tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524465984470586704.post8685833400124392681..comments2012-02-17T19:42:59.783-08:00Comments on Adventures at Graduate School: UPDATE: Glogster Project SpeedbumpKate E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18027865239228220755noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524465984470586704.post-74517572542804880612011-10-10T15:55:30.427-07:002011-10-10T15:55:30.427-07:00Wow - impressive customer service and good news fo...Wow - impressive customer service and good news for your students. Great news from Jennifer.<br /><br />JoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524465984470586704.post-73530809597133483262011-10-08T05:12:46.108-07:002011-10-08T05:12:46.108-07:00I'm glad there is a work-around solution for y...I'm glad there is a work-around solution for you, Kate. Also happy that you acknowledged Glogster's (i.e., Jennifer) attention to you and concern for your situation.Marilyn Arnonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811546595899931290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524465984470586704.post-39867147233664033992011-10-06T04:28:20.162-07:002011-10-06T04:28:20.162-07:00Kate,
First of all, I want to apologize for your...Kate, <br /><br />First of all, I want to apologize for your negative experience with this pricing change. We certainly didn't mean to catch teachers off guard. We did send a few emails, so I'm not sure why you didn't receive them in your registered email (if you still want to receive emails from us, you can write to me with your address and I'll double-check that it is in the database). Regardless, I'm sorry that this happened to you in the middle of an important project. <br /><br />We realize that the pricing change isn't ideal for all educators. Budgets are tight, and resources are limited. Simply put, Glogster EDU cannot continue to support such a high-quality student management platform completely free of charge. With this new pricing structure, we will be able to respond to your needs for new features more quickly, effectively, and with a higher quality than ever before. We take feedback from our educators very seriously and want to provide you with all the improvements you’ve asked for – but these improvements would simply be out of our capacity without a new pricing structure. <br /><br />Good news is that you don't have to upgrade to Teacher Light in order to complete the project ( though I suggest you at least consider it, because Teacher Light has several crucial improvements to Basic, like no ads, customer care, data attachment...but I'll spare you the sales pitch :) ). <br /><br />If you choose not to upgrade, your account will convert to Single Free, and your student accounts will convert to Single Free as well. If your students haven't registered for Glogster EDU yet, then they can sign up for a new Single Free account. You will no longer be "connected" to their accounts. But no Glogs will be lost -- Glogs you created will appear under your account, and Glogs your students created will appear under their accounts. With Single Free, all Glogs are private, so they will have to send you their Glog URL for you to view it. <br /><br />I hope you’ll find the value of Glogster EDU worth the new price tag, and if not, that you'll continue to create and share Glogs using the free version. The Glog creation tool will always be free.<br /><br />Please let me know if you have any questions or need anything at all. Your feedback is always welcome. <br /><br />-Jennifer, Glogster EDU<br />jennifer.wineke@glogster.comJenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456860195457468680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524465984470586704.post-11668129100497151642011-10-05T19:32:58.487-07:002011-10-05T19:32:58.487-07:00Yikes! Sorry to hear about this Kate! I can't ...Yikes! Sorry to hear about this Kate! I can't believe Glogster is charging now... I remember using Glogster for our IST 612 project this summer and how great a resource it was... I hope you find an alternative for your project.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-524465984470586704.post-49060575567268400042011-10-05T09:00:05.919-07:002011-10-05T09:00:05.919-07:00Kate -
Oh no! So sorry to hear this. There is no...Kate - <br /><br />Oh no! So sorry to hear this. There is nothing worse that being so psyched up for a project (and one that the students are psyched for as well) only to have something go wrong.<br /><br />I did learn to always have that back up plan for each and every lesson. It is double the work, but makes life less stressful in the end. You have many resources available - and lots of us who might have ideas on what your plan B should be. Bright side - yes, you did happen to just write a paper about this tool and it's alternatives.....Denice B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10703687482297213199noreply@blogger.com