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 * Useful widgets that I discovered on the Internet. ** __ **﻿ ** __ This table of contents on the right is also a widget. -->

=**Video** =

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 * ﻿Videos can be used to teach as well as for teacher to obtain information

=Poster = = =
 * Posters can be used as a visual blogging tool for younger learners.

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=Classroom Benefits = Benefits Glogster EDU provides to teachers and students: > virtual classroom monitored by teachers > around subjects that may > have been seen as “boring” before > traditionally text-oriented subjects > both to explore Web 2.0 & learning concepts together > up-to-date with modern technology
 * 1) A fun learning experience
 * 2) A new way to express creativity
 * 3) Private, secure, safe
 * 1) Drives new interest levels
 * 1) Adds audiovisual aspects to
 * 1) Fosters teamwork and collaboration with classmates
 * 2) Increases drive to be independently creative
 * 3) <span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Unlimited shelf life
 * 4) <span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Improves student-teacher relationships by allowing
 * 1) <span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Keeps teachers and students

=<span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What is Glogster EDU = <span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Glogster EDU is the leading global education platform for the **creative expression of knowledge and skills** in the classroom and beyond. We empower educators and students with the technology to create **GLOGS - online multimedia posters** - with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments and more. <span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Glogster EDU is so **SIMPLE TO USE**, that now over 7,000,000 people (including students as young as 4 years old) across the planet are reaping the benefits of this amazing system. Please review the critical features and benefits below and see what everyone is raving about. Glogster EDU is Yours! [|Try to create Glog]
 * [|Glog - Creation Interface]
 * [|Glogster EDU Sharing]
 * [|Key Functionalities]
 * [|How to use Glogster EDU]
 * [|Glogster EDU Premium]
 * [|Benefits & features]

=<span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Slideshare** = = =
 * <span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This is an example of a slide show that is a widget
 * <span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It also provides some ideas of how to use blogs in an elementary school.

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=<span style="color: #3b4df1; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Survey** =
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