Jamboard Now Offers Version History

This school year Google's Jamboard has become one of my go-to tools for hybrid instruction. Yesterday, Google added a feature to Jamboard that I'm excited to finally see. That feature is version history. 

Version history in Jamboard works just like version history in Google Docs and Google Slides. To access it simply open the little "three dots" menu next to the share button in Jamboard. Once you open that menu you'll see a new option for "see version history" at the bottom of the menu. Click on "see version history" and you'll see a list of time-stamped versions or revisions of the Jamboard. 

Just like in Google Docs and Google Slides you can name the different versions of a Google Jamboard. And just like in Docs and Slides you can revert back to previous version with just one click. 

Applications for Education
Version history in Jamboard could be useful when students are working together on a brainstorming activity or, as my students were doing yesterday, a flowchart creation activity. Students can work for a while on a Jamboard then stop and talk about the various versions they've made. If they decide that a previous version was better, they can quickly revert back to it.

On a related note, here's an overview of how to use Jamboard in Google Classroom. 

Search, Kahoot, and Phones - The Week in Review

Good morning from Maine where after a few spring-like days winter is blowing back in with full force. After riding my bike in 60F weather earlier this week it's a bit of a shock to the system to be back in 20s this morning. At least it's sunny and the skiing should be good tomorrow. As always, I hope that you have something fun planned for the weekend. 

This week I didn't host any new webinars. I will be hosting or co-hosting two of them next week. On Monday I'm hosting Copyright & Creative Commons for Educators. On Thursday I'm co-hosting Two Ed Tech Guys Take Questions & Share Cool Stuff. And I still have three on-demand PD opportunities available through Practical Ed Tech.

These were the week's most popular posts:
1. 5 Features of Google Advanced Search That Students Should Know How to Use
2. How to Change Your Google Account Profile Image & Why You Should Change It
3. 27 Videos That Can Help Students Improve Their Writing
4. Why My Dogs Have Email Addresses and Your Dog or Cat Should Too
5. Kahoot Now Displays Questions and Answers on the Same Screen - Finally!
6. Seven Free Tools That Help Students Format Bibliographies
7. Tracing the Evolution of Telephones - A Search Challenge for Students

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