Who are you and how do you feel today?

Task Discussion

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  Deena Kelly   July 17, 2012, 4:11 p.m.

  Hi Everyone,

  My name is Deena and I am a very active Glogster user. :) Actually I work in the Glogster EC Boston office. It's very hot here in Massachusetts today and am trying to stay cool.

  I suppose if I wanted to introduce myself "properly" I could send you the link to my resume Glog, http://deenakelly.edu.glogster.com/resume/ 

  or my more informal Glog about me

  http://deenakelly.edu.glogster.com/allaboutme/. 

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  arthorsegirl   July 18, 2012, 7:37 a.m.
  In Reply To:   Deena Kelly   July 17, 2012, 4:11 p.m.

  Very nice pages. But students need to read and write as well as be visually eloquent....so I'm concerned, if we are glogging, which I love, how do I weave the reading and writing in there? On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:11 PM, P2PU Notifications <
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  Deena Kelly   July 18, 2012, 8:02 a.m.
  In Reply To:   arthorsegirl   July 18, 2012, 7:37 a.m.

  The Glog is just the platform, the end product or the collection area for your PBL, reading and writing assignments. It is no different than asking them to create a poster, or presentation on what they have learned or written.

  A Glog is the perfect medium for a book report that you have assigned. You still give them them the requirements, Title, Author, Plot, their review, and you can then also have them add pictures, put in a movie trailer if the book has gone to the big screen or record themselves talking about the book. Because of the ability to add links, you can have them link their pictures and videos to the source, creating their bibliography and references.

  Teachers are using Glogster as a platform to remix and create curriculum for their classes, differentiating instruction for large and small groups. Glogs can be embedded in school webpages and wikispaces, making them available to classes for homework, parent night presentations and peer trainings. The uses are truly endless. Any subject, any project, Glogster is a great option.

  Glogs, give students, and teachers a fun and engaging way to demonstrate their knowledge and skills. If you've assigned a writing assigment, you give your students parameters, guidelines, expectations or a rubric. Glogster EDU is often one option given to students for an end product, along with say, a book report, a powerpoint or poster. It's funny how many choose Glogster though. :) It is engaging, relevant in student's understanding of technology and just plain fun.

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  arthorsegirl   July 18, 2012, 11:32 p.m.
  In Reply To:   Deena Kelly   July 18, 2012, 8:02 a.m.

  So, a glog is a multimedia product of your assignment? students still, read, write, and research....and a glog could be the final report or a part of a class presentation On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 8:02 AM, P2PU Notifications <
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  Paula Naugle   July 17, 2012, 2:59 p.m.

  Hi Everyone, 

  I am Paula Naugle, a fourth grade teacher from New Orleans, Louisiana. My students love creating Glogsters and I am feeling excited about learning even more about best pracitces for using and creating glogs. My summer is quickly winding down as the August 6 start date for teachers approaches. 

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  arthorsegirl   July 17, 2012, 3:01 p.m.
  In Reply To:   Paula Naugle   July 17, 2012, 2:59 p.m.

  Wow you start soon. What kinds of things do you glog about? On Jul 17, 2012 2:59 PM, "P2PU Notifications" <
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  Paula Naugle   July 17, 2012, 3:20 p.m.
  In Reply To:   arthorsegirl   July 17, 2012, 3:01 p.m.

  My students have created glogs about holidays, famous Americans, math poems, Earth Day, their passions and more. I have created glogs for PD at my school, to gather links for math GLEs (grade level expectations, standards), About Me, as a collection of websites I want my studnets to explore on a topic and so much more. The ways to use Glogster are llmited only by one's imagination. 

  Yes, we seen to keep getting closer to an August 1 start date every year. However, we do get out before Memorial Day weekend. 

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  vhinkle   July 17, 2012, 3:26 p.m.
  In Reply To:   Paula Naugle   July 17, 2012, 3:20 p.m.

  Wow, your students are doing fantastic things with glogs!  This is going to be fun.

  Paula, you get out before Memorial Day?   How many student days are there on your calendar?

  V

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  Paula Naugle   July 17, 2012, 3:37 p.m.
  In Reply To:   vhinkle   July 17, 2012, 3:26 p.m.

  We have 176 student days on our claendar for 2012-2013. Glogster is one of their favorite web tools. They will even work on them at home if they have Internet access. When I intorduce them to Glogster, I say. "This is a tool I know a little bit about. I have created accounts for you, but you are going to have to help me learn all about it. Please check it out tonight if you can and be ready to share with the whole class what you learned tomorrow." The next day I have at least half a dozen of them ready to "teach" us the bells and whistles. They have taught me so much. 

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  vhinkle   July 17, 2012, 4:11 p.m.
  In Reply To:   Paula Naugle   July 17, 2012, 3:37 p.m.

  So that's it!  We have 182, but 180 last year because of 2 furlough days.

  The student experience you describe is the way my students reacted to animoto.

  V

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  vhinkle   July 17, 2012, 12:33 p.m.

  OK, learning to navigate!   I'm V. Hinkle, 7th grade world history teacher in California.  On summer vacation now and trying to improve my mind as well as redo the bathroom.  I saw Glogster in an email and want to learn to use it, so my students can learn it, too. 

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  kassini   July 17, 2012, 12:36 p.m.
  In Reply To:   vhinkle   July 17, 2012, 12:33 p.m.

  What time period of world history do you teach? I teach ancient, and I am always looking to exchange ides with others teaching the same content.

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  vhinkle   July 17, 2012, 1:28 p.m.
  In Reply To:   kassini   July 17, 2012, 12:36 p.m.

