Glogster reminded me a lot of myspace. And like the presenters pointed out, sometimes it is not an advantage to have so many options to choose from. I felt very overwhelmed and I didn't really want to stay on the pages or work on a glog. That type of thing just isn't for me. And if students had to create their own glog, it is a very high possibility that they would get distracted and focus more on decorating the page than the information they should be learning. Ya, it reminded me of myspace and I'm pretty sure people got pretty tired of that.
For teachers, I could see that glogs could be handy as a digital poster. If a teacher is short on time (or isn't very good with crafts to make a real poster) but still wants a visual aid for their students, then a glog would be an easy way for them to put information all on one page (poster).
I wouldn't suggest this website to young children because there is no way that you could monitor what they saw. Glogster is a public forum and people will put whatever they want. For example, I just went to the Glogster page and read some of the comments that people put and they were not appropriate for any student to read. I would definitely consider the GlogsterEd instead of the regular glogster.
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