abstract: ** Glogster is a modern day bulletin board. The site allows teachers and students alike to create interactive ‘boards’ that feature pictures, videos, and text that present information in exciting ways. The site is surprising simply to navigate. Once a user chooses a blank template to post to, media found on the Internet or on a computer’s hard drive can be added with a simple upload function. Furthermore, Glogster includes a feature where users can take pictures, videos, or even record sound bites of themselves to paste to their board. Thus, a user’s creation can be very personalized. After constructing a board, users will note that a function is available where individual pictures and videos from the board can be expanded for presentational purposes. However, text-boxes cannot be enlarged during presentations.


 * Personal Experience: ** Glogster is very new to me. I intentionally picked a site that I had never heard of before. I can definitely imagine leading some classes with the help of Glogster. Perhaps I could use it to present new material in a lesson and call upon this example to assign students to give a presentation in the same format. This use would be best for students in 4th grade and above as they better understand basic computer functions. I have also thought about the possibility of using Glogster for stations. This method is suitable at all ages. Using it in this way would require me to make a few Glogster boards and set them up on computers around the room. Using Gloster’s capacity to record videos, I could record myself giving specific instructions at each station. Hence, my presence would be in more than one place at a time. To conclude this post, I will say that Glogster does have free features, however, it may be worth it to pay the small fee to access all components of the site.