Introduction
Posters provide a unique opportunity for students to express their creativity while learning content material in school. Cutting and pasting magazines, drawing, and painting can be a hassle for students and really limit their possibilities. Is there a solution? Yes, online virtual posters! This Web 2.0 tool allows students to use an array of tools to post content material along with pictures and clip art on a site where it can be saved and edited.

Today, the Glogster Education site is the predominant site teachers are using for online posters. Glogster was originally created for anyone who wanted to “Poster themselves” about anything. The education site was formed specifically for teachers and students. In fact, the company has allowed schools to block everything except the Edu accounts to be sure students are accessing school appropriate materials.

Get Started

• A teacher registers the students, students edit their pages, and it can be added to any wiki!
• Glogster Edu Homepage
• Glogster Tutorial

Example Across the Curriculum

• Social Studies
• Math
• Science
• High School English

Benefits of Using Glogster

• Video about keeping kids engaged
• Glogster listed benefits

Popular Tools

• Edit photos before you glog with Be Funky
  
• Tips on creating purposeful posters
• Web poster wizard
• Video how to add interesting features to Glogster
• Edit photos and clip art before using Glogster with Image Chef

Articles

• Education World http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck037.shtml
• School Tube http://www2.schooltube.com/Partners/Glogster.aspx
• Interview with co-founder of Glogster http://www.socialmediaportal.com/Profiled/2009/07/Social-Media-Portal-Profiled-Patrik-Prepsl-Glogster.aspx
• Launch of Glogster Edu http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/1564910/glogster_launches_education_development_program/

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