How to use the Jigsaw groups template

Start a board from it
Use this template opens a new Freero board with the Jigsaw groups template on it (sign up free first). On a board you already have, open Templates in the toolbar and search for “Jigsaw groups”.
Follow the instruction on the board
“Expert groups study one piece for 15 minutes and agree three key points. Then form mixed groups with one expert from each, who teaches their piece.”
Fill in each part
- Experts: causes Your three key points to teach.
- Experts: key people Your three key points to teach.
- Experts: events Your three key points to teach.
- Experts: results Your three key points to teach.
- Mixed groups: put it together After teaching each other: how do the pieces connect?
Bring your team and your agents
Invite people to the board or share a link, and work on it together live. The timer is in the top bar, private mode and voting in the board menu, and Claude or ChatGPT can join through Freero’s MCP server.

Work on it with an AI agent

Connect an assistant once and it works on the board with you, with your permissions: by default it reads and proposes, and people decide.

You ask: “Fill in the Jigsaw groups board from these notes.”
What happens It reads the board, then proposes sticky notes for it. Nothing changes until someone on the board accepts them.
You ask: “Group what we wrote into themes and list the actions.”
What happens It proposes clusters with a title each and task cards for the actions, labelled with its name and yours.

Gallery walk
Groups post their work around the room, then walk from piece to piece leaving notices, questions and suggestions on each.
Lesson plan
Objectives, materials, a timed lesson flow, support and stretch, assessment and reflection.
KWL chart
What students already Know, Want to know, and Learned about a topic.
Class brainstorm
A topic web for the whole class: a big question, themes as branches, ideas as leaves.
Station rotation plan
Groups move through learning stations: what happens at each, the materials, the timing and who works with the teacher.
Think, pair, share
Students think alone, talk it through with a partner, then share with the class, so everyone has an answer before anyone speaks.