Glogster

Glogster EDU Daiimah Coleman

Name: Glogster

Website: [|www.edu.glogster.com]

__General Information__

Glogster is a website that contains a server and various services. These servers and services allow users to create visuals that contain audio sounds, graphics, text, and pictures. Users then can take the visuals and upload and transfer the data to other websites such as social networking places.

__Help Sources, Tutorials, Videos__

[|www.edu.glogster.com]

[|www.schooltube.com]

__Challenges__

Student responses are limited. They can only send full messages to teachers not to each other

School Districts block glogster from being accessed on any of the school’s servers Glogs are private and teachers are the only ones who can authorize them for public use

__Educational Objectives and Curriculum Area__

Curriculum Area:

Technology, Art, Language Art

Objectives:

Promotes teamwork and collaboration Express creativity Improves student-teacher relationships by allowing both to explore Web 2.0 Increases Drive to be independently creative Keeps students and teachers up to date with modern technology Fun learning experience Drives new interest levels around subjects that were viewed as “boring”

__Lesson Plan__

Each student will create a glogster account and create their own glog poster. The student’s glogs should be a description of themselves without using many words.