Technology is a fantastic resource,
especially in the classroom. Today, students grow up in a technologically advanced
age and grow up learning how to navigate the Internet, write documents, create
slides, upload music or videos to their personal libraries, and so much more. Schools
have really started to expand their ideas about education, and the lessons that
teachers can create on a computer are often far more exciting and interesting
than reading notes from a chalkboard. In the online world, you have so much
freedom of interaction, especially with the Glogster Website.
Recently I’ve learned the joy of
Glogster—a place where one can create interactive posters on the Internet. It’s
a free account that can be used in many ways, whether it is a teacher teaching
a class or a teacher introducing the use of Glogster for individual presentations.
In this program you have the opportunity to get creative with the layout:
choosing a background, a place to include little facts and valuable pieces of
information, hyperlinks, and embedded videos that go along with your topic.
This resource is really easy to use, and visually interesting. When you roll
the cursor over a hyperlink, it circles it. Any pictures or videos you decide
to include can be put into a frame. When putting facts in your glog, you can
choose the shape, color, font, and size of you text box. There is so much room
to be as unique or generic as you want to be, and who doesn’t want that kind of
freedom. It is easy to upload information, pictures, videos, hyperlinks, and is
just all around easy to use. I guarantee that I will be using this fantastic
resource in my classroom and I recommend that every educator experiment with
the fun options that this site has to offer.