Think of it like a portfolio, for starters. With SeeSaw, students capture what they are working on with videos, photos, audio recording, drawing, captions, text, PDFs, and links to other apps. Thus they can document their learning as it occurs, reflect on the learning process and evaluate progress. You can control what is shared with others and what comments are possible. It’s widely accessible, easy to use with email or Google accounts, and combines so many useful functions in one tool.
In these slides, Clare McGrath introduces its main features, and explores with you possibilities for exploiting it in different contexts for a range of purposes, particularly the journal and class blog features.
1. This image reflects
one significant aspect of
What are you looking at? What are some words that spring to mind? How might this relate to what Seesaw does?
9. The next filter: accessibility
• teacher account
• ease of set-up and use
• iOS, Android, kindle, Chromebook and web
• email or Google account or QR code
& privacy
• approval, moderation
• control of peer-review options
10. How might this image relate to why teachers
and students use ?
What are you looking at? What are some words that spring to mind?
How might this relate to what Seesaw does?
11.
12.
13.
14.
15. language, content and skills
•photo >> audio recording
•text >> video commentary
projects
processes
problem solving
presentation of research and results
>> portfolio (individual)
16. connection
whole group or individuals your class and with others
information creations from other apps absent students
communication
from talking flashcards to reporting on a PD event
record a review of …
record and evaluate oral presentation
retell … change …
curation
folders
viewed by (whom) ….
sorted by (folders) ….
17. Develop evaluation skills and language
reflection and self-evaluation commenting and feedback
growth mindset
interview with an expert, ads, promotions
Demonstrate, document skills and learning
a project
problem solving
hypothesis and experiments
stages, perspectives
Digital skills, citizenship
create, connect
model and practice, 21st tech skills
18.
19. compatibility
Adobe Voice Animoto CueThink Dropbox
Edmodo Educreations Evernote Explain
Everything Google Docs Google Drive Google Slides
Haiku Deck Kahoot! Keynote iMovie
Padlet Prezi Quizlet ThingLink
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/204910545-What-apps-is-Seesaw-compatible-with-
34. Where is it stored?
• stored in the cloud,
on a number of geographically
distributed servers
similar to Google Apps for Education
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/204472519-Where-is-my-data-
stored-
• complies with the EU - U.S. Privacy Shield Framework
• unlimited storage space – can archive and retrieve old classes
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/205002679-How-do-I-archive-
a-class-
Image Unsplash / Yuriy Trubitsyn
Task on screen while waiting
>> next slide, intros
All photos from Unsplash
>> next slide, context of series
This webinar follows on from the first in the series, Ann Wilson’s on the Padagogy Wheel…
>>next slide, 2nd in series
Image from The big picture Immersive Learning Targets Engagement Disruptive Padagogy Presentation
by Allan Carrington is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at http://tinyurl.com/padwheelstory. Bullseye!
https://www.slideshare.net/AllanADL/disruptive-padagogy-presentation-september-2013
… Miguel Veloso’s on Text2MindMap – inspired by Miguel to have a crack at it myself
>> next slide reasons for this series
Thanks to the Learning and Teaching team for thinking of this series, so people can save time by piggybacking the experience of others and share their own.
(and thanks to Hamad Khan at the University of Hertfordshire – later in this series - for bringing this writer to my attention)
+ moment to read
HOW ARE WE USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS
>> next slide, blurb from L&T ad
What it is and how it can be used: focus on activity and interaction,
where on the wheel: Create
[Action verbs for example: Writing, Designing, Constructing, Planning, Inventing, Devising, Making, Filming, Blogging,
Video blogging, Publishing, Videocasting, Podcasting, Directing/ producing, Collaborating, Negotiating, etc]
How you use it, who might use it (initially thinking mainly ELICOS, EFS, possibly some others
– but it’s unlimited and up to you, eg discussing this with a manager in another forum >> teacher portfolio with own one-off user log-in)
Mainly on the Why, why this and not something else >> next slide, first filters in decision flow chart evaluating apps
cost. [budget, institutional, passed on to sts through increased fees]
The popularity of Seesaw - created by primary / elementary teachers – reflects the typical greater use of tech tools in primary flowing up through to tertiary institutions.
