Introducting Google Jamboard

In this entry, I am going to introduce Google Jamboard, with the focus on its use during language classes.

What is Google Jamboard?

Jamboard is an interactive whiteboard developed by Google. It has got a 4K touch display you can use for meetings or presentation purposes. If we turn it on, we can draw on it. Users are able to directly access and edit Docs, Sheets, Slides, and photos stored in Drive. It is a free application, where you can browse, view and share Jams created by you and your teammates.

In the following illustration, you can see a Jam Sample, where the body parts are written in French. We can use it during foreign language classes for example in this way:

or, we can use it for telling a story creatively:


(The illustrations are from https://teachercenter.withgoogle.com/)








Jamboard is a great way to boost student collaboration. Those students, who have a tablet f.e. can access a suite of rich editing tools to collaborate with students and educators.

It has got many advantages, as students can use it from anywhere, f.e. if they would like to revise what they have done during a lesson, they are able to do it from home as well. For language learning, the illustrations drawn by the students themselves could be a great help by memorising words. Also, they are able to create a mind map while using jamboard, which is a great way to recollect their former knowledge about a certain topic.

Unfortunately, it has got some disadvantages, as not all students or schools posses so many tablets or any tablets at all. Another con is, that it can't work on two different apps at once in-person and it can't incorporate additional apps.

Despite these, I think it is a great way for learning in a fun way during the lessons.

If you would like to try it, here is a useful video on how to start using jamboard at school: