Glogster is not free anymore
Glogster is a interactive mixed media poster board. It has the ability to embed Videos, Audio Clips, Graphics, as well as some other features. You can create an education account*, which as a teacher gives you the ability to create a virtual class for up to 50 students.
The Free account does not allow up loading of data, e.g., documents, spreadsheets.
* Educators
utilizing Glogster EDU’s have direct access to individual students
through a single portal – the Teacher’s Dashboard. Not only can teachers
see all students’ activities within their own Teacher Dashboard. A
single login and password will provide each teacher with access to each
student's glogster.
Educational benefits of Glogster:
- Addresses written, speaking, and listening skills
- Fosters visual literacy skills
- Uses an engaging, expressive format
- Provides creative and artistic learning opportunities
- Highlights main ideas & supporting details
- Emphasizes relationships between ideas
- Integrates technology with the curriculum
- Safe and private to use with students
http://www.biteslide.com/
Biteslide looks a lot like Glogster. You can create what the site calls Slidebooks with images, video and text. Like the original education edition of Glogster, teachers can choose a free plan that allows them to have 30 student accounts and 1 project. The site promises that this option is free forever.
New Hive
http://newhive.com/
New Hive is also similar to Glogster in that it gives you a canvas to create a multimedia poster with embedded video, images and mp3 files. It doesn’t have the pizazz and cutesy backgrounds and graphics that Glogster had, but it does the trick. You have to request an invite to create an account, but when I did it, it was not big deal. It just sent the invite to my email account within a few minutes.
Uturn
http://www.uturn.com
The cool kid on the block is clearly Uturn. The site allows to add pictures, video, text, etc. to simple “expressions” that you can embed on social media sites, blogs, other websites, etc. This tool doesn’t allow you to do the anything as complicated or extensive as Glogster or the first two tools, but it’s kind of addictive nonetheless.
Smore
http://www.smore.com/
Smore allows you to create simple web based flyers. In other words, you can create a simple web page that has as much information as a printed flyer you post on the wall at school would have. You can add videos, text, images, etc. There are few basic flyer templates you can use and the drag and drop interface is pretty darn easy to use.
Big Huge Labs
http://bighugelabs.com/
Big Huge Labs is a little bit different than the other tools. You can pick a particular photo editing tool, add a photo and then do some cool stuff with it. Create a jigsaw puzzle, a movie poster or magazine cover. You can even create one of those infamous motivational posters that have a picture with an inspirational saying underneath. I would blame you if you put something funny there instead. Check out the Education link to find out how to create an educator account.
Tackk a place to create a page w/ multi-media
content. A person can add text, images, embed items and more. Once a
board is finished then can then share it via a URL. These boards do get
erased over time but if a person creates a free account then can then
save it.
iJourney - Similar to Glogster; free
Magnoto. You can add your photos, videos, audios in a magnetic style to the web. A nice feature is the commenting option which can add a blog element to the poster. It's like sticking different media on a refrigerator door.
Smore - Smore is a site that reminds me a lot of Glogster for creating interactive posters/flyers.