It’s time for #seesawchat! We are excited to learn and share with you for an hour! Be sure to follow our special guests @TraciPiltz@iteach5m and @famlynuggets! We'll post the first question in just a few minutes!
So glad you can #seesawchat with us! Questions will be posted as Q1, Q2, and so on. Be sure to start a new tweet and answer with A1, A2, and so on! Use the hashtag so we see your tweet!
A1: I’m Angie from Waxahachie, Texas. I teach third grade and this will be my third year using Seesaw. I worked hard this year to get my students posting their own work and hope to do some app smashing this year! #seesawchat
A1 I am Kathy. An AVID Seesaw user/Ambassador. Leaving my 1st grade classroom this year to move into a tech specialist position where I will be able to share the Seesaw love with sooo many! #seesawchat
Hi, I’m Angie. I teach 5th and 6th grade math in Hallsburg, Texas. This will be my first year to use Seesaw and I’m super excited about it. #seesawchat
A1: Hello! Brenda, 5th grade teacher from New Jersey. I have been using @Seesaw for awhile. I love all of the possibilities it creates for use with my students. #seesawchat
A1: Casey from Great Bend, Ks. I am a K-6 tech coach. We are using Seesaw mainly in K-1. Hope to get the upper grades more involved this year. LOVE Seesaw!! #seesawchat
My name is Kristina Blackburn & I teach 5th grade. Before I used Class Dojo when I taught 2nd grade & then when I moved to 5th, I wanted something different. Coworkers were talking about Seesaw so I decided to try it out and glad I did! I ❤️ what my Ss can do w/it! #SeesawChat
A1: Hi there! Traci from MT, former kindergarten T & current tech integration coach for K-2 Ts. Have been using & sharing about @seesaw from the beginning of Seesaw Time! Looking forward to chatting with you tonight about ways Ts can get started with Seesaw! #seesawchat
A1. Hi I’m Meagan. I’ve been working in Singpaore for 4 years as an international school elementary teacher. I’ve used Seesaw for a few years and have been an ambassador for a year #seesawchat
#seesawchat Q1: I discovered Seesaw on another teachers blog three years ago while taking a class to teach EL students. It was just a tiny icon I clicked on and I set up my Seesaw within minutes! I was so impressed! The rest is history! ☺️
A1: My name is Sarah Webster, I'm an ITRT (Instructional Technology Resource Teacher) in Richmond Virginia- I love sharing Seesaw with my teachers- I first fell in love with it for the littles using iPads #seesawchat
A1 Hi! I'm a third grade teacher in the Seattle, Washington area. A friend shared Seesaw with me. I used the PD in my Pajamas to teach myself and to use it in my classroom. Now, I'm sharing it with others as an ambassador. #seesawchat
A1 Hi! I'm Shawna & teach middle school band. I started using @Seesaw for assessments, started using it for more & more, & became an ambassador along the way. Seesaw rocks! #seesawchat
A1: Kris McClure-Coleman here. I’m an Instructional Technology Specialist in Issaquah, WA. I’m so excited for our district to start using Seesaw for Schools this year. #seesawchat
A1: Cindy from Fort Woth, Texas. I used Seesaw all year last year and became an Ambassador. I have been sharing it with my school and also my Digital Leading and Learning masters class. #seesawchat
Me, too! I'm a tech integration specialist and we are moving from a handful of schools doing Seesaw for Schools pilots last year, to having 15 schools going schoolwide with it this year! Wahoo! #seesawchat
A1: I 💖using Seesaw. I always have authentic work samples to evaluate my students’ progress and my parents can see what we are learning in class. #seesawchat
A2 First day of school today! We had a 5th grade photo booth, took individual pics, then had the Ss add a caption about their goals for 5th grade. #seesawchat
A2 I will be sending home my invites next week. The first thing I plan on having my Ss do is a self portrait and adding their voice using Chatterpix #seesawchat
A2: I like to introduce it with "all about me activities." This is two-fold, your students get familiar w/the plaform w/o pressure of feeling 'graded' or assessed on content but also you get to learn about them #seesawchat
A2: I introduce Seesaw to my students by posting a video of myself and our classroom. It gets students excited about the year ahead and draws parents to Seesaw. #seesawchat
#seesawchat Teach kinder- we start out day 1 making connections. Take their photo and have them say hi to family. Let them see the instant connection...then teach them they can do it too!
