Prezi and Glogster

Today I had a brief look at Prezi and Glogter as learning tools in the classroom. I did not have the liberty of taking the time to make my own Prezi presentation or Glogster scrapbook but I can still see how both may be beneficial to students’ learning.

One of the wonderful things about Prezi is that it is a fancy way of doing presentations. The software allows you to zoom in on important pieces of information and analyse detail more carefully.

Here is a link to a Prezi presentation on how Prezi may be used in learning.

Personally, I can see myself using a tool like this in class to show my students diagrams in finer detail. For example, in legal studies we could prepare a diagram of court hierarchies. Under each level of the court hierarchy we could have details of the types of matters each court deals with. Prezi could be used to zoom in on these details, allowing for students to better engage in the learning exercise.

Glogster is another excellent tool in which I see potential for my classes. This ICT tool is an interactive one which allows a class to work creatively and in collaboration. Students can upload their work onto their Glogster page in a safe, private and secure online classroom which can be monitored by their teacher. The great thing about Glogster is that it allows students to utilise multimedia tools such as video clips, podcasts, text and digital images. Glogster truly is a great form of constructivism learning.

Personally I can see my students using it to upload their work for group assignments. For example, students might have a unit in English which requires them to consider Indigenous perspectives. They could document all of their learning and research via digital videos, podcasts, text and digital images and then upload their work onto the Glogster site.

Here is an example of how one primary school class used Glogster to present their year's work.