glogster poster project: china revised... · 2012-07-25 · glogster lets you create an online,...
TRANSCRIPT
Mr. Wheeler & Mrs. CostelloAdapted from an online presentation by:Kim Adair & Traci Blazosky @ glogster.com/edu
Glogster Poster Project:
China
Today, you will…
Hear DirectionsRegister @ GlogsterResearch & Create
Glogster Lets You Create an Online, Interactive Poster
Incorporate images, video, links to Internet sites and more (!) on your project.
Poster Project Requirements
Let’s look at the handouts together… I know you can read, but follow along
anyway!! (Please )
Create a Glogster Account
Go to: www.glogster.comLog in
Scroll down to “You don’t have an account?”Sign up!
Project Resources at South Newton
Middle School Media Center
Resources for Presenters
Follow the Rules for Source Work
For this project, you will copy & paste the facts you find about China onto your Glog.
Put all copied material in quotes – “China has the largest population of any country in the world.”
& document the source after the quote in parentheses: “China has the largest population of any country in the world” (“China Today,”2011).
The Rules for APA
Parenthetical citation after the quote: (Author, year). – last name only (Title, year). – titles of websites in
italics (“Topic,” year). – topics or article
titles in quotation marksNo date??(Whatever, n.d.). – n.d. = no date
The Example…
Parenthetical citation after the quote: “China has the largest population
of any country in the world”(“China Today,” 2011). Can’t find the author? Begin with title,
or “topic”, or “article”. Add the date (or n.d.) and a period at the end.
Works Cited Links
List your web sources anywhere on your poster.
Link us to the exact page, where you found your info.
Remember the scroll down feature…
Click on CREATE A NEW GLOG to begin!
Need Directions??
Fill in All Fields
No email? Ask us for ours!!Tell us your username!!!!
Use the black tool box to create your Glogster. Begin with the WALL; it sets your background. Build all other features from there.
Include ALL required information!
Change the layout or click EDIT to make changes.
Change the color, font style, or add a link. Click OK.
To add a link, paste the URL in the box. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VIEW THE LINK UNTIL AFTER YOU SAVE/PUBLISH YOUR GLOGSTER!!
You can change Font, Alignment, Size, and Color.
Make sure you click APPLY to save your changes!
If choosing
IMAGE, VIDEO, or SOUND, you will upload the file.
When adding an IMAGE or VIDEO, be sure to click on the tab to add a FRAME or PLAYER to enhance the appearance.
When finished, click SAVE AND PUBLISH at the top or bottom of the page.
Choose to save your project as a CLASSIC GLOG.
Name your Glog. Pick a category for it and set your Glogster’s privacy to PUBLIC. (If your Glogster is Private, it can’t be viewed by anyone else. Last, SAVE it!
