Been experimenting for the last couple days with Jing.
And among several uses I've found for it, by far the most important for me has been as a means of giving in-depth feedback to students on their blogs and in their writings.
I'm not the only teacher who has been frustrated by the limitation -- especially on blogs -- for marking up and commenting on student work. And so I've been looking for an alternative.
I wanted something that was more flexible, more personable, and more similar to a one-to-one conference with a student.
Jing supplies all of that.
Here are two examples of my use of Jing to assist in the assessment of student writing. The students are 9th graders in History class. You'll see that I'm pushing them to think about the sources they use and to think about how they structure an argument.
Example One
Example Two
I know many of you have used Jing for all sorts of purposes and would love it if you would share your most interesting ideas.
In a way, I'm embarrassed that it took me so long to realize that the solution to my problem was sitting there right in front of me for so long. But, such is learning.
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