Glogster allows students to create “glogs”, which are
described as online multimedia posters. Students can insert text, photos,
videos, drawings, sound, etc. into their glogs to create interactive posters to
share with others. Glogs can then be inserted into blogs, shared on social media,
used for presentations, etc. Students can use them for assignments like class
projects, book reports, research reports, or distance learning. The cost for an ad-free experience for one
class for a year is $39, which includes up to 30 students and 1 teacher. Teachers
have a “dashboard” where they can monitor student usage.
I could see this being used in upper elementary, junior high
school, and senior high school. I think that it would make research projects
and book reports more exciting for kids to prepare and present, and also more
interesting for their audience.
To me, ad-free is almost always necessary when students are
using an online resource. Better safe than sorry. $39/year is a decent price
for a teacher to have the ability to monitor usage and know that ads will not
interfere or cause an issue. I think that if a teacher likes to have students
do book reports or research reports often that this could be a solid tool to
make that easy and fun for the class.
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