GLOGSTERWEB 2.0

TOOLS By Michelle LeBlanc

Area Focus Statement

Will the use of technology to

create graphic organizers with

PowerPoint or glogster during

independent reading, increase

student reading comprehension?

About Glogster

Glogster was developed in 2007

(Glogster).

Started as a social network for

teenagers

Now more than 14 million students

and 1.5 million teachers use

GlogsterEdu (Creativity).

What Glogster Can Do

User can create an interactive

poster (glog)

Can incorporate text, audio,

video, images, and a variety of

graphics (Dunn).

Includes all subjects as

templates for educational

lessons.

Shared with the public or other

peers

How Glogster Can Be Used to Improve Comprehension

Students read a literary or informational text

During their reading the students highlight and annotate the text.

Students create a glogster that will serve as their graphic organizer

Example of a public glogster about Macbeth.

Click on the picture to see it fully

How Glogster Can Be Used to Improve Comprehension

Incorporate pictures and text that describe the main characters and or theme.

Use video or audio to introduce main ideas and details

Ability to share projects with other classmates and people

Using Glogster for Reading Comprehension

Having students create their own graphic organizer can help increase reading comprehension

Students creating their own videos and audio to describe events can increase retention of information.

Giving opportunities for other students to share what they found from the text and compare to other students glogster.

Glogster Abilities

Different backgrounds

Variety of graphics

Audio

Different text boxes

Template Options

Video

Research

In the study published in Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal. , after using a text to speech program to listen to an article, the subjects were given a comprehension exam. According to the study the results indicated that the use of a text to speech program increased the subjects reading comprehension and reading rate

According to the article “The 100 Best Classroom Tools Chosen By You”, Glogster was rated 26 for the most popular Web 2.0 Tool for the classroom.

“The presentation type of graphic organizer does affect student’s comprehension and retention of text” (Ozmen, 787).

Work Cited"Creativity Is Learning." Glogster EDU: A Complete Educational Solution for

Digital and Mobile Teaching and Learning. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014.

Dunn, Jeff. "The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You - Edudemic." Edudemic. Edudemic, 11 Nov. 2011. Web. 25 May 2014

Effects of Text-to-Speech Software on the Reading Rate and Comprehension Skills of High School Students with Specific Learning Disabilities. (2010). Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

"Glogster." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 21 May 2014. Web. 25 May 2014.

"Macbeth Project." : Text, Images, Music, Video. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 May 2014.

Ozmen, R. G. (2011). Comparison of two different presentations of graphic organizers in recalling information in expository texts with intellectually disabled students. Kuram ve Uygulamada Egitim Bilimleri, 11(2), 785-793. Retrieved from www.web.ebscohost.com