Glogster EDU
Create online, interactive posters! Fun and engaging. Include graphics, text, audio, video. Add links to other web resources. Attach documents related to poster content. Terrific way for students to present school research projects, supplement teacher presentations and as an alternative to PowerPoint as a presentation tool.
Examples:
- New Tools Workshop – Joyce Valenza uses a glog as a fun, interactive intro to a set of workshop pages.
- Causes of the American Revolution -
- Glogpedia – Explore the “best of” Glogster EDU.
Notes:
- Educators qualify for free EDU version which includes classroom management for up to 100 student accounts.
- Students don’t need email to sign in, teachers create account names & passwords.
- Content is private unless instructor makes it public.
- Free account does have advertising
- Upgrade to Premium version to get rid of advertising and add more students.
- Account pricing for individual teachers and school-wide.
- Be sure to set aside enough time for Glogster, there are lots of features to explore and students will want to test them out.
- Glogs can be embedded on other web pages.
More Resources:
- Using Glogster in the Classroom – Good, quick intro to getting started with Glogster in a classroom setting. Includes links to examples and lesson plans.