Glogster

[|Glogster]

 * //Online tool for making multimedia posters//**

===Glogster is an online tool for the creative, visual learner to make a multimedia poster. A Glogster is a poster with video, text, pictures, and sound. While many use it to make posters about themselves, Glogster has also been used collaboratively in the classroom. Glogster even has a special site for teachers: []. Glogster for teachers allows for a collaborative class project, rather than a personal use. Students can use Glogster to make posters about what they are learning in school, and it is all managed by the teacher in a safe environment. While Glogster has a free version open to the public, the educational version for teachers has both a free basic Edu option and a premuim Edu option with paid subscription. Glogster is also used as a social networking site. Users can show how they are feeling, like others’ posters, search for posters like their own, share their posters with their friends, and make a new one anytime. ===
 * ====Special Features[[image:Screen_shot_2011-02-15_at_9.18.37_PM.png width="400" height="206" align="right" caption="Glogster's home page" link="@http://www.glogster.com"]]====
 * Allows for the integration of text, art, and media
 * Has a separate site geared toward educational needs
 * Accessible from any computer with the appropriate internet connection
 * ====Strengths ====
 * User friendly/easy to use
 * Web-based with no need to download any software
 * Poster designs can be either be simple or complex
 * Offers a myriad of design options (graphics, text, pictures)
 * Gives you the ability to upload your own media
 * Allows you to add music, videos, and sounds
 * Has the option to save and publish your Glog so that it can be shared with others
 * Allows you to view other people’s public creations for inspiration
 * Provides access to an online community of people who use Glogster
 * Links can be added to images in the final Glog
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Encourages student sharing and creativity
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Offers a premium educational edition specifically for teachers and students
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Weaknesses ====
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There are some restrictions creatively—for example, the clip art selection is limited
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students would have to have basic computer skills to use Glogster
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Could potentially take more time to complete a Glog versus creating a poster by hand
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In order to create a video or original sound clips, students would need access to a webcam and microphone
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Might be difficult for students with disabilities to navigate through Glogster

Comparison to similar Web 2.0 tools

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 * Prezi is a tool used to create online presentations. This is similar to Glogster as it allows for multimedia to be incorporated into a medium that can be shared with peers.
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 * Like Prezi, Voicethread is another presentation tool. Pictures, videos, and sounds can be added to slides to create a cohesive product. Glogster is similar in the sense that it also allows media. A Glog, however, is only one "slide."
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 * Go Animate allows for the creation of cartoons. It is a basic computer animation tool. While Glogster does not have an animation feature, the graphics and clip art offer the user a single frame cartoon feel.
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 * Blabberize is a tool that makes an uploaded picture appear to be talking. Upon browsing Blabbers, it seems one of the uses is for famous figures to give a mini history lesson. Like Glogster, it is another multimedia tool.
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 * SchoolTube is a site where teachers and students can share videos. Glogster's educational version is similar because it also allows teachers and students to create unique videos and upload them online.
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 * Wordle is a tool that takes a string of words and turns them into visual word art. The manipulation of, in this case words, is one function of Glogster. Wordle automatically creates a visual based on the criteria chosen while users actually move each text block around in Glogster.

Learning Connections


Please click on the file above for ways Glogster can be incorporated into curriculum.

Tutorial
[|Click here to view a tutorial of the basics of Glogster]

References, Articles, etc.
>> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Note: Link needs to be copied & pasted into browser to work correctly. Or click here to download a copy of the file: >> >> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">American Library Association. (2011). Teens and social media in school and public libraries: a toolkit for librarians and library workers. American Library Association. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/profdev/sn_toolkit11.pdf.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/profdev/sn_toolkit11.pd]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ALA gives us a toolkit for Web 2.0 tools, including glogster.com.

>> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Note: Or click here to download a copy of the file: >> >> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Brown, M., Auslander, M., Gredone, K., Green, D., Hull, B., & Jacobs, W. (2010). A dialogue for engagement. Educause. Retrieved from http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM1052.pdf.
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Several teachers write up this piece (each person writes a different section) about “technology as a tool”, using glogster.com and Web 2.0 tools.

>> >> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cevalenza, J. (2010). Glogster now presents. School Library Journal. Retrieved from http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/2010/11/23/glogster-grows/.
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a school media specialist who uses glogster almost every day.