Glogster+(ELA_Biography+Project)

Tool: edu.glogster.com A Glog is an interactive visual platform in which users create a “poster or web page” containing multimedia elements including: text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data.

Lesson: Students researched a famous person of their choice. Print and non-print sources were used for research.

Length of time: Students researched in the media center for 2 days and 2 days to create their glogster.

Brief Description: Glogster is an online web 2.0 tool used to create online posters. Students are able to choose text boxes, backgrounds, etc in multiple graphic options. Students are also able to upload images as well as videos. Students can link to websites to enhance their glogster. Students were able to link to websites and videos as well as upload pictures of the person they researched.

Handouts:  Standards: Common Core:

CC.8.R.I.1 Key Ideas and Details: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CC.8.R.I.2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. CC.8.SL.5 Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas: Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.

AASL: 1.1.5 Evaluate information found in selected sources on the basis of accuracy, validity, appropriateness to needs, importance, and social and cultural context. 1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g., textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning. 1.1.7 Make sense of information gathered from diverse sources by identifying misconceptions, main and supporting ideas, conflicting information, and point of view or bias. 1.2.3 Demonstrate creativity by using multiple resources and formats. 2.1.6 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings. 3.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use, and assess. 3.3.4 Create products that apply to authentic, real-world contexts. 3.4.2 Assess the quality and effectiveness of the learning product. Positives: Glogsters are graphically pleasing as well as easy to use. Students enjoy creating glogsters.

Negatives: Glogster is not a free site. Although the cost for 50 accounts is only $29.95 and accounts can be resused. Teachers are also able to purchase 200 accounts for $99.95. Those costs are per year. Accounts that are reused need to have previous glogsters cleared out as well as the image cache which can be time consuming. Students are also able to add text into what is called the "dashboard." This is something they have to look for to be able to do, but it's not difficult for most students to figure out. Any added text to the dashboard would also need to be cleaned out. Glogsters use a lot of ink when printing. Also when printing the glogster edu banner prints in the upper lefthand corner. It is only about 2" long and 1/2" wide, but can interfere with the text or graphics students are using. If students are infomed ahead time, they usually avoid putting anything in that space that interferes with their project.

Challenges with Technology: see above