Glogs in Year 10

There has been much excitement in our camp this week  as Year 10 Geography students have been presenting their glogs. This term the eSupport team, John Fraser and Fiona Dawson have put their heads together to come up with a technology enhanced existing unit of work.Although happy with the previous content, John believed that the  current Year 10 Geography unit "Human Impacts on the World Environment" needed some "jousing up"In the past students had shared their knowledge by creating a poster and as John said "it's just not doing it for them anymore."Introducing them to glogs seemed the perfect answer.Glogs are online interactive posters in which you can embed images,text,files,videos and links and share them with others.They are created by using the web tool called Glogster and we love it because:

● students don’t need email addresses as the eSupport team registers the students.
● it is easy to use and interactive.
● it allows you to make Glogs in a private and safe online environment (teachers monitor their students’ Glogs; students can access Glogs that their classmates create).
● it uses an easy to use drag and drop interface containing multimedia elements.

 
Both John and Fiona have commented on how engaged and focussed their students have been in this unit this term. This tool has given them far more scope  to express their creativity, knowledge and ideas and we have been thrilled with their efforts.


 Click on the links below to view  a sample of the students' work.The video in the USA glog is a "must watch."Click on the arrow in the centre of "Reduce,Reuse,Recycle."The animation on the Pakistan glog is also excellent. Find it at the bottom of the glog as an attachment

USA
Pakistan