Glogster Review

This post is a review of the website Glogster, how it works, what it looks like and what you can do with it.  The image below shows the layout of a pinboard glog mid production during the editing stages before publishing.

A glog is an interactive blog that has live feeds to videos and pictures making the layout more aesthetically pleasing.  I like the idea of a glog and I have used one to demonstrate Instagram as an app in my web 2 review for this assignment.  I enjoyed using glogster, however it is not the easiest to get to grips with if computers are not your strong point.  I struggled using the site although I feel the final result was more effective than just words on a page.  This is definitely something I will use again in the future, although a lot of practise will be required to enable me to manoeuvre around the different features more efficiently.  Even though the finish article was better than in a written format I hadn't quite grasped the 'adding post-it notes' or 'frames' that were available to complete the glog to the intended finish.

I believe that this could be a fantastic tool, if used in the right way, to replace presentations in appropriate situations.  Especially when presenting to children and teenagers it could involve them more rather than just blindly staring at a PowerPoint.  They would be able to go into different areas of the glog to expand the information, so they are more involved in the learning process.