Glogster

So far we have had wiki, blog, pod cast, websites, videos, u tube and now introducing the Glog really is this just another name for an online collaborative learning when will it all end. I am unsure but here goes at my dissection of the Glogster.
 It is like a big scrap booking page that allows you to add photos, text and information to facilitate more learning.

In looking for how glogging could benefit the learning process it definitely puts a new spin on creating a poster for a particular topic. Imagine doing a science project on the planets using Glog it would almost definitely be informative, colourful and certainly my own creation.
some clearly profound learning benefits for the tool emerged.

Glogster encourages the learner to look at images in 3D something they are already participating in at the local cinema. The 3D encourages the learner to gather the message being portrayed, evaluate the information and then create meaning from the visual, audio and text meanings being communicated to the learner. The Glogster would definitely appeal to those learning styles who thrive on video and audio skills (Education World 2013) The company that created Glogster has definitely tried to attract the teacher market as they have created several teaching and education tools to help facilitate the use of Glogster in the classroom. Glogster can be integrated across so many levels of the curriculum including Arts which is self explanatory, English, Maths, Science, SOSE and HPE.

The benefits of Glogster definitely outweigh the negatives and this is supported by the many Internet tools and evaluation tips they supply the teacher. Glogster provides the teacher with interactive resources to utilise in the classroom and can provide effective assessment in the areas of listening, reading, writing and speaking. As well as appealing to a range of diverse leaning styles due to the fact students can create their glog to be visually, written, musically, orally and image focused dependent on the topic being sourced. The glogster tool can facilitate learning and encourage deeper learning knowledge by playing around with the various tools available in the glog.

Creating my own glog was an enjoyable learning tool and  I feel as it is definitely another technological tool that will gather momentum as teachers and students learn more about it.









Source:http://adaptivelearnin.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/web-2-0-interactive-posters-for-lessons-glogster-edu-for-teachers/

My Glog: http://www.glogster.com/rosey72/ict-learning-glog/g-6krg195ds4scrb11aoonoa0