EDIM 508 - Holy Glog!

Over the past two weeks in EDIM 508 - Digital Media, we have been discussing ways to integrate and foster Howard Gardner's creative mind into our own classroom.  Previously we have polled students, written blogs, and drummed up discussions with classmates.  This week was a whole 'nother beast... the Glog!  A glog, is a busy dizzying virtual poster that puts you in the makers-seat.  Glogs can be used a learning centers or a means for students to present ideas and uses all types of media within them.  This type of project really would allow the students to develop their creative mind, because the possibilities are endless and there are only a few items that have limits on the glog - the choice is theirs.  The creative mind wants to be free and develop with out rules - Glogster provides the medium for just that.

View my first glog!

The glog was challenging, and this is not truly my first glog - I had helped in another glog challenge collaboratively.  But this time I was on my own.  I am pleased with the overall project and know that the students will really like the learning center that I have produced for them - rather than taking notes from a PowerPoint.  I did find difficulty in uploading the video and it seemed to take forever.  If I am going to implement more glogs into the classroom, I am going to have to help students manage their time and tasks in class that day.  I could see how students would get behind very easily with only one single technical glitch.



When students create glogs, the classroom is not only functioning with 100% participation, but the content also covers a multitude of standards above any chosen content:

Science as Inquiry: Standard - 3.3.10.A8:

• Compare and contrast scientific theories.
• Know that both direct and indirect observations are used by scientists to study the natural world and universe.
• Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.
• Formulate and revise explanations and models using logic and evidence.
• Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and models.

Inquiry and creativity go hand-in-hand in the classroom. Check out the article's quick Five Feature of Scientific Inquiry.  All five points of inquiry led to a personal derivation of understanding.  This could not be achieved without ones ability to think creatively and freely.

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