  Medieval. In CA 6th grade studies ancient history & 7th continues up to Enlightenment.

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  kassini   July 17, 2012, 3:54 p.m.
  In Reply To:   vhinkle   July 17, 2012, 1:28 p.m.

  We do ancient river valleys and try to get up to the Renassiance. This year we ended with Medieval.

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  arthorsegirl   July 18, 2012, 7:30 a.m.
  In Reply To:   kassini   July 17, 2012, 3:54 p.m.

  So how do you decide the grading scale for the glogs? How do you measure what the students havelearned? On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:54 PM, P2PU Notifications <
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  kassini   July 17, 2012, 12:12 p.m.

  So at this point we only had to get an account, which I already have and say how we were doing? Will e-mails come to my e-mail account or do I have to sign in here to see the next task. I am the coordinator for our school license so if I am confused, I know I may get some e-mails. I am looking for a little more direction to the whole process I guess. Is there somewhere I can find that?

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  Glogster EDU Crew   July 17, 2012, 12:15 p.m.
  In Reply To:   kassini   July 17, 2012, 12:12 p.m.

  Yes, correct. You will get a notification when a new task is published. You can check this website as well.

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  kassini   July 17, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

  Not sure what I am doing wrong, but I am not seeing where the sessions are??

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  Glogster EDU Crew   July 17, 2012, 12:07 p.m.
  In Reply To:   kassini   July 17, 2012, 12:04 p.m.

  There are no sessions. There will be more tasks later this week. The tasks will contains all information you need :)

  ok?

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  MrsBols   July 15, 2012, 5:36 p.m.

  I'm Kathy Bollinger, and I'm an elementary principal in Queens, NY.

  I know I'm late getting started; are there any more tasks after this?

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  arthorsegirl   July 15, 2012, 6:35 p.m.
  In Reply To:   MrsBols   July 15, 2012, 5:36 p.m.

  I think this is the easy start. Meet and greet. Im visiting my mom in buffalo this week. Beautiful up here. Not as humid as miami.
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  CindyC   July 12, 2012, 4:35 p.m.

  I am Cindy Corritore from NE in the US. I teach in higher education, specifically a College of Business - Information Technology department. Look forward to this - 

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  ughina   July 12, 2012, 1:35 a.m.

  Hi!

  I'm Olga from Italy. I feel a bit tired at the moment as I haven't had a real holiday yet;  however I am willing to start this new experience with you.

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  vhinkle   July 17, 2012, 1:32 p.m.
  In Reply To:   ughina   July 12, 2012, 1:35 a.m.

  I bet Glogster should be useful in language and literature.  Welcome from across the world in California.

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  cinmil   July 11, 2012, 12:01 p.m.

  Hello!

  I am Cindy Miller and a distance education instructor for an online virtual high school.  I've been in education at the secondary level for 24 years and am getting ready to go back to college and work on my doctorate in the career and technical education field. 

  I am feeling very relaxed because for the first time in 13 years, I am able to enjoy the summer and have time to work on my home before I start my graduate studies.  I am also looking forward to what I will be learning in this course.  I've used glogster for a couple of years in my online courses.

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  Vickie   July 11, 2012, 8:18 a.m.

  I am a little nervous about participating in this(first time) kind of professional development, but am keen to give it a go! I feeling relaxed otherwise we are in the final week of the three week mid ear school holidays in Australia ... I am aiming to use glogsters in my teaching/curriculum in semester 2 (middle schooling)

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  arthorsegirl   July 11, 2012, 8:52 a.m.
  In Reply To:   Vickie   July 11, 2012, 8:18 a.m.

  Are yu serious? Thsi is school not sumer break? You go year round?
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  arthorsegirl   July 11, 2012, 8:55 a.m.
  In Reply To:   Vickie   July 11, 2012, 8:18 a.m.

  In florida usa we ate on ten wk summer break
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  Vickie   July 11, 2012, 9:02 a.m.
  In Reply To:   arthorsegirl   July 11, 2012, 8:52 a.m.

  We are in the middle of Winter in Australia. We ger our "big" holidays in the summer too- December and January. 

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  Patricia Hoefler   July 12, 2012, 10:40 a.m.
  In Reply To:   Vickie   July 11, 2012, 8:18 a.m.

  I always have to remember your schedule is different than the northern schedule!

  Just curious - by "this (first time) kind of professional development" do you mean online? Or this particular tool?

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  Vickie   July 14, 2012, 8:49 a.m.
  In Reply To:   Patricia Hoefler   July 12, 2012, 10:40 a.m.

  Hi Patricia I tend to do all my Professional Development face to face... I apologise I am just an old fashioned girl...human contact appeals to me...Which is the reason I need to do the PD in the first place!!!! The students and I have "messed" around with Golgster, but I need to get my head seriously around it! They love it and I need to be confident in it so I love it too! Kind regards Vickie Vickie Lester Head of Middle School Trinity College North Direct telephone: 08 85220615 Email: lestervi@trinity.sa.edu.au Street address: Alexander Ave Evanston South SA 5116 Postal address: PO Box 131 Gawler SA 5118 Website: www.trinity.sa.edu.au
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  Patricia Hoefler   July 9, 2012, 10:43 a.m.

  I am a faculty instructional technologist, who helps faculty at my college with their technology needs (primarily with web 2.0 tools, as well as LMS issues.) I also teach humanities online, so I am always looking for ways to improve my online classroom skills!

  Today I am feeling relaxed after returning from a vacation, and feel fortunate to find that my workplace is quiet, as many of the rest of my co-horts have chosen to remain on vacation, thus giving me the opportunity to slowly work through my e-mails.