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28 Creative Jamboard Ideas for Elementary Classrooms

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April 11, 2022 //  by Stephanie Ledford

Maybe you have heard of Jamboard, but you aren't exactly sure what it is. Maybe your school has mandated everyone start using Jamboard, and you are here out of necessity. Or maybe you are a Jamboard pro looking for more ideas to use in your classroom. Whatever the reason, we are glad you are here! The list below offers two separate things: 1. lots of ideas on ways to use Jamboard, and 2. templates and ideas to make your life easier!

1. Jamboard for Text Annotation

Are you looking for ways to get students more involved in the text analysis process? Watch this video to learn how to use Jamboard to do collaborative annotation with your class. Give students different colored fonts to use so you can keep track of who is making each comment or highlighting each section.

Learn more: EdTech with Adam

2. Jumbled Picture Stories 

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Learn how to make a jumbled story on Jamboard for your students to put in the correct order. This simple yet engaging activity can be used in the digital classroom to teach students the concept of story sequencing.

Learn more: The TEFL Zone

3. Color-Coded Close Readings

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Looking for new ways to do close readings with your students? This resource gives step-by-step directions on how to set up the assignment as well as instructions to give to students to make this assignment as clear and beneficial as possible.

Learn more: Teaching is the Sweetest

4. Brainstorming with Jamboard

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The cool thing about this collaborative classroom tool is that multiple students can brainstorm together on a project even if they are not in the same room. Have a hybrid class where some of your kids are in class and the others are online? Make them all feel included by brainstorming using this digital whiteboard.

Learn more: College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

5. Sticky Note Voting

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The fact of the matter is that technology is now a fixture in classrooms, and it is time for us to utilize it as much as possible. One way to do so is by creating a sticky note voting template where students can write their names on sticky notes and drag them to respective voting categories.

Learn more: Chromebook Classroom

6. Place Value Number Find

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This Jamboard activity makes learning place values feel like a game. Modify the template and use it with different numbers and number concepts.

Learn more: Sara Malchow

7. Create Graphic Organizers

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The last few years have been the most challenging teaching years in recent history. Make having to teach students both in class at the same time as those online a little easier with this graphic organizer template all students can use, whether they are sitting in front of you or on their beds at home. Add on a layer of collaboration by allowing multiple students to work on the same graphic organizer.

Learn more: Blue Mountain Math

8. Learn to Use Shape Recognition 

Maybe you are like us and are seeing all of these Jamboards with creative, well-drawn graphics and you were thinking you could never draw something so creative nor ever have the time to cut and paste so many images into your template. The good news is with the image recognition technology, it is incredibly easy to insert many images into your templates, as Jamboard gives your access to tons of images!

Learn more: Tom Mullaney

9. Use to Cover Classroom Calendar

This video offers a few different ways to use Jamboard during morning meetings--the first being how to use it to go over the classroom calendar. Make sure all of your students are on the same page and try out the calendar template!

Learn more: EdTech Classroom

10. Celebrate Birthdays

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A great way to enhance the learning environment is to make your students feel special and like they belong to a community. What better way to do this than to celebrate their birthdays using Jamboard! Each student in the class can wish the birthday girl or boy happy birthday, even if you are doing remote learning.

Learn more: Lucky Little Learners

11. This or That Activity

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This template can be used for a multitude of different activities. Use it to ask students their preferences about things like waking up early or sleeping in, or use it to test their knowledge of the subject matter you have recently covered by giving them two separate possible answers and having them choose which they believe is true. Make sure to have it set to edit mode so all students can collaborate at the same time.

Learn more: Jamboard

12. Line Attack Activity

Looking for whole-class activities using Jamboard? The second activity listed in this video is called Line Attack. This one has the entire class creating lines to show relationships between different ideas. The messier the graph, the greater the consensus. The great thing about this video is there are four other ideas to use after Line Attack!

Learn more: John R. Sowash

13. Word JamPuzzles

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Any time you can give a student a puzzle, you automatically make learning fun because they feel like they are playing a game. Use the templates offered here to create fun word puzzles for your class.

Learn more: Jamboard

14. Crossword Puzzles in Jamboard

Create crossword puzzles in Google Jamboard to test students' knowledge of key concepts. If needed, you can create multiple different crosswords to share with individual students, depending on their current skill levels.

Learn more: Señor Belles

15. Write on Scanned Documents

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Being able to scan documents and write on them in Google Jamboard is an immeasurable asset to online learning! Students can do the same assignments at home that you already have on hand in the classroom!

Learn more: Lucky Little Learner

16. Use Handwriting Templates

One awesome aspect of Jamboard is that each template you download gets automatically saved in your Google drive for later use! Using handwriting templates, students can practice handwriting even when using a digital whiteboard.

Learn more: Alice Keeler

17. Play Fly Swatter Game

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One cool interactive game for the entire classroom is this engaging fly swatter game. Profesora Delgadillo offers blank templates for you to fill in with the material you are covering in class, cutting the prep time for this game down immensely!

Learn more: Profesora Delgadillo

18. Play Jamboard Jeopardy

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This takes you directly to a math Jamboard Jeopardy game ready to go. But you can create a jeopardy game for your Google Classroom using your own Jamboard jeopardy template.

Learn more: Jeopardy Labs

19. Utilize Emojis in Jamboard

What is one thing all kids love and you can use in a multitude of ways? Emojis! Learn how to make your own emoji template with the video above or here are some premade ones to check out.

Learn more: Mario

20. Create an Escape Room Activity

This very informational video gives you advanced tips on ways to use Jamboard to create different activities, namely an escape room activity. Create fun templates using the different hacks introduced in this video and be the Jamboard master in your school!

Learn more: The Skeptical Educator

21. Use Jamboard as a Parking Lot

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Create a classroom community where students feel like their input is valued by creating a parking lot Jamboard. In this example, the teacher used a parking lot template to create a space for students to request their favorite songs to be played during class.

Learn more: Mrs. A Wills

22. Use Jamboard for Brain Dump Activities

This very informative video gives you step-by-step directions on how to use Jamboard for a brain dump activity. If you want a premade template, you can visit the Evolve EdTech website where they have a brain dump template and loads of resources to use for other activities as well!

Learn more: Evolve EdTech

23. Have Fun With Magnetic Letters

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This fun FREE editable Jamboard template is perfect for use in any elementary school classroom. Bring back the magic of the magnetic letters we all remember playing with on the front of our kitchen fridges by using this template for different activities in either an online setting or in the classroom.

Learn more: Jamboard

24. Teach Proper Nouns

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This color-coded lesson will teach students how to recognize proper nouns in no time.  As students get better with the concept, change the colors of the sticky notes so they are no longer color-coded by category.

Learn more: Make Way for Tech

25. Create a Reading Rainbow Template

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This is a great free template to use to assess student reading comprehension. And here is an example of this assignment completed by a student to give you an idea of what it looks like completed.

Learn more: Tech Notes

26. Use for Peer Editing

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A great thing about Jamboard is that students can collaborate even when they are not in the same physical space. Use this editable template for peer editing.

Learn more: Jamboard

27. Use This Compass Jamboard Template

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This Jamboard template is great for two reasons. 1. It teaches direction. 2. It allows students to share their viewpoints on different subjects. Put this in your "discussion templates" folder and use it when you want students to express their opinions on a given topic.

Learn more: Jamboard

28. Create a Digital Yearbook

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We all know that the seniors of 2020 got the short end of the stick when it came to end-of-the-year festivities. Use Google Jamboard to create a digital yearbook to connect with students, even when we are limited to digital interactions!

Learn more: Chemistry is my Jam

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