Glogster+-+Ben+Caulder

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That is a little something I did for a class I taught on Wednesday. It was a follow-up to my site visitation lesson that was on Monday, an application of of what they has learned. The glog I created used pictured that I used in a Prezi.com presentation ([]) and was an example for what kids could do with their glog. I signed up for a 30 day free trial of their $100 a year service and after trying it out a bit, I will absolutely use this even if I have to drop the coin. It is fantastic!!! the level of control, the ability to send completed work out to parent, the integration of concepts and the application of knowledge student can show is just awesome. On Wednesday I had 100% participation in all 3 periods taught, even period 2 which is usually the rowdy one.

So about how it is useful to teachers: On your dashboard you able to create your class, give the students accounts and passwords and monitor their work. You can create assignments and all the students have to do is log in and get to work. Since it is all web based, the work they do at school is available for them to continue on at home. I saw 3 students doing just that from my period 1 class.

As I mentioned above, I signed up for a 30 day free trial of Glogster edu (edu.glogster.com) and that is where all those tools are. The edu side is more "G" rated that the regular glogster site.

Cool features: As I was checking out other glogs students have created, i saw that glog can be embedded in glogs, thus making project full of depth and complexity. Check this one out: []. One of those is a Woordle of a wikipedia page, just awesome! Glogster is a "graphic" log so it includes music, video, pictures and is very customizable.

I would recommend that all of you check it out and consider it for when you get your first position.

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