Jigsaw and Education
In today’s age there has been many technological advances, several of them apply to the educational field. I think it is exciting the many ways that technology has been incorporated into the classrooms. One of the various ways of incorporating technology is to use a learning method called “The Jigsaw” method.
When using this method the teacher would break the class up into groups of 5 or 6, and give them a topic. Then each individual would get assigned a subtopic to research. Once the subtopic is given then each groups breaks up into topic specific groups. These groups are known as the “Expert Groups”. Once the research is done and they have gone over their research with the other “experts”, they return to their original groups of 5 or 6. The individual then presents their research information in the form of a presentation to the rest of the group. Once everyone has presented their information the groups are given tests about the entire topic. How would I use this method in my classroom with limited computers?
The answer to that is simple. Once I have everyone in their groups, I would assign one computer per expert group. That way, a wealth of information is shared that is topic specific. There are a few problems that I foresee with this. The children would have to take turns, and that as we know can be difficult sometimes. The other thing I see being the problem is I don’t think everyone would be putting in 100%. If the subtopic groups are together researching, then some of the students don’t really have to pay attention, because they have the others doing the research. No matter what way a teacher decides to run this program, there will be disadvantages. I also think there will be advantages as well.
Some of the advantages to using this method would be: students learn from different methods, researching done by the student helps them to retain more information; a student may listen and learn more in the smaller groups. These are just some of the advantages to learning, using the jigsaw technique.
In today’s age there has been many technological advances, several of them apply to the educational field. I think it is exciting the many ways that technology has been incorporated into the classrooms. One of the various ways of incorporating technology is to use a learning method called “The Jigsaw” method.
When using this method the teacher would break the class up into groups of 5 or 6, and give them a topic. Then each individual would get assigned a subtopic to research. Once the subtopic is given then each groups breaks up into topic specific groups. These groups are known as the “Expert Groups”. Once the research is done and they have gone over their research with the other “experts”, they return to their original groups of 5 or 6. The individual then presents their research information in the form of a presentation to the rest of the group. Once everyone has presented their information the groups are given tests about the entire topic. How would I use this method in my classroom with limited computers?
The answer to that is simple. Once I have everyone in their groups, I would assign one computer per expert group. That way, a wealth of information is shared that is topic specific. There are a few problems that I foresee with this. The children would have to take turns, and that as we know can be difficult sometimes. The other thing I see being the problem is I don’t think everyone would be putting in 100%. If the subtopic groups are together researching, then some of the students don’t really have to pay attention, because they have the others doing the research. No matter what way a teacher decides to run this program, there will be disadvantages. I also think there will be advantages as well.
Some of the advantages to using this method would be: students learn from different methods, researching done by the student helps them to retain more information; a student may listen and learn more in the smaller groups. These are just some of the advantages to learning, using the jigsaw technique.
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