From magnetic poetry to collaborative brainstorming sessions to mapping activities, there are lots of ways to use Google’s Jamboard in online and in-person classes. One way that I like to use Jamboard is to have students annotate images that I share with them. In particular, I like to do this to have them add commentary to and answer questions about things that they notice in historical images.
In this new video I demonstrate how to use Jamboard to annotate historical images. In the video I used an image that I found on Flickr’s The Commons. The Commons is a great place to find historical imagery that is free to download and use in your lessons and presentations.
Applications for Education
I’ve always been a proponent of using historical imagery to spark students’ curiosity about history. By using Jamboard you can share a picture with your students then have them circle or highlight the parts of an image that raise questions in their minds. Those questions can lead to classroom discussion and or be used as the impetus for a quick research activity.
