Jing

Jing Lesson
Jing is a valuable tool to use for teachers. It allows an online version of the overhead, or actually, an upgraded overhead. Jing can be used in a couple of ways. One, is the teacher can provide a screenshot of a picture and share it with students. The picture can be marked in different ways: an arrow can be drawn to point out something in the picture. A detail in the picture can aso be circled or underlined. Most learners gain more from visuals than simply seeing text. Secondly, Jing allows the teacher to narrate the screenshot and point to certain areas with the mouse. A student, for example, who missed class and missed an overhead presentation, could get the same presentation by playing the Jing presentation. That is, of course, if the teacher, creates a Jing presentation. Like anything new, it takes a few minutes to learn how to use this software, but it is fairly straightforward and user-friendly.

Here is an example of a Jing prsentation I created for my German students. We were learning about the end of World War II and the allies who occupied Germany. I made this Jing presentation to allow students who missed class due to a field trip to have an overview of what we discussed. This allowed them to start homework, which was posted on Blackboard and not wait until they get to class to say, what did I miss.

The best part is that students felt more in sync when they arrived to class and could more easily jump into the next day's lesson. Also, it is worth mentioning that Jing could also be used not only online, but also in the classroom. A teacher could prepare a Jing lesson and project it in class, while walking around the room and asking students if they have any questions and giving the students 'on the spot' help and feedback.

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