Week 5 Engagement Activity 4a

This engagement activity involved creating and embedding a glogster.  It was time consuming but I did really enjoy making the glogster and voki this week.  There are many learning benefits of a glogster (CQUniversity Australia, 2012; Glogster EDU, 2013).  It is interactive and can incorporate many forms of multimedia to engage learners (Dyck, 2009; Glogster EDU, 2013).  A lot of information could be included in this form of an interactive poster (Dyck, 2009; Glogster EDU, 2013).

I think this would definitely be helpful in the classroom setting to promote engagement and creativity in primary school aged children (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  I would like to use this tool in the primary school setting, to create interactive class posters that could be developed individually or as a class on a certain topic the class is currently studying, or a classroom glogster that has a combination of topics studied during the term (CQUniversity Australia, 2012; Dyck, 2009). I could upload children's work during the term as a way to display it (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  A group glogster can support Social Constructivist learning theory through group collaboration to consolidate individual learning (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).

This tool is based on Connectivism learning theory as it is related to the internet and computers (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  Teachers can improve learning outcomes using a glogster by utilising TPACK including a good understanding of how to utilise glogsters and an effective scaffold when implementing this technology (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  The teacher should model and teach students the safe, ethical and legal guidelines that must be adhered to in regards to glogsters including crediting sources and parental permission for student photographs to be utilised (CQUniversity Australia, 2012; Education Queensland, 2012).  Teachers should also ask copyright owners for permission to utilise their work if it is not free or free for educational use (The official guide to copyright issues for Australian Schools & TAFE, n.d.b).  Teachers should utilise materials provided by free educational use websites (The official guide to copyright issues for Australian Schools & TAFE, n.d.c).

I embedded my Glogster into my wiki. This is the address it can be found on my wiki.

http://emmataylor411.wikispaces.com/Glogster

This is the address that it can be found on in relation to Glogster.edu.

http://etict.edu.glogster.com/week-5-engagement-activity-4a/

Below is a voki that I created this week and was finally able to embed in my blog. 

 
Above is my glogster that I was able to embed into my blog.


References:

CQUniversity Australia. (2012). EDED20491- ICTs for learning design: online study guide.
              Retrieved from
              http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?id=115238

Dyck, B. (2009). Hooked on glogster: posters 2.0. Retrieved from
            http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck037.shtml

Education Queensland. (2012). Risk management. Retrieved from
            http://education.qld.gov.au/web/schools/riskman.html

Glogster EDU. (2013). What is glogster EDU? Retrieved from

            http://edu.glogster.com/what-is-glogster-edu/

The official guide to copyright issues for Australian Schools & TAFE. (n.d.b).
          Podcasts – creating. Retrieved from
          http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/524

The official guide to copyright issues for Australian Schools & TAFE. (n.d.c).
          Podcasts – using. Retrieved from
          http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/Jahia/lang/en/scw/go/pid/550