Glogster

"forget blogs, glog!"

Glogster was incredible, I can't believe I have never heard of some of these technologies, it is essentially an interactive poster that you can make at glogster.com. You log in and get started straight away - FOR FREE! You start with a page (it's not exactly blank) that you can manipulate and make your own. You change the background (wall) then select graphics, pictures, videos or sounds/music to add to your poster. The end result looks amazing.

You can be so creative whilst 'building' your poster there are so many colours, patterns and graphics to choose from, not to mention the edit tool which allows you to change the colours and effects of each object on your poster.

We were shown examples of how glogster could be used to present topics and assignments (anything you would normally do in poster form and more) in the classroom. I could definitely see myself using Glogster as a form of assessing children's knowledge and as a final presentation or part of a project. It is fun, free and easy to access. The only problem, the same with the other online technologies, is that the school network may have the web site blocked making it difficult to use or to get permission to have access to.

I will definitely attempt some more glogging in the future, personally and professionally, as it was a great creative outlet and it would be great to spend some more time on. My only hope for Glogster is that it stays free...