GLOGSTER.com …POSTERS here we come!

One of my Diigo groups posted this bookmark and I decided to try it out!

Glogster is a poster making application.  I only made one (see below) but it was a lot of fun.  I know you can import photos, probably drawings too, add text to them, save them, and also you can publish them to the web if you want or keep them private. I could embed the code for this one into my blog as well.

I didn’t quite like the way my text laid out on the speech bubble, but perhaps I could have played around with it a little more.  I am not sure if there were alignment adjustments available. I know there were font size and color adjustments. I think the number of fonts is limited.

Overall, for a free tool, I think it is worth a project or two. Besides if the kids like it, they can use it also on their own time and perfect their technology skills!

I always love it when a student takes something we use/do in class and then goes home or in study hall extends the lesson further by using it for their own purposes! Authentic learning!

What fun, yet educational tools do you introduce to your students?

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Diigo: Beyond Bookmarking…WAY Beyond

I have not used DIIGO, although I think I learned about it a long while ago, signed up for an account, and then promptly FORGOT ABOUT IT!

I was alerted to this fact by a recent post at Cliff's Notes Blog.

He posted this video on his site and I have embeded it here for you to view. It looks best if you can make it full screen because some of the information is typed into websites and the font is very small.



Will you get moving with this tool soon? I am thinking it will be a time saver in ways I had never imagined!

Let me know how you like it.