Today I explored the Glogster tool today and attempted to make a poster. At first it was a little frustrating to use but soon got the hang of it. Here is a link to it : http://kbasa.glogster.com/web-tools-20/. I also "tweeted" the link on twitter @kbasaraba.
I know it is not too fancy but it's my first one. Honestly I do not think I would use this tool in a high school setting but from my experience working with junior high students I think it would be a great way to help them express their understanding of a concept or new vocabulary.
Kristian
I teach high school and have used this as a tool to teach the other students in the class about one particular for of energy. It was neat to use because it was different, but it seems like making a fancy poster! The problems that we encountered was it took forever to load.
ReplyDeleteThat is a pretty cool poster. I looked at Glogster also this week (although I didn't save my poster) and I can see how this would really make students interested in what they are learning about.
ReplyDeleteI liked your poster Kristian, and the embedded video! I know that my middle school students would love this as you mentioned...
ReplyDeleteMy concern would be the same as mentioned in other comments... seems like there might be a time factor here if you were to try to do this in the computer lab. I hate when this stuff takes so long to load (like Jaime mentioned)...but I am seeing that is the case in other tools I've looked at too; not sure how to get around that.
Don and Lori
ReplyDeleteThanks, you are too kind. Lori, as you mentioned it did take awhile to get the hang of the Glogster program, it took me about 45 minutes to explore and make that poster. So, time could be an issue. To use it I would incorporate it with a longer term project, like a Science Fair project. It could be similar to the poster we make for our capstone.
Kristian
Glogster is one of those tools that kids can get carried away with -- focusing more on the bells and whistles than effective presentation of their understanding. If you use Glogster, I would suggest that you spend some time having them develop characteristics of a good poster (either by having them make one, discuss samples from class and revise, or by critiquing poster to create guidelines).
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