Glogster

Here is my glog link:


A glog is an enhanced blog that lets the user personalize, post video, photos, links and other materials to private followers or public ones.
A glog could be most useful, as stated in an English sort of class, or any class that would require journaling, or regular posts for learning outcomes. In an art class, it would reinforce issues of composition and layout. For a graphic design class, the potential is off the charts: layout, composition, cohesiveness, inventiveness, usability are only a few of the items that this tool would touch on.


The ISTE NETS T that Glogster most likely corresponds with would be one and two:
Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity and Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.

Again, coming from a laptop model high school, I can't tell you how valuable it is for student to get involved with and comfortable with technology at an early age. It is become more and more a part of the average student's daily landscape, but it needs to be reinforced in a positive and educational way.

My art classes weren't the ones where there was painting and drawing going on. The class I taught (and sort of teach now) dealt with students who were "not artistically inclined". Glogster has the ability to help students flex their creativity in a guided way that will help them understand their own individual artistic tendencies and creativeness. Art and creativity are not fostered enough in schools today. This is a tool that has capabilities for creativity as well as communication and educational purposes.


What is the problem (if any) with this program?

Honest? As much as I have loved other applications we have been learning about in this class, I hated this one. I found it to be frustrating, not user friendly, too involved, and it has a high potential for clutteredness and over design. I could not, for the life of me, figure out how to include text. I managed (barely) to link to images and video. It was slow to upload. For as easily as I "got" other applications, this one was difficult. Maybe with more patience I could make it look nice and include all the info I want, but I found it to be juvenile and I think Blogger is as good as any type of site similar to that. I understand the point of having us do these things, and I feel bad for calling it juvenile, but as a student, I wouldn't want to bother with all that. Maybe that fits in with my learning profiles. I don't need a lot of bells and whistles. Sorry! Gloster was not for me!! (I think I am old fashioned!)