Student Driven Digital Portfolios

Introduction for Teachers

How to Use This PresentationUse this presentation to teach your teachers how to use Seesaw in a 30-45 minute professional development session. For hands-on PD activities, use this presentation.

Before your session: 1. Make your own copy of this document

a. To make a Google Slides copy, click File > Make a copyb. To download (to view in Powerpoint, etc), click File > Download as

2. Share this network requirements document with your IT Dept to unblock Seesaw on your network.

3. Email your teachers to invite them to a 45 minute PD session.a. Use this email to invite them:

Subj: New Tool to Capture Learning - Seesaw - Mark Your Calendars!

This year we’ll be using Seesaw. Seesaw is a learning journal that our students will use to capture artifacts of learning in real time.

More information about Seesaw will be shared at a meeting [PD Date and Time]. Please add this meeting to your calendar. Please also install the Seesaw app on your teacher device or bookmark the Seesaw website, and bring a device or computer to the session.

Thank you for your commitment to our community of lifelong learners!

Student Driven Digital Portfolios

Introduction for Teachers

What is Seesaw? Seesaw empowers students of any age to independently document what they are learning at school.

Students capture learning with photos and videos of their work, or by adding digital creations. Everything gets organized in one place and is accessible to teachers from any device.

Student work can be shared with classmates, parents, or published to a class blog. Seesaw gives students a real audience for their work and offers parents a personalized window into their child's learning.

Get Seesaw for Your DeviceSeesaw supports all the platforms you use and seamlessly works between them, making Seesaw great for BYOD environments.

Computers with Chrome or Firefox

iOS Devices and Apple

TV

Android Devices Chromebooks Kindle Fire

Empower students to

document their learning as it

happens

Develop students’

writing skills, reflection skills

and critical thinking skills

Give students voice and ownership

Why Use Seesaw?

Develop 21st Century skills in

safe, moderated

environment

Create a strong community

around learning

Involve families in their child’s learning in real time!

Students can “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links.

You can also import directly from many popular apps.

Empower Students to Document What They’re Learning at School

When students add to their Seesaw journal, content is uploaded, organized by student, and immediately accessible to teachers from any device and on the web.

Seesaw makes it easy for students and teachers to review progress over time and demonstrate growth.

Collect and Organize Student Work from Any Device

Browse work from the entire class, or for a single student.

Optionally, use folders to organize work by subject area or project.

Teachers can flag items for follow up or to review at parent-teacher conferences.

Journals are Organized, Sortable and Accessible

Seesaw helps capture the learning process, not just the end result.

Students can use Seesaw's built-in audio recording and drawing tools to reflect on what they've learned or explain how they got their answer.

On iOS devices only, our recordable whiteboard allows students to create a video that combines drawing and audio recording to explain their thinking as they work.

Encourage Deeper Learning and Reflection

Seesaw gives students an authentic audience of their peers, parents and even other students around the world, encouraging better work and real feedback.

Teachers can control who can see what, and what feedback options are available.

Give Students an Authentic Audience

Seesaw Blogs are a simple way to share a selection of work from students’ Seesaw portfolios on a public class blog, giving students a broader, global audience for their learning.

Teachers can also connect directly to other classrooms through Seesaw Connected Blogs, providing students an opportunity to collaborate with other classrooms around the world and develop digital citizenship skills in a safe, teacher-moderated environment.

Learn more!

Student Blogging Has Never Been Easier

Teachers approve all student journal entries and comments before anything is shared with parents.

Teachers can customize all of the settings for their class, like:

Student sign in modeCan students like or

comment?Can students edit?Can students see each

other's work?

Teachers are Always in Control

Include families in the learning process by inviting them to view updates to their child’s Seesaw journal.

Seesaw’s immediate, visual updates actually get seen by parents, provide encouragement for students, and cross language barriers.

Parents can access Seesaw via iOS app, Android app or on the web.

Strengthen Connections Between School and Home

Resources for Seesaw SuccessCheck

Out the Website!

Here’s our “short list” of teacher resources for a successful Seesaw roll out!

Check it out at https://web.seesaw.me/teacher-resources!

Class Setup Help If you need help setting up your Seesaw class, check out the videos!

Watch how to set up a Class Code Class video

Watch how to set up an Email Class video

Want to Learn More? Join us for PD!

Join us for an online training session with star Seesaw teachers to learn even more about using Seesaw!

Or watch a recording! http://web.seesaw.me/pds

Check out the PD

website!

Visit the Seesaw Help CenterSeesaw has tons of resources available at help.seesaw.me, like getting started guides, intro presentations for your students and parents, tutorial videos, and activity ideas.

Seesaw is committed to making sure the core Seesaw service is always free for teachers, parents and students.

To support our service, we offer Seesaw for Schools, designed for schools and districts utilizing Seesaw school wide.

Pricing

Premium Support

Bulk Download Of Portfolios

Admin Dashboard With Real Time Data

Unified Portfolios From

Year to Year

Students, parents and admins can access a

comprehensive portfolio of student

work

Portfolios are maintained for the

entire time a student is enrolled at your

school

Parents only sign up once

Actionable data on usage and parent engagement

Visit schools or classes virtually and get visibility into all Seesaw accounts

Set up classes in bulk and set school wide defaults

settings

Ensure security and appropriate use with

admin control over teacher and student accounts

Download all information on a school, class or

student basis so students can easily take

their portfolios with them when they leave

your school

Dedicated account manager to help with set

up, implementation strategies and teacher

training resources

Seesaw for Schools

“What’s been really great is that our teachers find Seesaw really easy to use...Our previous system was not easy, and less than half of parents were even reading what we had put up. To be able to know that someone saw it, liked it, commented on it, it makes my teachers feel like adding to Seesaw is time well spent.”

Jeff Horwitz--Associate Head of School

“We use Seesaw in everything we do. The connection with parents is so important in supporting the ethos of our school...The feedback with students has become increasingly important as well. Learning can be anywhere, anytime, anyhow and we’re changing our pedagogy to fit that.”

Cheryl Romer---Hilltop Road PS Assistant Principal

“Students efforts have increased...I hear our students say they want to make ‘Seesaw-quality’ work. Seesaw motivates them to work harder and to do better because they want to display it”

Reggie Farmer--Somerset Stephanie Principal

92% of teachers report that their students are more engaged in learning and take more ownership of their work because of Seesaw

94% of teachers report that Seesaw make it easier to show evidence of student learning at parent-teacher conferences and on progress reports

98% of teachers report that Seesaw helps them use technology resources effectively in their classrooms.

Seesaw School Spotlight

Seesaw Efficacy Study, 2016

An essential part of our mission is providing a service that keeps students safe, and puts teachers and parents in control of how student information is shared. We've adopted the following Privacy Principles to summarize our privacy commitments to you.

We don’t own the content you provide – students and their schools do.Student work is private to the classroom by default. Teachers control what is

shared and with whom.We will never advertise to students, create student profiles or sell any user data.We use security industry best practices and routinely monitor our systems to

protect you.We are transparent about our practices and will notify you if things change.We are COPPA and FERPA compliant.

Learn more at https://web.seesaw.me/privacy

Student Data is Safe and Secure

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