GLOGSTER

What is Glogster? As the site defines it, "Glogster debuted in 2007 as a unique social network based on the creation and sharing of Glogs - interactive posters loaded with text, graphics, music, videos, and more. Glogster’s goal was to provide an outlet for unlimited creative expression online. It didn’t take long for users to get hooked! In 2009 Glogster launched Glogster EDU, a secure learning platform for teachers and students. Today, Glogster empowers millions of people all over the world with a space to express their emotions, ideas, and knowledge online."

I had never used Glogster until the past week when I completed a small project about Edgar Allan Poe. At first I thought it was just too simple, but after spending some time discovering its features I definitively saw the big uses it can have in terms of education. Imagine if for each day you could create a "glog" about the material you are to cover in the classroom. All the multimedia that can be involved would be immersive enough to reach the different types of learners: auditorial, visual and kinetic-tactual. It allows for students to discover the information on their own and at their own pace, enabling them to repeat whatever they need as many times as they need to.

The glog's interactive capacity for vodcast, podcast and presentation, as well as its ease of use, is an invaluable tool that can be used to bring options to students as a learning tool and as a way for them to present their own projects. Glogs engage all learners and allows for multiple types of expression, one of the main goals of the universal design for learning which is stressed in the new education common core.