Glogster

I've been brainstorming ICTs to incorporate in a learning experience for Assessment item 3 in ICTs for Learning Design. Considering the age group of my EPL class (8 to 10 year olds), I feel that Glogs will be a more user friendly ICT than say, WIKIs or Blogs. Below is a glog I made on Gloster related to my EPL class's 'Inside the Earth' UoW. It is a sample of the type of glog I intend the students to create.

According to Glogster EDU (2010), glogs can be used for educators and learners in the following ways:

" For Educators:
- A creative, dynamic, and innovative digital outlet that captures learner’s excitement for online creations, keeps learners engaged in course content, and makes teaching and learning more fun.

For Learners:
- A fun, imaginative, and powerful learning experience which 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."