Not surprising – provides a petri dish for development of an app, with a stable group over a fixed and substantial period of time, providing data and feedback to the developers, as well as hooking larger groups of students into lucrative paid upgrades. This is similar to what happened with Dropbox, where the uptake by teachers provided compelling evidence that investing in paid versions would be worthwhile, in that the tool would actually be used by teachers.
200,000 classrooms, 1-in-4 schools in the US, and over 100 countries!
Named Best Website of 2016 by American Association of School Librarians, Top Pick for Education 2016 by Common Sense Media, Richard Byrne's Free Tech for Teachers, and featured in by Apple as "Perfect for Every Classroom" for 9 months
This also means this app is going to be around for a long time. (an issue – by the time you get the time to explore something it’s fallen off the radar or has been superseded).
>> next slide, log in
What do you notice? Those icons… and ‘parents’
Don’t see much evidence from students’ end of its development by primary & secondary teachers other than these student icons
Particularly popular with parents / primary carers, - access to view their child’s work (not others’) - referred to in parent-teacher meetings
>> next slide, log in
Image Unsplash / Clem Onojeghuo
Accessibility –
Create teacher account – name, email & password >> create class (name eg date + course + name, grade)
by apps or website - iOS, Android, kindle, Chromebook and the web.
Using their email address, or a Google account,
Sign-in options 8 digit Join Code for your class (changes at intervals)
or using a QR code eg if not BYOD, if YLs (originally designed for very young learners) – saves time signing up and logging in
Posts are seen and approved by the teacher. Peer review is also moderated
IE teachers can control who can see what, and what feedback options are available, such as likes and comments.
Like a closed group on Facebook or MyStudySpace with email reminders, notifications, built-in calendar and so on
>> SHOW NEXT IMAGE + Q, GO TO SEESAW – options for use as a journal as well as for learning-in-action
Image Unsplash / Yuriy Trubitsyn
In case, … (if delay in getting into Seesaw)
As seen in Seesaw (PLAY RECORDING)
Various ways to use this app individually and in combination
All in one
Take photos or videos, create a drawing, upload file (photos / videos / screenshots / projects made in other apps)
Webcam or on your device - photo steady and in focus (see IKEA chair idea at end)
Add annotations (voice recorder, drawing, text)
to build context, add an explanation or task, reflect on process / on learning
As voice recording, up to 5 mins
Drawing on top of items
Text tools to add captions and longer text >> next slide as back up
Image Unsplash / Yuriy Trubitsyn
As seen in Seesaw
save and share – storing evidence via these artifacts of learning, one-stop location in digital portfolio – hence the image of department store window
choice of how to display learning in range of forms to show what they know / want to know as well as (potentially) how they’re learning
Eg photos, videos, drawing / labels / notes / captions, writing >> add narration as I did to this entry in Seesaw, links to other apps and tools, PDFs from Google apps
+ annotation as a caption or label as comment on photos and drawings (not PDFs),
When students add to Seesaw, content is uploaded, organised by student accessible from any device.
>> edit, evaluate and comment, further refine of goals, approach, processes, and language
>> teacher response – as in CM’s comment on screen >> still in Seesaw, as on next slide
>> peer review as in comment by Aornis
image Unsplash / Margarida C Silva
As seen in Seesaw Example of most basic use – use notes below as they see this in Seesaw
Getting to know you
Rapport-building
Eg Post photo of themselves, and of something representing themselves, their interests, their previous experience
A drawing / a video / audio brainstorming some of their hopes / goals for the course.
Stimulus for activity, interaction
Eg brainstorm / discuss / create the class contract / protocol / constitution
Skills check
Peer-teaching – how to use Seesaw or other tools, how to use the LMS and so on
teach someone else how to sign in, add an item, explain it, and save it in their journal.
