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Seesaw - Wicked Easy (Fox 2018)


What is Seesaw?
Seesaw is a student created digital portfolios. Whatever they create can be shared with staff, peers and parents in a flash. It is wicked easy for the students to use without a lot of instruction. Some are using it as a digital thinking notebook incorporating images, video, voice and drawing.


Why Seesaw?
  1. It works very well with BYOD and district devices.
  2. It has the potential to engage students. 
  3. It might be the easiest tool ever invented that allows students to show what they know.
  4. A very easy way for you and the students to keep a record of what they created throughout the year. 
  5. It is wicked easy to use.
  6. Evidence of work for SLOs.
  7. Better connection from school to home.


Getting Started
Create your free account.

I would recommend using Seesaw's Getting Started Guides as your next steps. The guides have everything you need to help your students understand how to use Seesaw to show and share their learning.

Ideas for 6-12



Resources

  • Seesaw offers great PD in your PJs. Check out this Getting Ready to Seesaw in 6-12. What I like about this video is it isn't about either/or, Seesaw compliments what you are already using in the classroom. Follow Julie Jacobs on Twitter.
  • Seesaw Activities for 6-12. A few good ideas on how to use Seesaw in a science classroom. The recording is short and these ideas can easily be ported to whatever you teach. I love the idea of prompts.
  • Follow/Tweet Seesaw on Twitter.
  • Seesaw Help Center - just type in what you are looking for.

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