Glogster

Glogster


Synthesizing and Summarizing New Knowledge with Glogster

No more trips to the store to pick up poster board, no more slanted writing with various sized letters written in a single color, no more cut out pictures with glue oozing out the sides- welcome Glogster ! This tool is an interactive poster maker, allowing students to demonstrate their understandings through multiple means including video, photographs, writing, animations, and sound in one place.

__Synthesizing and Summarizing New Knowledge (Elementary)__ One of the critical processing strategies for successful comprehension and engagement of texts involves a students ability to combine their background knowledge and new understandings generated into a cohesive and logical whole. Glogster, an interactive poster, is one way students can synthesize and summarize new content acquired over time.

Mo Willems Author Study [|Follow the Drinking Gourd] **Related Anchor Standards** //Key Ideas and Details// Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. //Integration of Knowledge and Ideas// Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. **Other Possible Tools** Animoto, Xtranormal, GoAnimate **Resources** ** ReadWriteThink's Teaching With Glogster ** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">** Traci Blazsoky's Glogster Tutorial **