Glogster

Glogster is another alternate presentation tool found on the web at www.glogster.com.

Signing up is free.

Example: Life is a Book Glog

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With Glogster, students can create online "posters" that include backgrounds, text, photos, sound, videos, and stock graphics. These can be made private when you publish them. One hesitation with this glogster is the fact that there are some questionable ones on the site; just be aware of what students are looking at.

To create a glog: 1. Sign up 2. Choose "create a glog" 3. Click the items that automatically show up and choose the red trash can to delete them. 4. On the menu, choose what you would like to add to your page. Upload videos, music, or photos from the web or your computer; choose stock wallpapers and graphics. 5. Once you have what you want, click the item to drag and use the corner arrows to resize. 6. To add text, choose the text button and then "use it" when you have the style you want. To edit the text, click on it and choose the "edit" button. You can resize and add effects. 7. You can layer items by choosing the item you want in the front and clicking on it. The button next to the edit button will bring it forward when you drag it over another item. The next button will move it back if you don't want that item in front. 8. This is a fun one to let the students play with when you are doing a project in which you typically would have asked for a poster presentation.

Can you think of any ways to use glogster in your classroom?

Here is how one teacher used glogster for a class assignment: Edgar Allan Poe Assignment