Tag Archives: Glogster

Screencasting in the Classroom

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Let’s face it, you can’t always use the pause button in a classroom.  But that’s what screencasts allow students to do…pause, rewind, and re-watch teacher or student created videos until they “get it”.  Screencasting is a video of what’s happening on your computer.  It allows students to have access to information 24/7 and refer back to it later and not just when they’re in class.

Here are some examples of teacher created screencasts:

How to create a link in Glogster:

How to Create an MLA Citation in Word

Course instructions for “The Big Run”:

The examples above were created using Jing, a free Web 2.0 tool for capturing not only video recordings of your screen, but editable stills as well.

Screencasting 101

Jing is a great way to start screencasting, but if you’re looking for tools that have more features, Mashable put together a great list of tools which can be found here.

Are you screencasting in your classroom?  What’s your favorite screencasting tool?

Alternatives to PowerPoint

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Edutopia has an excellent Summer PD titled, Web Tools Collective Series.  I just read Part 4 of the series and my absolute favorite Youtube Video about how not to use PowerPoint was shared:

We’ve all probably experienced this when attending presentations, which is why this video is SO funny.  I laugh every time I watch it!  So how do we teach our students to give good presentations?

ReadWriteThink and PowerPoint in the Classroom both have excellent resources for teaching kids how to create effective and meaningful PowerPoint presentations.  But we also have to remember with the emergence of Web 2.0 tools, there are now FREE alternatives to PowerPoint.  Below are just a handful of some of the Web 2.0 Tools that students can use to create presentations:

The beauty of the above tools:

  • They’re accessible from any computer, anywhere as long as one has internet connection
  • They can been shared with peers, students, parents, etc.
  • They allow for collaboration
  • They don’t require a flash drive

One important thing to consider when using any Web 2.0 Tool in the classroom is the terms and conditions of the tool.  Lucie deLaBruere has put together an excellent resource for information addressing terms and conditions of Web 2.0 tools and privacy policies.  Find it here.

What’s your favorite presentation tool?  Do you have any student samples you can share?

Go Get Glogged With Glogster

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If you haven’t noticed, Glogster EDU is one of my absolute favorite Web 2.0 tools.  So this morning when I was checking my facebook page and saw today’s Edublogs’ Free Tool Challenge was titled, Go Get Glogged With Glogster, I had to share.

Even if you’ve used Glogster in your classroom, go check out Go Get Glogged With Glogster.  Not only does the post contain excellent resources and ideas for using Glogster, but the author, Glenda Morris, also links to information about using Creative Commons in Glogs.  In fact, here’s a Glog she created on Creative Commons:

If you take on this challenge, send me the link to your post. I’d love to check it out! 🙂

Glogster Video Update

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Ever use Glogster in your classroom and try to upload video and wonder why nothing happens?  Or think your computer is freezing?  Well here’s some great news!  Glogster EDU has added a uploading status bar to their bag of tricks!  It’s located right at the top of the Glog when in edit mode.  And even better, Glogster now also shows the video processing in the Video toolbox!  More great features given to us bu Glogster EDU that makes it user friendly to use with our students.  So, what are you waiting for?  Glog on!

Embedding your Glog on Your KS Blog

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One of the wonderful things about Glogster is you have the option embedding your Glog into a Blog or a Wiki.  But one of the things I ran into when trying to embed my glog into my blog is the size was either too big, or too small.  So here’s how you can embed your glog and make it fit!

  1. From your Glogster EDU dashboard, copy the embed code
  2. From your KS Blog dashboard, click on the HTML tab
  3. Paste the embed code and replace the “100” with “70”
  4. Voila!  Your Glog now fits in your Blog!  🙂  Click here to see an example of what it looks like in your blog.

You also have the option of embedding your Glog as you’re saving.  If you copy the embed code from the save menu:

Here’s what your Glog will be scaled to in your Blog: