Glogster was a cloud-based (

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) platform for creating web posters and presentations. The platform allowed users to combine text, images, video, and audio to create an interactive, web-based poster called ''glogs'' on a virtual canvas. The platform was available as both a free and a paid premium service.

History

Glogster.com was launched in 2007. This platform was initially promoted as a visual network, allowing users to express themselves via “graphic blogs” or “glogs”. Glogster EDU was used as a learning and teaching tool in place of traditional poster assignments to foster higher order thinking skill. The platform was used in classrooms to develop necessary competences such as curiosity, critical and systematized thinking, information literacy, and social responsibility. The platform was available on desktop. In 2014, the company released mobile applications for

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and Android.{{Cite web , last=Haynes , first=Christine , date=July 31, 2014 , title=Teacher review: The Glogster app , url=https://www.teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles/teacher-review-the-glogster-app , website=Teacher Magazine in August 2022, Glogster suspended all services provided due to "operational reasons". The website remained in that state until January 2024, when the website was taken down.

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