>> still in Seesaw, more examples of use
As seen / heard in Seesaw and on Slide 15
Allows for language development, content exploration and skills development, and integration;
improving pronunciation and public speaking
Interaction, activity, collaboration – not just interacting with the device – interacting with content and with each other and with you
in the same way you plan the way you’d use any tool
EG
* One-off photo of last weekend >> describe with audio tool OR photo or video of result of research [spectrum of possibilities]
* Writing >> video recording reading aloud and commenting, asking Qs about content
* Writing >> read aloud their writing, make comments, ask Qs, ask for feedback on language
>> shared with / response from Tchr and other sts
Process & record & reflect on content eg Projects Processes Problem solving Presentation of research and results
Portfolio (individual)
Even making the portfolio can be part of the activity eg Read and respond to a note about what goes into a portfolio- appropriate/not appropriate >> read aloud and record comments / amendments
Sts tag themselves as the author of an item to add it; can tag multiple sts or whole class in same item – facilitates group work, class announcements
Can turn on and off the likes and comments on another’s posts functions
CHECK HERE OTHER FUNCTIONS (scroll around in Seesaw), THEN back into PPT
There are many tools within technology for students to record their learning, fewer allow students to organise and record their thinking, adding journal entries and artefacts to their portfolios by taking pictures of their work, by adding voice comments to their pictures to clarify what their pictures document. writing about what they've learned, or by shooting a short video to record something they have learned.
things that aren't easy to file and keep track of for the longer course or entire school year
Integrates in one place for everyone to blog or journal >> next slide is summary of recording here, 16-17 recap of use >> other inclusions SLIDE 18
Image Unsplash /
Allows for language development, content exploration and skills development, and integration;
improving pronunciation and public speaking
Interaction, activity, collaboration – not just interacting with the device but with you, other students, the course content – in the same way you plan the way you’d use any tool or materials
EG
* One-off photo of last weekend >> describe with audio tool OR of result of research
* Writing >> video recording reading aloud and commenting, asking Qs about content or process
* Write and read aloud their writing, make comments, ask Qs, ask for feedback on language
>> feedback / response from Tchr OR other sts
Process & record & reflect on
Projects Processes Problem solving Presentation of research and results Portfolio (individual)
Even making the portfolio can be part of the activity eg Read and respond to a note about what goes into a portfolio- appropriate/not appropriate >> read aloud and record comments / amendments
Sts tag themselves as the author of an item to add it; can tag multiple sts or whole class in same item – facilitates group work, class announcements
Can turn on and off the likes and comments on another’s posts functions
There are many tools within technology for students to record their learning,
Fewer allow students to organise and record their thinking.
add artefacts to their portfolios, things that aren't easy to file and keep track of for the longer course or entire school year
Integrates in one place for everyone to blog or journal >> back into PPT next slide, SUMMARY
Image / Unsplash Droneflyernick
provides an authentic audience not just their teacher / assessor >> peers, potentially other classes (class blog feature)
RECAP
Seesaw for Feedback and Reflection
students share their work, individual reflection and peer feedback.
teachers and peers provide encouragement, constructive criticism, and suggestions for improvement.
authentic audience of peers can encourage students to do their best work. Teachers have the opportunity to review any comments before they are posted to ensure that feedback is constructive & appropriate.
Settings Students can see each other's work: On /
Student Likes and Comments: Enable likes, comments, and comment approval. / Enable item editing: On
connection
with people with info (audio / visual noticeboard, notes & reminders, newsletter, article)
with creations + record for absent students to review what was done
communication
Spectrum of simple to more complex eg create talking flashcards >> report on a PD event
record a review of a book, of a website, of an app, of …
record and evaluate oral presentation
retell a story from a character’s perspective, or change the ending multiple possibilities
curation
organise work in folders
viewed by tchr, by st, by all;
sorted by class, by topic, by individual, by assessment focus
save best work in one folder save links in another
Image Unsplash / Christian Joudrey
Develop evaluation skills and language
record / document reflection and self-evaluation use commenting and giving feedback to peers
build a growth mindset
EG Record an interview with an expert Create ads to promote promote events at your institution
Demonstrate skills and learning, learning over time; document, record
a project, stages in project development perspectives on project development using multiple formats thinking to solve a problem
an experiment, predict / speculate >> experiment >> comment, explain >> adjust hypothesis
Digital skills, citizenship
Create Connect Model and practice Create a class blog 21st tech skills QS AND COMMENTS
>> next slide, main inclusions
Note teachers per class and active classes per teacher >> next slide compatibility
Only a small selection of the whole list of apps Seesaw is compatible with >> next slide, other inclusions
No assessment tools, Seesaw Plus premium: an infiltration technique (allows choices to colour-code, rate for class and by topic)
Seesaw for Schools provides a dashboard to monitor workbooks of classes and integrate data into grading software
Range of other lures, eg activities aligned with common core assessments and so on, and the help desk is (quoting from others in Navitas) ‘awesome’ & ‘very quick to respond’.
