The Jigsaw Method

As a high school art teacher I would find it somewhat difficult to implement the Jigsaw method(Found here http://www.jigsaw.org/tips.htm) into my curriculum.  For the most part my students would be working individually on their own projects and pursuing their own vision.  However, this tool could be helpful in more research based projects.  Say I had to assign an assignment that required the students to research a certain art movement.  The Jigsaw method would work perfect for something like this.
  I would group the students into groups of 4 or 5 and assign, or let them pick as a group, the period or movement that they are interested in.  Then to break that up I would assign a different medium, painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, etc. to each student.  Each student would then be responsible for covering artists of that time period in their given medium.
   Also, another activity that I could see as fun and interesting that could be incorporated into this method would be a collaborative art work.  I would assign one element of art, composition, line, value, color, etc. to each student and give them one canvas, or tablet on a computer, to collaborate and complete a successful work of art.  This would allow them to all work together and to make compromise on how to achieve a successful work of art.  This would be especially testing because art is so subjective and everyone has their own style and taste.  It would take a perfect balance for the students to overcome their own inclinations about what art is.