Blogs for the Glogs

Blogs for the Glogs!
By: Nicole Berard

For all you young social networking addicts out there I have have found a terrific source that will enhance the creative mind. This network is Glogster.com, a new and exciting way to express yourself in promoting and creating free interacting posters, or what they call "glogs." We all know anything is possible with the screen in our lap, so why not take it to the next level? You no longer need paper and pencils to enhance your visual creativity, blogster gives you the space to design interactice posters using text, images etc. All of your work is using and based on "flash elements." These designs, once created can then be managed and sent to other social networks like Facebook, and Twitter. Creativity is a key aspect in enhancing the mind as is something people look to constantly improve upon. With blogster, your creatvity is managed at your fingertips to help you improve and express yourelf in anyway imaginable.

Blogster is a fairly new network. It was created in 2007 with a new Glogster EDU portion just recently added to years later. It success has now traveled from the United States to more than 200 countries and territories. The site was originally targeted for the youth with its childlike, fun, colorful, playful home page. Surprisingly, young adults (25 years +) are also finding this website to be useful as well as entertaining.

Not only has the site given us the tools to entertain but with the new launh of the Glogster EDU serve a educational purpose as well. Today it holds over 560,000 teachers and 6,600,000 students worldwide. It is a safe, virtual classroom where your teacher can evaluate and create students work. It is a great way to interact now that computer technology is growing in practically all aspects of our lives. Not only is a student and teacher creating and developing but getting more experieince with the computer so that they can prepare for their future. I have personally never expereinced a class with glogster but can only imagine users have plenty of positive feedback on it.

(Youtube tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=80NISdsoouE)

Hopefully you are starting to think more highly about the blogster. But, although you may think it is all exciting and fun in the back of your mind you are asking "its cool, but how much is this going to cost per month?" No worries here because this website is entirely free. The registering process is quick and easy for anyone. Before you know it, your on our way to creating. But it doesnt stop there, glogster is interested in what new ideas and creations users are making. The site regualary like to hold contests in order to promote many major brands, bands, and musicians. The Black Eyed Peas, and Willow Smith are two of the many stars who have held on contest on blogster. Prizes are included.

Finally, I hope that you readers will really consider joining blogster to not only show off your work and designs but get a chance to express yourself in a visual way. Sometimes visual expression is the best form to get across what you are trying to say or feel. For me, I have recently joined glogster and have used it as a visual form of a diary. I love expressing myself with pictures and words that reall serve as an outlet away from my day to day life. I hope that you find glogster as a tool for you too.

Sources:
Class Readings from Prof. Yonkers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glogster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80NISdsoouE