Pimpin' My Glog

A Plentiful Harvest Brings Smiles

It has been awhile since my last post... I have been on a cooking and entertaining binge for the last month! Muriel's vegetable garden has inspired new entrees and recipes. I feel a bit guilty, as I realize I am behind in assignments as compared to my fellow Chippewa bloggers. Anyway, I did enjoy the blinging tasks. Glogster and Museum Box were most enticing to me: I signed up for an account on both. The Muesum Box could be applied to my class as a collection tool to archive evidence and content for students' media literacy issue presentation. When I tried to get an account, I had to go through several steps, and then, I was informed at the end that further information would be sent to me. I decided to move forward with Glogster because of easy registration and the creation process and tools made sense. I selected a topic from my course, digital footprint, and constructed a bulletin board style poster. Using graphics, video, audio, and links made the poster interactive, engaging, and informative. While introducing a new topic, concept or difficult idea, a "glog" would be a very effective tool to front load or activate prior knowledge. In addition, I would also consider students using this tool to share and demonstrate understanding of key concepts and ideas. Below you will find a link to my glog. I am uncertain how to embed my glog directly into my post, so you have a visual... I saw that Thyren did this... I will ask her for assistance.