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Teacher Review for Glogster

Kira S.
School district administrator
San Diego County Office Of Education
San Diego, United States

My Subjects English Language Arts, English-Language Learning

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Setup Time More than 15 minutes

Great for Creation
Further application
Homework
Individual
Small group
Student-driven work
Teacher-led lessons

Great with Advanced learners
ELL
General
Low literacy
Special needs

How I Use It

Used at the end of a series of lessons, students synthesized their learning by creating a "poster" with pictures, video, text and animation to share their learning. It is a lot of fun and a great way to see the depth of student understanding by the way connections are made amongst ideas. Would also use it as the end product in a student centered task, where students are to investigate a topic and share the important ideas with others (informational), or convince others of a point of view with relevant evidence (argument).

My Take

Essentially, a digital version of the standard poster that students have been producing in classrooms for years. This makes the concept simple enough that even middle grade students can do it (despite the 7-12 grade indication). The digital interface makes the projects engaging and creative. Students can add text and pictures, embed videos, draw lines for connections...creativity with content is really emphasized. The interface takes some getting used to, but kids are not put off by this - a little instruction and they're off! (There is a new iPad interface as well). Plus, there is a gallery of user created glogsters that can be used for inspiration.

Creative way to give information and synthesize learning

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