Q1: I'm Lindsey from Maine. I teach 1st grade, this fall I will start my 10th year of teaching! I started Seesaw with the MoMEntum 1:1 iPad pilot in some K-3 ME schools! #seesawchat
A2: I love the Seesaw Go resource that @Seesaw has shared. It is a great way to get the kids familiar with your classroom norms and procedures. #seesawchat
A2: Seesaw won’t be new to all students but to Ensure consistency, I’m using this introduction activity from @TraciPiltz. It’s a great into for students and Teachers #SeesawChat
A2 I like to connect parents and have them video their kids introducing themselves to the class in Seesaw at Meet the Teacher night. I also start with basic tools in Seesaw the first week. #seesawchat
Q2: I will use a get to know me activity from the Activity Library! Some of my 1st graders used Seesaw in K 😃 I am so excited to intro my Ss and families to the family connection feature this year! #seesawchat
Seesaw Go! is a fun way to engage students, create classroom community, learn about Seesaw, and get your students up and moving! Learn more & find all of the resources you need here: https://t.co/W2yhlpR0QG#seesawchat
Hi Karen from IL. I have been using @Seesaw for 4 years now. It is amazing to give students voice and comminicate with parents all in one place. #seesawchat
A2: I’m going to have Ss try out the different tools with the beginning activities. I love the idea of having them post goals that others have mentioned! #SeesawChat
Q2 #seesawchat I will be introducing Seesaw to my students on the first day by modeling with the iPads. I show them first how to sign in and then some great things to see. So excited!!
A2: I work with K-2 Ss, so I ❤️ teaching them the drawing tool 1st. It's such an easy fun way to engage them in the tool. We also talk about how @Seesaw is like a notebook journal but lots better, because we get to share w each other AND our Ps! 🎉#seesawchat
#seesawchat A2: I created a video introducing myself to preschool families and their students. Usually when the students come in for Sneak Peak, they no longer hide behind their parents. They walk right up and say hello!
A2: last year (I started about 3 weeks into the year), I had the kids take a picture of a project and then they responded to the project. This year I am going to try to get them to take a pictures Meet the Teacher night and then do the first 5 activities that Seesaw
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A2 I love that my big kids (7/8) already know how to work w/@Seesaw. When I get my 6th Grs in, I have an assignment waiting-just a simple "tell me what your favorite song is, hobbies," etc. As we go through assignment/assessments, I take them step-by-step w/options. #seesawchat
A2: On meet the teacher, I’m going to have students post a selfie with a family member and share one thing they are excited about for 5th grade. #SeesawChat
A2(again): I also use the Seesaw Go game @seesaw just tweeted, & I created another one that I use a week or two later. https://t.co/Ovg4j2LcLL Love how these activities get Ss up, talking, engaged & using the tool. Great practice & you learn lots about them! #seesawchat
Q3: let's give the students an opportunity to express themselves! I'd have my student's record a greeting explaining the favorite part of their summer and then have them draw their spirit animal! #seesawchat
Q3: I love to let the kids start out with Describe Yourself Activity and then we "play" around with the drawing and label tools just to get everyone familiar. It is also fun to have kids video and record a message for parents at Back to School Night. #seesawchat
First two activities will be:1. A picture of themselves with words to describe them. It is the I am poem in the Activity library; 2. I will probably do a booksnap to help them get excited about reading in 3rd grade. #seesawchat
A3: The first 2 activities I'll share are: a get to know you and a response to a read aloud (probably a drawing of their favorite part of the story with voice recording). #seesawchat
A2: Seesaw won’t be new to all students but to Ensure consistency, I’m using this introduction activity from @TraciPiltz. It’s a great into for students and Teachers #SeesawChat
