Student as Tutorial Designer

 I wanted to look at different ways to engage students with each other throughout the lesson. The idea of "students teaching students" really struck me because students can learn so much from each other in the classroom. Students benefit from teaching each other in multiple ways. Students not only benefit from learning from their peers, but they also benefit from being able to teach their peers about a certain concept or skill. In order to promote collaborative learning in my classroom, I explored Jamboard in order to have students work on assignments collaboratively. Jamboard is a very useful tool available through Google that allows for the teacher to have an online live whiteboard for the students to actively participate and work on assignments, projects, and tutorials. Students can model different activities or concepts for each other through Jamboard to be seen by their peers. I think that in a high school history classroom, this would have multiple different uses.

Noveember (p.30) write about how tutorial designers are engaged in a creative learning process. One way that I can see myself using Jamboard in my classroom is through collaborative group assignments the promote students to create ideas and teach each other. Instead of handing out graphic organizers or worksheets to students during a class activity, students can utilize Jamboard with their groups in order to brainstorm and share information. The class would begin with a lecture about the Constitutional Convention with supporting multimedia. Students would then move into group work using primary sources and Jamboard. As an example, I created a sample Venn Diagram where students would work in small groups in order to compare and contract the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. Jamboard allows me as the teacher to create duplicate Venn Diagrams for each group so that each group can each work on Jamboard without overcrowding each other. Groups can then scroll through and view other groups' work. 

I think that this could also be used for group or individual presentations for the class as well, where students generate their Jamboard as a virtual poster to present to the class on a certain concept. Students can then view eachother's Jamboards and students could event present in front of the class their virtual poster on Jamboard. The only concept on Jamboard that I do not like is that you cannot see who has made specific additions or contributions onto a Jamboard. This is just something to keep in mind as a teacher if you are trying to ensure that all students are taking an active part in contributing to  a group activity.