Glossi.com is a great new publishing platform that enables anyone to create and share their own digital magazines across devices…free. It looked like a great application to use with a Middle School class and I decided to use it as the end point in a lesson about setting goals.
The aim of the lesson
The students work in groups and discuss goal-setting. They select relevant categories for goal setting. Individually they create their own specific goals for each category and display their top six goals on a Glossi digital publication.
Preparation
My preparation involved getting to know Glossi and practising the lesson before the actual day. Here is a downloadable presentation that I created to aid the students in case they needed to view it.
Make a Glossi with your students from Fiona Beal
The lesson
1. I used a variation of the following image to create a different way for the students to form groups of three. The pieces had no names on them and the students had to find their group members.
http://edgalaxy.com/journal/2014/1/17/5-innovative-ideas-to-start-the-
2. After sharing their group discussions the class selected seven categories for goals.
•School goals:
•Personal goals:
•Friendship goals:
•Spiritual goals:
•Hobby goals:
•Future goals
•Sport goals:
3. Each person created their own goals for each category and displayed their top eight on a Glossi. As they learned about how to use Glossi I loved the way they shared their tips, ideas and discoveries.
The results
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Two examples of a finished Glossi
Click to view Goals on GLOSSI.COM
Click to view MY GOALS FOR GRADE 9 on GLOSSI.COM
My evaluation of Glossi
The students loved using this media. It is a great tool to use to display work in a digital magazine format. I’d like to use it with some of the lower grades as well.
Further examples of what can be done with Glossi.com
I came across these two digital magazines created with Glossi. Take a look:
1. Awesome digital mash-up tools for creating online learning content