A3: I began creating some fun BOY activities that you can find in the @seesaw activity library. In kindergarten, we did lots of fun name activities to start the year, & there are some great ways to Seesaw them (I think it's safe to say "Seesaw" is now a verb, right?) #seesawchat
A3. I made this hunt to encourage new and returning students to explore our campus. I’ll add it to my activity library and students will post group selfies of themselves on @Seesaw#seesawchat@canva
A3: If you are doing a Selfie/Describe Yourself Activity or Introduction at the Beginning of the Year, don't forget to repeat those activities at the end of the year! So fun to see the changes! #seesawchat
A3 As a performance-based class, we're not Seesawing every day. I will use a labeling activity for my beginners a few weeks in. For my 7th/8th-playing pretests (woohoo, right?) #seesawchat
A3: If you are doing a Selfie/Describe Yourself Activity or Introduction at the Beginning of the Year, don't forget to repeat those activities at the end of the year! So fun to see the changes! #seesawchat
A3: lots of activities from the beginning of the year to choose from. I had students create folders in the beginning which was a great way to keep them organized! #SeesawChat
A3: If you are doing a Selfie/Describe Yourself Activity or Introduction at the Beginning of the Year, don't forget to repeat those activities at the end of the year! So fun to see the changes! #seesawchat
A1- Juliette Kuhn Digital Learning Coordinator, hopping in late because I'm looking at some of the great ideas for workday PDs that I am doing! #seesawchat
A4: I don't have my own classroom, but I like to encourage my teachers to make it apart of their overall classroom culture as well as a showcase and means of communication with families #seesawchat
A4 - I don’t have a regular classroom right now (TOSA-Tech Integrationist), but I plan to incorporate seesaw as a part of my PD that I offer my teachers! That way they can see the power of the tool WHILE they use it! #seesawchat
#seesawchat A3: For the preschool bunch: Family snaps which you can find in the activities library and snack snaps. Students will take a picture of their snap and tell me one thing about it such as who packed it, what is it, or what it taste like.
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Q3: I hope to get my "Meet the Teacher" page out before school starts, although we don't have classlist until the day before. So my first days, I will take the "2018-19 typical photo (using Green Screen!) and one or two of the activities.
A4: Here is a sampling of @Seesaw Starters we shared at @ISTE2018. They can give you an idea of ways we incorporated @Seesaw into our classrooms and curriculum.
https://t.co/ieOc0cMMDR
A4: Seesaw helps me IMPROVE my classroom routines! I will integrate it with all of my centers (rdg & math) so connected parents see daily work and I KNOW I will correct it & give feedback promptly. Students will have an audience for their work! #seesawchat
A4 I used Seesaw during my ELA block and children would respond or complete work on a rotating schedule. I did the same for math. They loved it so much they used it at indoor recess all the time! ❤️ #seesawchat
A4- I have 1 device per group (so for 4-5 kids) and they will be able to share at least one activity in the center per day (but this might not happen everyday). #seesawchat
A4: I don't have my own classroom, but when the kids come to my room they know we are going to do something with Seesaw. Trying to stress the power of communication between the teachers and families. #seesawchat
A4: You can @seesaw ANYTHING you're already doing in your class. Find ways to let Ss share their thinking, explain what they did, reflect on their work, provide feedback to others. This can all be done using existing routines & lessons, but allows Ss to go deeper! #seesawchat
#seesawchat I want to have exit ticket procedure this year, a way to check in with student progress and needs to move forward next class. @Seesaw is the perfect tool for consistent creation and curation.
