Exploring Seesaw




I had been exposed to Seesaw in previous TESOL classes at RIC several years ago and always thought that I would like to try it, but in the busyness of teaching every day and caring for my own children I never really took the time to explore it. Fast forward to teaching virtually in 2020 and my district decided to use Seesaw as the learning platform for pre-k- 2nd grade. In addition to twice daily face to face meetings with my students, I would be assigning and evaluating my students' work via Seesaw.

I quickly signed up for a pd and dove in headfirst. 

I created a PowerPoint tutorial which I have linked to my Padlet here:

https://padlet.com/edaly7/ikdtzoxk9z0vwi89


Seesaw was a useful tool to help me connect with my students during virtual learning by  assigning work and allowing me and my teacher assistant to provide feedback in real time.  




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  1. LesleyJuly 7, 2020 at 7:38 PM

    Micah's second grade teachers used SeeSaw this year and it seemed to work well for him. I have never seen it from the teacher side before! Thanks for sharing this!

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  2. Elyse PflegerJuly 11, 2020 at 12:55 PM

    This website seems like a great way not only for students and teachers to interact with their classwork but for teachers to find other great content. I hadn't heard about this website until our class this summer, but it seems like an awesome tool for distance learning. Thanks for sharing!

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