Where To Find It
To create a Glogster EDU educator account, visit http://edu.glogster.com/. Glogster is also available for free as an iOS and Android app.
Requirements
In the absence of a school-wide account, Glogster EDU requires teacher registration with an e-mail address and password.
*Note: Glogster EDU accounts do not require student e-mail verification.
Glogster Alternatives
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ThingLink
Big Huge Labs
Canva
Description
Glogster EDU is an online creative platform that provides students and teachers with the technology to create interactive multimedia posters called “glogs.” The drag-and-drop interface supports text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, hyperlinks, and data attachments.
Glogster EDU allows for the organization and display of student knowledge in a highly visual, creative, and artistic platform. Projects can be created with templates and instructional guidelines if so desired.
Instructional Uses
- Book reports
- Grammar lessons
- Ice breakers/Geting to know you
- Classroom blogging
- Personal narrative
- Argumentative essay
- Graphic organizers
- Assessments
- Problem-solving quests
- Biographies
- Timelines
- Writing practive
- Infographics
- Virtual field trips
- Novel study
- Plot diagrams
- Elements of speech
- Literary elements
- Creative analysis/interpretation
- Visual teaching units
- Science lab results
- Personal literacy timeline
Examples & Resources
Example: Cultural Aspects of Día de los Muertos (FC students)
Example: Emily Dickinson poem (Morton East student)
Example: Plot Diagrams (FC students)
Example: Figurative Language (FC students)
Example: World War II Weapons
Example: Pre-reading activity - Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Example: Pre-reading activity - The Devil's Highway
Examples: Glogopedia (Best Glogs)
Resource: Glogster Blog
Tutorials
See PDF tutorials in the "Presentation Materials" section.