A4: I love using Seesaw in math to record students' mathematics thinking as they solve problems. In reading, I love to use it to improve fluency by recording their reading. #seesawchat
A1: I'm one of the co-founders of Seesaw. I just wanted to say hi and THANK YOU for making us a part of your classroom this year. We're honored that we get to work with such amazing educators for another year! #SeesawChat
YES!! I have even helped our curriculum coaches use @seesaw as the portfolio tool for their new teacher trainings & cadres for ELA & math. Great way to organize their PD + learn about an amazing tool! #seesawchat
A4: Ss reflect throughout the day, post what they are learning so Ps can see, exit tickets in math, science experiments, Kinder buddy activities, etc. #SeesawChat
#seesawchat A3: For the preschool bunch: Family snaps which you can find in the activities library and snack snaps. Students will take a picture of their snap and tell me one thing about it such as who packed it, what is it, or what it taste like.
A4 We use Seesaw constantly as a way to share our learning with parents and other Ss. We'll continue that, as well as take advantage of all of the awesome activities other Ts have shared in the library. #seesawchat
A4: I love doing a "speed dating" round where I post a ridiculous question and have them answer it. Will be great to see the conversations sparked from "describe the first thing you would do WHEN you win the lottery " #seesawchat
#seesawchat A4: When we watch a video or post a new song, I show the students where it is on Seesaw. I also send things home ahead of the lesson so students can practice. The students also know they can post during choice time.
A4: Here is a sampling of @Seesaw Starters we shared at @ISTE2018. They can give you an idea of ways we incorporated @Seesaw into our classrooms and curriculum.
https://t.co/ieOc0cMMDR
A4 @Seesaw is replacing math journals, supplements science reflections and documents reading. The kids also get used to putting their station work on it too. #seesawchat
A4 I incorporated @Seesaw into our Buddy Reading Center. Ss record themselves reading after they practice the piece with their buddy. We also use #BookSnaps to check comprehension #seesawchat
OK— here is the $1 hack you need for your chromebook - a compact mirror!! Tape it on and use the LEGACY (it is a flash 😢 site, but it can flip image) site of https://t.co/YPx5QMbXwb originally created as a @seesaw hardware hack!! #oshedcamp18
A4: We share devices, so I will use Seesaw on stations and once or twice a week when I check out iPads. I try to do it on the same day each week, sort of our Seesaw routine!! 💻📱👍🏼💚 #seesawchat
#seesawchat A2: I created a video introducing myself to preschool families and their students. Usually when the students come in for Sneak Peak, they no longer hide behind their parents. They walk right up and say hello!
A3: For those out there so teach PE, this might be a good activity to chech SS knowledge of the health related components of fitness. https://t.co/ULj4MFQMfT#seesawchat
A4: this year my Ss will be grouped up with a middle school class to work on a social issue awareness campaign. I’ve created an account for both classes to post/comment. Very excited for this! #SeesawChat
A1: I'm one of the co-founders of Seesaw. I just wanted to say hi and THANK YOU for making us a part of your classroom this year. We're honored that we get to work with such amazing educators for another year! #SeesawChat
A5 - I encourage teachers new to seesaw to use it with their students and then work in the families- then there will be content in there for them to see and it is a gradual learning process #seesawchat
A5 Help them connect at Meet the Teacher. Have a Seesaw help table at family events. Send email invites. Sometimes just plain stalking. LOL! JK #seesawchat
A5 I send home a paper copy, then 2 more and if I don’t hear from them by the 3rd, I send an email. Also if they haven’t signed up, I catch them at showcase nights and tell them I’ll be glad to help set it up 😉 #seesawchat
A5: I sent home the @Seesaw Welcome Letter to intro the QR code! I'll have the family connection letters at Open House (before school starts) so parents can connect quickly! My goal is 75% participation in my 1st year with this feature. #seesawchat
#seesawchat A5: I tell families Seesaw is my house and if they want to find me, that’s where I’ll be! If they email or call I respond in Seesaw so they get used to checking it. I also tell the littles to tell their families there is something special there!
