SeeSaw

Details

SeeSaw is an awesome app that takes out all the hard work of creating a student portfolio. SeeSaw will let your students add items to their own personal digital portfolio all year round. SeeSaw can be valuable in your classroom for any subject you teach.

• Make a classroom page and add your students.
• Each student has their own page.
• Use a class QR code to sign in
• Create lessons and differentiate for students to show their learning.
• Take pictures, download from camera role, draw, type or record voice or video
• Choose a class theme
• Make folders for any subject.

Available on: IOS, Google Play, Chromebooks, Kindle Fire and computers

Student Side

SeeSaw is a digital portfolio that makes it so easy for students to share their thoughts, findings, what they have learned and how they have learned it. Through this app they can create, share and interact with each other.

• Students use the tools to demonstrate their learning.
• Students have many choices in how they want to share their learning ( drawing, writing, recording or video).
• Students are proud of their portfolios and are excited to share them with others.
• At home, students can share and discuss what their learning with their parents.
• Gives students the ability to feel confident in their work, even for shy students that may not always want to share in front of the class.

Teacher Side

SeeSaw is not only great for students but just as wonderful for teachers. Teachers can explore thousands of already made lessons and activties or create their own for students to complete.

• SeeSaw provides teachers with immediate feedback.
• Communication with parents can happen right in SeeSaw.
• Parents can get notifications and see their child's work throughout the year.
• Parents feel instantly connected with your classroom because they get to see what their child is doing on a daily basis.
• Teachers can look at and review student work from where ever they are because SeeSaw is available on so many devices.
• Understand students thinking and visually see where students are understanding or struggling with a concept
• Any subject or concept is fair game when using SeeSaw
• Use student examples for exemplars

Blending Traditional with Technology

SeeSaw is the perfect way to blend your curriculum with technology. With so many lessons available, you will be sure to find something that fits right in. You also have the ability to create any activity to enhance your instruction or give students extra practice. SeeSaw is also great for giving a fun and engaging assessement during or at the end of a unit of study. Below are just a few great examples of activities already made and ready to use!

Seesaw. (2019). Retrieved from https://web.seesaw.me/

Seesaw Learning, Inc. (2014, November 10). ‎Seesaw: The Learning Journal. Retrieved from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/seesaw-multimedia-journal/id930565184?ls=1

Seesaw: The Learning Journal. (2019). Retrieved from https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/seesaw-the-learning-journ/adnohgfkodfphemhddnmikhflkolfjfh?hl=en-US

Seesaw: The Learning Journal - Apps on Google Play. (2019). Retrieved from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=seesaw.shadowpuppet.co.classroom&hl=en

Seesaw: The Learning Journal: Appstore for Android. (2016). Retrieved from https://www.amazon.com/Seesaw-The-Learning-Journal/dp/B01B5CISHI/ref=sr_1_1?s=mobile-apps&ie=UTF8&qid=1454020473&sr=1-1&keywords=Seesaw