Glogster

Glogster is an awesome "creation" tool. I hesitate to even suggest what it creates or how to use it because the list is virtually endless. As a reference point, glogs are kind of a mix between scrapbooking and blogs, but they build in pictures, journaling, videos, website links, backgrounds, animations, and other cool features. You are basically designing an interactive poster of your topic and have flexibility in its color, format, font, sizing, ...

Here are some thumbnails of research portals for Animal Research, Christmas Around the World, Bluebonnet Reading Extensions, and a Magazine Activity. I have used each of these in my classroom to streamline activities and focus research efforts so the kids stay away from "Googling" everything. You can link the district's online encyclopedia portals as well.



To see a Glogster sample in "real life," please click on the Home or Biography Ideas links on the navigation bar.