Module 4 Digital Jumpstart

 

Creating a digital jumpstart for my class has helped me realize the importance of giving students a strong outline of key concepts within a unit. Providing students with clear definitions of the terms they will need to know and the theorems they will be using, in a way that they can easily review, can significantly increase their overall understanding. I feel that my digital jumpstart gives students the theorems, definitions, and examples main ideas of the unit that they will need to know and apply throughout. On my next jumpstart, I would most likely find some form of audio to add that fits the content. Additionally, I would like to find examples of real-world images to use as references. My Geometry classes have a lot of vocabulary terms that are used throughout the entire school year. I think that doing digital jumpstarts would significantly help my students with retaining and reviewing these terms as we progress through the course. Often students forget what a word means when they haven't used it in a few units then it appears again. The students could then review one of the jumpstarts to quickly recall the information without having to search for it within the textbook.

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  1. Mark FearerJune 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM

    Jonathan, I like that you narrated your Digital Jumpstart. -Mark

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