1. Exploring
Glogster
Maggie Phillips
ITEC 7430/02
Spring 2012
Dr. Vega

2. What is Glogster?
• Glogster is a website that allows users to create
interactive, digital posters for free!
• It’s a platform for creative expression of knowledge and
learning.

3. Elements of a Glog
• With Glogster, users can create digital, interactive
posters with a variety of multimedia elements:
– Text
– Photographs
– Images
– Backgrounds
– Audio Files
– Videos
– Special Effects

4. Glogster in Education
• Glogster can be used in the
classroom by teachers and
students.
• Teachers can use Glogster to
create interactive posters to
visually represent content,
enhancing learning
experiences.
• Students can use Glogster to
demonstrate their knowledge
and learning. Students
synthesize their learning by
creating interactive multimedia
posters representing content.

5. Safety First
• In 2009, Glogster launched Glogster EDU,
which serves the education field.
• With Glogster EDU, students can create glogs
and share them safely in a teacher controlled
virtual classroom. Student glogs stay private!

6. Why did I pick Glogster?
• Glogster allows • Glogster promotes
students to create fun, higher order thinking
creative, and interactive skills by allowing
posters that students to synthesize
demonstrate their content using a variety
learning. It’s a great of multimedia
assessment tool. resources.
• Using Glogster is • Glogs are a quick, easy
motivational to way to enhance a
students. lesson!