There are more powerful collaborative whiteboard tools than Jamboard, but its ease of use makes it a winner. The ability to easily add and manipulate images and sticky notes makes this tool great for activities where visual representation of ideas helps clarify aspects of the critical inquiry process.
Here are some situations where Jamboard could be a perfect fit:
A quick note
We don't know of Jamboard being used in any classes yet, so here are some example prototypes we created.
Examples of possible activities created in Jamboard
Ranking activity (largest effect sizes)
Completed classification activity example (view only)
Visual thinking example (from The Back of the Napkin)
Simple timeline activity (put events in order)
Jamboard vs. Lucidchart vs. Miro vs. Google Slides
The same ranking activity (on effect sizes) created in four different platforms:
Other resources
Some nice features of Jamboard
Be careful. . .
Possible limitations of Jamboard
Analog Jamboards
More powerful alternatives to Jamboard
Privacy, accessibility, etc.
Support
Jamboard is available as part of Boise State University's Google Suite.
To access it after logging into your Boise State Google account, click on the nine dots in the top-right-hand corner of the Google page, and then locate the Jamboard icon. You can see how from the screenshots in this document.
Alternatively, the Albertson's Library has two analog Jamboard interactive whiteboards you can use.