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students to create multimedia information reports, journals, persuasive texts and autobiographies in a poster format. Students must not use the adult version at www.glogster.com. Primary teachers will use G


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construction of online multimedia posters. These are known as glogs. Alternatively, they will acquire a free E


students in a secure online classroom. • Registration: G


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Students below 13 years of age require parental permission to sign up. Alternatively, teachers can sign up for E


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www.edu.glogster.com/register and receive 50 free cyber secure student accounts. When you sign up to E Gose rmu


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lgtr Pe im. Take that opportunity to change the students’ nicknames (usernames) to something easier for them to remember. In Bsc, you can’t edit


the students’ nicknames and they are assigned randomly generated letter sequences that are hard to remember.


• Cybersafety: Remind students not to write any identifying details in their glog usernames or posters. They should not post images of themselves or other students. Find out from school records which students in your classes are under a media ban, generally due to a custody dispute. In addition, check parental blanket media permissions lodged with the school to see if any student is not covered or if any parent has refused permission. Provide alternative tasks for these students.


• Copyright: Remind students to generally use their own photos or Creative Commons images in G


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be supplied for any images, web links, sound or video files and for the source of any research information. Explain that, for cybersafety, a creator’s name may be a pseudonym. IE The source still needs to be cited, even if s listed as the creator.


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• Create and edit tools: Click on a shape to activate EDIT box and click on red tab to bring out M


ant to ge ol and bring in text, image, video, sound. Click on EDIT to write your ideas. Add links and effects – OK.


• Save: Save or Publish button. It will say your glog is published – the default version is Unfinished private. Change to public when you are ready to share.


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Other worlds: To infinity and beyond with digital tools in the middle years by Lizzie Chase with S Bowes, D Ivanek, Y Liu, J Riley, J Starink


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