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=**What is Glogster?**= With the tagline poster yourself, Glogster EDU transforms traditional posters into glogs. Glogs bring learning alive by seamlessly incorporating multi-media rich elements including: text; images; videos; audio files and custom narration; hyperlinks; and special effects. In addition to the interactive attributes of glogs, students are invited to reveal personal expression in the design and layout used for their glogs. With this type of publishing platform, independent thought is truly fostered as students showcase their learning through an aggregation of artifacts they have collected, researched, created, and/or photographed in a dynamic and innovative way. Finalized glogs are easily shared online and can be embedded into a class webpage for parents and other stakeholders to see.
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=**Additional Reasons to Love Glogster**=
 * __**Free**__- Educator licenses available.
 * Teachers can sign up for an EDU account and get 10 linked student accounts.
 * Click here to register for a free EDU account.
 * __**Portable**__ - Glogs are stored in the cloud and can be accessed from any computer with internet access.
 * **Private** - Glogs can be set to private, and all student-created glogs linked under the teacher account are private by default.
 * Paperless!
 * It is a private and safe platform, monitored directly by teachers. Teachers control all the activities of their learners.
 * Unique tool for alternative assessments and differentiated instructional activities for __every__ subject area.
 * Fosters independent creative self expression, positive learner-teacher relationships, and teamwork on collaborative class projects.
 * A vibrant, multi-sensory learning experience which integrates learner’s knowledge and skills into traditionally text-oriented subjects and motivates learner’s desire to explore topics in which they may previously have been less interested.

=**Registering for Glogster EDU and Establishing Student Accounts**= media type="custom" key="20999958"
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=**Using Glogster with Students**=
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 * This document provides concise directions for using Glogster with students.
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 * This document provides step-by-step directions for using Glogster with students.
 * The directions contained in document breaks-down each tool in Glogster EDU; describing its functionality.
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 * [[file:Glogster Teacher PDF.pdf]] - This document provides educators with a database of outstanding Glogster lesson plans, rubrics, standard alignment activities, and Glog building media resources.

=**Glogster Video Tutorials**= media type="custom" key="20989412" media type="custom" key="20989414"
 * 49 Videos on How to Create and Share Glogs
 * **Glogster in 90 Seconds**
 * This video provides a brief overview of Glogster
 * **Detailed Glogster EDU Tutorial **
 * This comprehensive video tutorial goes through all of the basics needed to create an effective glog

=**Ideas for Using Glogster in the Classroom** = ** ...and much more! **
 * < * Visual Essays and Book Reflections ||< * Online Literary Magazines or Children's Stories ||< * Personal Reflections ||
 * < * Research Project Mash-ups ||< * Compare/Contrast ||< * Modeling and Labeling ||
 * < * Advertisements ||< * Virtual Field Trips ||< * Character Analysis ||
 * < * Public Service Announcements ||< * Documenting Science Experiments ||< * Visual Interpretations of Academic Concepts ||
 * < * Visual Lab Reports ||< * Historical Digital Scrapbooks ||< * Student-guided Learning Centers ||

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 * One of the best places to find exemplars with through Glogopedia.
 * In order to view glogopedia glogs in full screen mode, you need an upgraded account.
 * All new users are able to activate a Premium Trial to try out the Premium platform for 30 days, free of charge. This is a perfect opportunity to explore glogpedia glogs to generate ideas for your own classroom!
 * Edgar Allan Poe
 * Hydrostatics vs. Hydrodynamics
 * 3 Cups of Tea
 * Candide English Project
 * Haiti Earthquake
 * Chemical Reactions
 * Roots and Blues
 * America in the Great Depression
 * 2011 Japan Tsuamni
 * Solar Power Cars
 * Skeletal System
 * Spanish Vocabulary Review
 * Integers
 * Science Examples - provides links to a variety of Glogs designed specifically for Science
 * Top 10 Glogs for Professional Development (*provides ideas for presenting information using glogster)

Class Assignment Samples

 * Legislative Branch Glog: [[file:Legislative Branch Glog.pdf]]
 * Scientific Measurement Glog: [[file:Scientific Measurement Glog.pdf]]