Glogster+ICT

toc =Tutorials=
 *  Glogster - registr ation and tips on creating a Glog (slide presentation)
 * [|Glogster - setting up student accounts] (screenshots)
 * [|Glogster - Making Your Own] (screenshots)
 * Glogster - a Glog by Traci Blazosky explaining how to get started with Glogster EDU
 * [|Curriculum Planning Tool using Glogster for Pictorial Essays with Standards]

=Implications=

//“Visual communication is a process of sending and receiving messages using images. Visual literacy can be defined as the ‘ability to construct meaning from visual images.’ (Giorgis, Johnson, Bonomo, Colbert, & al, 1999: 146) To make meaning from images, the ‘reader’ uses the critical skills of exploration, critique, and reflection."//

The Visual Literacy White Paper, Dr. Anne Bamford, Art and Design University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Glogster's visual, audio, and text features transform student learning by providing creative media opportunities that demonstrate technology literacy aligned with [|NETS for students (2007)] standards as enumerated below:
 * ===Creativity and Innovation===
 * Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
 * apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
 * create original works as a means of personal or group expression
 * ===Communication and Collaboration===
 * Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
 * communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats
 * ===Research and Information Fluency===
 * Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
 * locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media
 * evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks
 * ===Technology Operations and Concepts===
 * Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students:
 * understand and use technology systems
 * select and use applications effectively and productively
 * transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies

=Lesson Plan=
 * Teacher Page for Internet Safety Webquest