Glogster- How Glogster can aid learning....

Glogster

 

This video is a great introduction to the usage of Glogster.

 

 

Glogster is website and an App that allows users to create interactive posters and canvases.

 

 I believe

Glogster  can be very beneficial to the education system......

 

Teachers can guide the learning process by giving the students a chance to be imaginative and creative with their work. Teachers can make learning fun by letting students use this website to create their work. Some students may feel limited when told to create/draw a poster on a particular subject I know I would because I am not very artistic. I feel with Glogster all students can produce excellent, unique posters without feeling under pressure to have good artistic skills.

 

Glogster does not require much expertise in technology and it's quick and easy to use.

 

Teachers create accounts for their students and can easily mark their work. Student accounts can either be open to public , teacher or teacher and classroom which makes it easier for them to share their work in a safe manner.

Teachers can choose a topic or base the task on the poster around the curriculum so it can be used as an educational learning tool.

 

 

Students can use this site to produce posters, journals, blogs, presentations and book reviews.

The sky is their limit!!!!  



My Experience With Glogster..... 

I wanted to sign up to Glogster but the downfall was that the website needed and educator code to sign up but I found another way to sign up through using my google account.

 

 

I decided to try Glogster out for myself....

 

I created a simple poster about myself, I found glogster slighty complicated to start with as there is so much I could do on the site. I kept referring back to the introduction videos when I needed help. After a short while I was aware of all the buttons and it was then clear to me how to use everything. I chose a simple template to start with and picked a simple theme 'Myself' to create a poster with.

 

 I used clipart images and I was able to edit text and change colours. There were many more great things to do but I think the more I get used to Glogster the easier and more advanced my poster creations will come.  The toolbar is already set out into subjects such as school, science, history, languages and many more. When I wrote about university I clicked on the subject school to get images and certain borders and speech bubbles. I can now relate to how this is an exciting way to create work.

 

I would have loved to have had the opportunity to use this site when I was in school. I can think of so many school projects that I would have been able to use this with. There are more advanced templates with ideas and themes that are already there for you which is brilliant because that's half the work done!

 

 

I was then able to share,email or link friends to my glog creation which is very similar to other social networking sites. This can be ideal when having to share work with other group members or teachers.

 

I am looking forward to using Glogster in the future! It will definitely aid my personal learning experience through helping me revise for exams.

University work and revision will be a lot more bearable from now on!