I've never really enjoyed scrapbooking, mostly because I spend too much time looking for images, and I make too much of a mess. Surprisingly, despite my usual aversion to technology, I enjoyed using glogster much more. Compared to some other programs we have used (TokenX for example), glogger's interface is straight-forward. My group and I first made a glog on Alabama/"The Folk."
Because I often struggle with technology, though, I decided to make my own glog, focusing on the artistic representations of rural life and everyday people:
I prefer using glogster to posting a slideshow on youtube because I've encountered fewer difficulties, but I think the site still has its constraints -- especially with regards to the layout. I wanted to post more paintings, but I quickly ran out of room; I tried stacking the images, but I felt the wall looked too crowded. The decorations were sometimes limiting and seemed to target a certain population: angsty teens. While I'm not sure how I would use glogster as an assignment, I can see how glogs are useful for presenting information to students before they start a new unit.
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