Create interactive Posters with Glogster

What is a Glog?  A Glog is like a poster, only better. Glogs allow you to create an online poster using photographs, images, graphics, video files and sound files. Glogs allow you to add hyperlinks to other websites. When you use a Glog, you are referred to as a “glogger.”

Glogster is another presentation option for you and your students to utilise iin the classroom and is someting I know your students will find particularly 'Cool' as they integrate video and music into poster format.

Glogster has a special education zone with hints and ideas for teachers and stdents.  Click here to have a look at Glogster and below is a glog and below that is a slideshow for teachers on how to use it in the classroom.

A wealth of Blooms Based ideas and lessons

I recently came across a great WIKI calledEucational Origami which as a great range of content, but in particular has a 21st century take on Blooms Taxonomy and how to apply it to ICT and today's tech savvy kids.

This update to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy which attempts to account for the new behaviours and actions emerging as technology advances and becomes more ubiquitous. Bloom's Revised Taxonomy accounts for many of the traditional classroom practices, behaviours and actions but does not account for the new processes and actions associated with Web 2.0 technologies and increasing ubiquitous personal and cloud computing.

Bloom's Digital Taxonomy isn't about the tools or technologies rather it is about using these to facilitate learning. Outcomes on rubrics are measured by competence of use and most importantly the quality of the process or product. For example. Bookmarking a resource is of no value if the resource is inappropriate or worthless.  Check it out here.