Week 5: Glogster

Glogster is a new and exciting way to make a webpage or a blog. Working on Glogster, I found it entertaining and creative. The stimulus seemed to captivate me and I found myself working on my product fir a very long time.  Glogster allows students to work on creating a webpage online, using easy tools and methods. This is a website that is safe and secure from predators or intruders, so that they will be unable to see the students work. Many different layouts can be contributed to the page and students can choose different presentations to represent their website. In the classroom Glogster can be used to represent the student’s work or using the site to present the student’s knowledge and understanding. Glogster allows students to use core skills to create a website, however, the students might need a run through first on how the website is used and how they can create their own website. On Glogster, I decided to create a webpage on under the sea. This will be shown at a younger level to show how easy the website is formulated and that it is student friendly to all ages across the school sector. Depending on the age of the student will interpret the need of help and resources for the website, as a student who is quite young would need more help then an older student. Glogster would be used in the classroom for presentation purposes and helps the teacher to understanding the student’s understanding and knowledge.

To begin the learning process of Glogster in my classroom, would introduce the students to the website and help them understand what Glogster is all about. I will then allow the students to experiment with the webpage, allowing them to choose their layout and design, resizing, adding pictures and creating font. This allows the students to understand the framework of Glogster in more depth.  I will then use Glogster again with the students, this time giving the students a topic with a subject they are familiar about, for example, a previous Science, Math or English lesson topic. Allowing this procedure will ensure the student’s understanding and knowledge about Glogster, but it will also show the students that the website can be used to link to other curriculum links. I will then link the student’s work and make the students come together as a team to compare and illiterate their work. They can discuss certain aspects and information provided on their webpage, as well as giving verbal feedback on each other’s work. The students will complete the Glogsters by pairing up and comparing their work, for example, the layout and text. They will compare their work over a video-sharing app, which allows the students to open a link to a video of the other student and allow them to compare their work and share feedback, similar to Skype.  This will allow the students to use another multimedia, besides the Glogster, to share their work and discuss their similarities and differences of their work.

Link to Glogster: 
http://jessicanoffke.edu.glogster.com/sea-creatures/