Sunday, February 27, 2011
Glogster or Poster?
One of the tools I found appealing was Glogster. The idea of students creating their own posters on a project is always showing what the students are learning when they are putting the information together. As teachers, we always tell them the criteria to make a successful poster by adding pictures, information and other articles. Now without killing any trees to make a project poster, the same can be done on Glogster. The student can create posters on the internet. They can pick images or upload video of the subject they are learning about. The students don't have to worry about drawing a picture or handwriting the information in. They can add on different backgrounds or stylize the poster that goes with the theme of the subject. Their posters could look professional and be shared with other classes or the world. This does have a privacy control, graphic galleries, and drawings. I could see using this for any subject and they could do this during their Specials time (computer lab) or during their technology center.
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I like your statement: "Now without killing any trees to make a project poster, the same can be done on Glogster." This is also free, so no more midnight runs to Walmart to buy paint and posterboard! It is Green and Free :) I have been slowly building a Glogster and I am loving it so far. I am not the best artist, and now I do not have to be. As a teacher I love it and as a student, it is a new and refreshing way to do the same old project!
ReplyDeleteI agree that this is a great way for students to showcase their talents as well as content knowledge. I am thinking about incorporating this into my Webquest as an option for their presentations of what they learned.
ReplyDeleteAs a artistically challenged person, I wish Glogster had been around when I was in school. I would often stress out over the fact that I cannot even draw stick people! And for many projects appearance counted! Glogster is a great way to relive student like me from the stress of not being able to draw, and they can really focus on what they've learned.
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