Seesaw for Assignments & Assessment – even in basic free mode
Some use in a more private way, do student assessment, collect work, and give direct private feedback to students.
Can even push assts to sts to complete and turn in via Seesaw, ie then is primarily a place where students and teachers can interact around their work.
Settings Students can see each other's work: OFF /
Student Likes and Comments: Enable comments and comment approval. / Enable item editing: ON
>> next slide, Class blog for Collaborative projects
Using class blog function we glimpsed earlier
>> next slide, using QR codes
Can also be done using a QR code unique to the blog
>> next slide, Global blog
Global, authentic audience
Writing, reflection, critical thinking skills
Collaboration with different groups of sts
Quick: post via tapping
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/115000638946-Start-Blogging-with-Seesaw
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AwlLhMI8YwFB4AEs82fe7pt_65sZyHffoLGnW-TaEGM/edit#slide=id.g11ab9f3ff2_0_390
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/214789123-Seesaw-Blogs-Connected-Blogs >> next slide, what gets published
Many different ways to create this class blog and keep it for the class or…
>> next slide, privacy and security
>> next slide, more on privacy and security
Qs and comments on use of a class blog in chat or via unmute
>> next slides, examples of support from Seesaw
Teacher Resource Center
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/205693155-How-to-Set-Up-Your-Seesaw-Class-Class-Code-Sign-In-
web.seesaw.me/resources
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us >> next slide, examples (classroom poster, language)
More reasons why, what else comes with this app:
Example lesson plans, posters – again mostly for K-12 – but can be adapted for lower level ELICOS and migrant English learners.
>> Next slide, how to embed Seesaw into your course, lesson plans – reeling you in
+ lesson plans, including intro lesson at https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/205565209-Seesaw-Student-Challenge-Intro-Lesson-Plan
example activities for different subjects with links to assessment criteria
>> next slide, PD support
http://web.seesaw.me/professional-development
+ Twitter chats 2x a month
>> next slide, Facebook group
Trawl Seesaw tchrs (closed group) for ideas and support
>> next slide, egs of ideas you can pick up
https://help.seesaw.me/hc/en-us/articles/209691453-9-12-Appsmashing-in-the-High-School-Classroom
Egs of ideas – using an IKEA chair to provide stable recording on device
QR tasks for fast finishers,
Webinar how to build an app with Seesaw creator,
badges if your students are into those
>> next slide, similar to …?
Sesame free iPhone iPad iPodtouch Pre K-12
Welearnedit iPad K-12
https://www.commonsense.org/education/publisher/evernote
Evernote 6-12 Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire, Nook HD, Chrome, Windows Phone, Apps for Windows
>> next slide, where stored
Class feed seen by tchr
+ parent feed – access only their child’s work unless another student is added to the access QR code
But should mention security of data – data mining, analytics
Possibly more secure as it’s used by under-age learners
>> next slide, extra prep eg info re how sts gain access if needed
Image Unsplash / Cristina Gottardi
Links
Next in Appsolutely series Socrative and Kahoot
Australia/Sydney 5.30pm | Wed 12th April USA/Los Angeles 12.30am | Wed 12th April Europe/London 8.30am | Wed 12th April
Later ones on
http://www.classtools.net/ Answergarden https://edpuzzle.com/
https://nearpod.com/ https://voicethread.com/ https://padlet.com/
https://gsuite.google.com/together/
Thanks – recording and slides available later
