Ever try Glogster? It's my new favorite tool for students to showcase their knowledge. It's an interactive poster that allows students to add text, backgrounds, videos, images, sound, etc. Studying famous Americans? Students can create a glog that has everything from images, sound recordings, primary sources, etc. How about a book report or character study? Done and done....students really have to think about design when creating a glog. If they've read Hunger Games, then they wouldn't chose backgrounds with pretty flowers and hearts, they would need to think about the theme or mood of the book and choose their "decorations" accordingly.
Using Glogster also gives students the experience of searching for and citing appropriate media for their glogs. Students can also comment and critique their peers' glogs as well.
The students I've used this with LOVE working with it. It's motivating and fun. I always start with allowing them to create a glog about themselves just for fun. This gets the "playing" out of the way.
I highly recommend giving it a try. :) http://edu.glogster.com
I also love Glogster. Unfortuntately the site is blocked by my county. I have had a few students use it at home to create movie posters for books they have read. You gave some really great ideas for using Glogster. Maybe my county will wise up and allow us to use it!
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