Glogster Blog

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.