A5: Visuals are everything! Let them see samples to gain initial buy-in - but more importantly allow families to connect to their child as they share their excitement, joy and passion for learning. Essentially allows them to see their child shine #seesawchat
It only takes two minutes to get families connected to Seesaw. Join us for a live demo of how to invite families to Seesaw! https://t.co/CfnVccdYQM#seesawchat
A3. I made this hunt to encourage new and returning students to explore our campus. I’ll add it to my activity library and students will post group selfies of themselves on @Seesaw#seesawchat@canva
A4: this year my Ss will be grouped up with a middle school class to work on a social issue awareness campaign. I’ve created an account for both classes to post/comment. Very excited for this! #SeesawChat
Q4: I will have more group time this year with my flexible seating, so Seesaw will be a choice (some required, some by choice). It was easily integrated into all subjects, and the kids last year, would come up with ideas too! I need to add more math this year! #seesawchat
A5: We will have our first activity completed before Open House, then have the invites (QR codes) on the Ss desks and have Ps sign up when they meet their Ss teacher. #seesawchat
A4: I use Seesaw as my newsletter. I take pictures of things we are doing, pictures of anchor charts, and pictures of things in our classroom. My posts are timely and parents love them. It helps parents get students to talk about their day. #seesawchat
A3: Let’s try this again. For those who teach PE, here is a good knowledge check activity on the health related components of fitness. https://t.co/ULj4MFQMfT#seesawchat
A5- I am going to give out the paper invites for the Meet the teacher night and make a bingo card that has the parents signing up for Seesaw with other things #seesawchat
A5 I invite the families at our back to school night. I also have the invites at Open House. Last year I stayed after school and was available to assist parents with signing up #seesawchat
A5: I put it on Ss (5th grade) to hassle parents. Incentives in the classroom for Ps signing up and having 100%. Share thru email that Ss are posting great things they want to share w/Ps. #SeesawChat
A5: I give them the QR code at Meet the Teacher night, then again in the first take home folder, and at conferences. I always have a few parents that need to do email instead of the app. It’s great they have that option! #seesawchat
A5: Last year we put up this awesome bulletin board for Open House & helped families get signed up. We kept it up throughout the year and rotated the Ss work that was posted. Printables: https://t.co/TY9ZbDdcL2#seesawchat
A5 We really talk it up with the Ss (and their Ps!). Ss love receiving comments on their work, and Ps love celebrating their children's hard work. We also send multiple gentle reminders to those who may "forget" to join. #seesawchat
A3. First two activities are a front facing camera and a selfie photo. His helps me to see how well my preschoolers understand the concept or camera vs mirror. #seesawchat
Great ideas! My daughter's teacher kept the QR code in the back of her take home folder the whole entire year. Love that it was a constant reminder to Ps! #seesawchat
A5: My weekly newsletter is always linked to @Seesaw. I also use the Announcements feature to share homework assignments at the beginning of the year. It's my parents "go-to" place for info. #seesawchat
A5: At B.O.Y. I post SeeSaw URL directly onto Our Class Website for easy access, take them 30 sec to sign-up. One less paper coming home. Last year 100% of the class was signed up before school started. #seesawchat
Getting ready for an open house, meet the teacher, or other back to school event? Use https://t.co/Y6LvMTak9x to introduce Seesaw and get your students’ families connected! #seesawchat
A5: My weekly newsletter is always linked to @Seesaw. I also use the Announcements feature to share homework assignments at the beginning of the year. It's my parents "go-to" place for info. https://t.co/8lNekVc2jR#seesawchat
A5: The messaging feature was amazing this year! I didn’t see any other app, just Seesaw! I had alot of parents who would use it for communication! #seesawchat
A4. Seesaw fits into our routine throughout the day. Most often with my preschoolers, we take pictures of their learning to share anecdotes with the families #seesawchat
A4: For routines & procedures, I mostly use @Seesaw as a place where students go to see their morning work/expectations/class schedule before morning meeting, for homework and project check-ins, and for activities for early finishers. #SeesawChat
A6 @Seesaw is an AMAZING tool that can deepen and change the learning in a classroom. My goal is to help other teachers learn to use it to do just that! #seesawchat
