Glogster Presentations

Just before Christmas we were working very hard at finishing up our First Nation Tribe posters using the online tool "Glogster." Today some groups felt confident enough to present their work on the Smartboard. I am amazed with our creations so far! A teacher actually popped in our room today, saw what was projected on the Smartboard and asked, "What's that you have created Mrs. Linse?" As much as I wanted to take credit for the engaging project, I fessed up and told her it was two grade three kiddies who had actually created the work! She could not believe her eyes! She now wants to try using this tool with her grade four chickadees. We will continue with presentations this week. If you would like to take a peek at how great these posters have turned out, visit http://www.glogster.com/
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Glogster

I am bringing my keen learners over to the techy world! In Social Studies the boys and girls have been researching a different First Nation tribe with a partner. Now that all their research is collected, I wanted them to share their great learning with their peers. In the past I would have used "old fashioned" Bristol Boards to present their written information and pictures. In keeping up with the times, I realize that these type of presentations are not so popular and will probably never be used once the kiddies get to high school (which is crazy to think is in only 5 years!)This is when my wheels started turning and I have tried to get creative! I have turned to an online resource called "Glogster." This website allows users to create interactive posters (sorta like a Bristol Board). It looks like a poster, but readers can interact with the content. We can insert text, images, photos, audio, and videos into their glogs (a.k.a. posters) to generate a multimedia online creation! We began to explore the site on the Smartboard today and fiddled around with how it works. This week we will begin to create our posters with our partners... I can't wait to get "glogging!"