After registering for a free account, users can modify the default page by changing the background wallpaper for each glog or the background for their entire glogster account. Everything on each glog can be manipulated and modified; users can upload photos, sounds, videos, text boxes, or graphics or choose from Glogster's expansive library to each new glog they create.
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| modify backgrounds |
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| upload or link sound, video, or images |
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| choose graphics from Glogster's expansive library |
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| add text and text boxes |
Glogster also provides an educational site called Glogster EDU.
Educators can sign up for accounts that will automatically have student accounts linked to them (teachers are able to have up to 200 student accounts linked to their Glogster EDU account.
There are many reasons that teachers would want to sign up for a Glogster account. Glogster provides a few suggestions on its website:
In addition to these suggestions, Glogster EDU also provides a complete educator resource library (available for download) of lesson plans and suggestions of ways that it may be used in the classroom.
Here is an example of a glog that was used to celebrate the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration:
With the limitless possibilities to create posters for all academic subject areas, it is no surprise that Glogster EDU is recommended as the number one site for media sharing by the American Association of School Librarians as well as numerous other recommendations and affiliations.
Give Glogster EDU a try and I am sure you will discover a lot of incredible ways you can use it in your classroom!
I love finding out all of these great sites to use! I love the idea of sharing and finding excellent sources and lessons from a social media site for teachers. I like the fact that they are going to be teaming up with teachertube soon. Thanks for the great report!
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