A6 My goal is to try activities from the library, eventually creating my own. I also want to become more familiar with all of the aspects of Seesaw. #seesawchat
A5 I talk it up w/kids! After I print off invites, I 'shout all about it' on our band FB page. Ss can choose something out of my 'toy box' when they're parent/families connect. I resend, email, talk up at conferences. :) #seesawchat
As a parent, my @seesaw love is STRONG❤️🎉. It was a treasure to get a peek into this little one's day each and every day of 1st grade & I hope 2nd grade will be the same! Even her PE T posted which was AWESOME!! #seesawchat
A6: I really want my students' reflections and comments to show deeper/higher level thinking. I will use @MrssmithOP220 TAG ideas - check it out in @Seesaw or in this link with guidelines for use. https://t.co/gEKgWegG4t#seesawchat
A6 I also want to encourage/guide other teachers in my school to create and share activities within our school library. It would really help with differentiation. #seesawchat
A6: I want to use @Seesaw with each of my reading centers to document independent work, give prompt feedback daily, and show my students that they have an audience in me and their family! #seesawchat
A6 I also want to encourage/guide other teachers in my school to create and share activities within our school library. It would really help with differentiation. @SPARK_STEM#seesawchat
You could make your newsletter wherever you'd like - Google, @AdobeSpark, @Buncee, @smore then download or share a link. Anything you can save to your device can be shared on @seesaw! #seesawchat
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A6 I plan on appsmashing more into Seesaw to show my students what you can do. They will be making their own booksnaps @BookSnapsREAL, too. #seesawchat
Q5: I try and hand out the "Meet the Teacher" Day 1 and get them hooked. Plus, I have kids create things Day 1 and that helps motivate parents to sign up fast. I have 100% sign up the first few days. I feel very lucky. #SeesawChat@EdTechJulieJ
#seesawchat A6: Teach in small groups how to use Seesaw with paper representation first. Kids get way too distracted and push too many buttons ahead at times. If I can make it a game where they can learn the terms, I believe they’ll send home more quality work.
Thanks for an awesome #seesawchat and special thanks to @TraciPiltz@iteach5m & @famlynuggets! Join us again in two weeks, and be sure to follow others in the chat to grow your PLN!
A6: As a district tech integration coach & resident @seesaw guru, I'm SUPER excited that we'll have 15 of our buildings using Seesaw for Schools this year! 🎉My goal is to help Ts actually use the tool & empower T leaders in each building to support their colleagues. #seesawchat
A5- I tell families about seesaw at Sneak-A-Peek. I send the paper QR invite Home and send the email link the same day. If that doesn’t work, I email 1 picture with another email invite and tell them they can see more of what their child does when they sign up. #seesawchat
I'm a big fan of letting them be creative. For the first couple weeks I purposely keep it vague (they hate it to start). Too often in school, there is a right or wrong answer. I just want to get to know them! #SeesawChat
For sure! I want my students to start out documenting their paper and pencil work through pictures and voice recording. Start small and work up to bigger things! 📚 #seesawchat
#seesawchat A6: Teach in small groups how to use Seesaw with paper representation first. Kids get way too distracted and push too many buttons ahead at times. If I can make it a game where they can learn the terms, I believe they’ll send home more quality work.
A6: I want my student bloggers to post more of a newsletter/article style announcement for Ps to see what’s happening that week. Connecting and helping others! #SeesawChat
Wow! That was a fun one! So many awesome @seesaw ideas shared! I think getting Ss & Ps started using Seesaw right from the beginning of the year is amazing! Ss are totally capable, & Ts will have a year-long authentic portfolio of Ss work & progress! 🙌 #seesawchat
Thanks for an awesome #seesawchat and special thanks to @TraciPiltz@iteach5m & @famlynuggets! Join us again in two weeks, and be sure to follow others in the chat to grow your PLN!
What a great group for tonight's #seesawchat! Always love learning something new. I still have almost a month until the start of the school year! Enjoying the rest of August! Best of luck in the 2018 school year!
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A5: I plan to add students to my class when I get my class list next week, then pass out student codes at Meet the Teacher! Those that don't make it will have their code waiting for them on Monday morning.
