I am piloting the use of Glogster in one of my LA classes. Glogster (glogster.com) is basically an online poster website that can hold pictures, text, music, video, ect....
I decided to use Glogster for a symbolism project. So I guess my question is; Does anyone use Glogster? How has that worked for you? Or, what do you think about group projects?
Here is the project-
Symbol Glog
-Using Glogster, students will choose an item or idea, from a book read this year in Language Arts, and explain what that item could symbolize through a variety of ways. Such ways could include-
-Poem- A published poem in which the symbol applied. (see suggested websites)
-Music- A Musical piece in which the symbol is referred.
-A quote relating to the symbol said by a famous person.
-Podcast- A podcast in which the symbol and its artifacts is explained (required).
-Artwork-A variety of images that show the symbol, these can be found online, or created and scanned.
Students will work in groups of 4-5.
This project will be due by _____________ and count as a quiz grade.
On each of the 5 workdays, you will rotate through the following jobs-
1 Head Director- Oversees all other directors and keeps them on task, assists where needed.
2 Progress Director- Records accomplishments by each group member on a daily basis.
3- Technical Director- Imports and arranges artifacts onto the Glog.
4 Research Director- Finds artifacts to be incorporated into the project.
5- Assistant Director- Fulfills any role that is needed at that time.
Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteI've never used Golgster, but it looks like a great was to differentiate instruction!
Thanks for your post!
Mike
Hi Jeremy,
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of Glogster either, but I am glad that I have now! I am excited to see how this project works out for you. I like how you have found a creative and new way for your students to tackle understanding symbol. I also like the way that you have provided students with specific roles for group work. I have had success with group work (specifically with literature circles) when students have assigned roles. When the expectations are clear, students are much more likely to have success.
Good luck with this assignment! It seems like you have done a great job planning it out!
Maureen
Well, it didn't go as well as I had hoped. The kids worked hard at it, which was encouraging seeing their general lack of motivation going into the month. However, trying to get anything done that needs time was impossible with the constant interruptions of end of the year hoopla. Classes were canceled for assemblies, field trips, standardized testing, many of these events seemed to pop up without notice....
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side, they did some highly sophisticated work with symbolism....while the project could have had more time, it worked out.