Glogster

Glogster.edu--Lisa Roth and I used this program to create glogs with our 7th grade language arts class recently. As a class we read the short story Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling. We spent a great deal of time identifying with students types of conflict found in the story. We also focused time on identifying parts of the plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and the resolution. At the completion of analyzing the short story, students worked with a partner creating their own glog. The students seemed to really enjoy this activity. A rubric was created for students to follow in which they were to include the following: 1. The background for the glog provided a sense of the story's setting. 2. Title of the story included as well as the name of the author. 3. Main characters included along with images of them. (protagonist and antagonist labeled) 4. Two links were included to allow a viewer to find more information on the characters in the story. 5. The major conflict of the story must be stated. 6. Plot was displayed in some manner.

The students really put a great deal of effort into the creation of their glogs. I would love to use this program again for students to demonstrate their learning of any content covered in class, use it as a motivator to introduce content to be covered in class, or have students research information on a topic through a glog created by the classroom teacher, What a great tool!


 * I will try to upload a few student samples of their completed glog.

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Jen Greig--5/2/12