This is a Solar System poster I created using Glogster. Glogster is a free tool that can be used to create posters online. Creating this poster was interesting, and can be fun for older children to showcase some interesting things that they have learned.
Glogster is one of the more difficult tools to use I have learned about so far. Thinking of ideas to create a poster and collecting the materials was simple, but navigating the Glogster tool was fairly confusing. It took a lot of time to learn how to use it and to get everything to work the way I needed it to, such as moving and positioning objects. I doubt general education teachers would have time to navigate this tool with their students, but it may be a fun project for a technology type class, if available. Next time, if I use this tool, I will give myself more time to work with it, since I now know how much effort it takes to create a Glogster poster.
If I were teaching a little bit older children, I would maybe try to have them create a Glogster about their family or a project they have done. We could even create a class Glogster about a topic of their interest. However, since I will be teaching younger children, I doubt I will be able to do those things with them. I could possibly try to create a Glogster with them altogether, but I think it would be to difficult and time consuming for them to try themselves. With everything that needs to be accomplished in school, I doubt the time that would be needed for such young children to figure Glogster out would be available. However, playing with this tool in free time at home is very enjoyable and can be helpful in developing a deeper understanding of a certain topic. If I have time outside of school, I could even create a Glogster for my students to learn from that we would explore in the classroom.
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