Jigsaw 103

Assignment 103

1. Use of images, surveys, notes, or map to Pane 3 has been demonstrated.

So until now I have only used Pane 3 to put a picture of me up :).  After playing around with this last assignment, I am happy to say I LOVE pane 3! It is much easier to navigate and use than I thought. I am starting to think of it as a digital filing system.

I used the spring image to welcome students into class during a weekly session. I hope it brightened up my session for the week. I also think it will be useful to share new announcements that are important in the classroom. I might even use it as a 'first release' place for announcements to possibly get more kids to the sessions. 

I have four images ready to go in Pane 3.

Here In Pane 4, I have transferred the Spring image into Pane 4. I had this up at the beginning of class because I finally feel as though spring is here to stay (at the end of April).

Switching images in the middle of the session was a lot easier than I thought. The only tedious thing was remembering to make it big. I can see my self using this window to drop in images of the many processes that are found in life science. 

During my presentation I popped this image up from pane 3 to pane 4.

 I loved using Pane 3 for images and feel as though I have that down now. I played with surveys, but have not used it live yet. I would like to include a survey in beginning semester chat session to see which days/times are best for synchronous sessions. I would also like to use the survey feature to give formative assessments to students who are in class.

2. Use of whiteboard, weblinks, presentations, or documents in pane 4 had been demonstrated.

I demonstrated images in the whiteboard in the reflection above, but here I have uploaded two weblinks that I showed students during a chat session.  Again using this Pane was much easier that I anticipated and I am kind of kicking myself now for not doing this earlier. 

I uploaded two web links and showed them to students during the presentation.  I used the share screen in Pane 2 to show the actual web pages so students would know what they were looking at. 

Until I went back and looked at the recording I realized I forgot to make the Pane 2 bigger when I shared my screen - so students only saw the small portion - I thought it would share my 'Whole Screen" so in the future I will need to remember to make Pane 2 bigger.

Links are in Pane 4 and when I clicked on them they showed up in Pane 2. here is a link to a free online practice test for students. 

Links are in Pane 4 and when I clicked on them they showed up in Pane 2. here is a link to a  AP Biology Vocabulary Quizlet for students to use while testing. 

I can see myself using Pane 4 to load weblinks up for animations to show how different processes in science work.

3. Thoughtful and professional reflection has been given

This PD has been one of the best I have gone through with GaVS. The more I use Jigsaw, the more i like it. Pane 3 and 4 are really important in making classes engaging and 'hands on'

for students. Pane 3 can track students progress while Pane 4 can be used to answer/show explanations to students in real time. Things I need to remember:

1) Check links before class - practice run is important.

2) When clicking out to various panes MAKE THEM BIGGER so the content can be seen.

3) Colorful images are important, but pay attention to the text - size, font, etc - you want to make sure it can be read easily.

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