Tag: Web-Tools
Supports For Using Seesaw at School And at Home
Seesaw is an Issaquah School District (ISD) supported tool available to teachers and students. Elementary teachers and students at school can access Seesaw for Schools (Seesaw's paid school service) through their Clever accounts or by using the class QR code in the Class App and at web.seesaw.me. Secondary teachers and students can access Seesaw's free ...
Seesaw: Go Big And Go Multi
Seesaw Has Gone Big! And by big, I mean it has made it's Creative Canvas full screen. With this increase in space, the canvas allows for a ton of layering with the new expressive drawing tools, the photo tool that now allows you to add and move up to 25 photos freely, the label tool ...
Seesaw “Best Of” Folders
As we near the end of the school year, and your students have been doing some awesome work in Seesaw. One way to highlight best work is to have students place that chosen work into a “Best Of” folder. This is a great way to have your students reflect on all the work they have ...
Getting Ready For Conferences With Seesaw
Parent/Student/Teacher conferences may be just around the corner. Are you ready? Do you want to unleash your superpowers this conference season? Check out this post from Seesaw to help you save time in preparing for conferences, give students a voice in the process, and engage families throughout the year. Unleash Your Superpowers This Conference Season ...
Google Search Tricks for Research
Google Search has become our go-to source for practically every question we have—from simple questions to the philosophical ones. But Google can also be a great starting point for student research projects. Understanding how to use the search engine's targeted search features is the key to accessing a wealth of credible, accurate information. Common ...
Getting Families Connected to Seesaw
Nothing gets families engaged more with the classroom like seeing and hearing what their child is doing at school. Seesaw makes it easy to help teachers keep families in the loop and engaged in their child's classroom through personalized, easy to use, safe, and visual updates through the Seesaw Family App. Connecting families takes a ...
Seesaw Activities Library & Activity Sharing
Seesaw is a great tool for students to digitally document their learning in a variety of ways such as by using photos, videos, voice recordings, file uploads, and even drawings. Seesaw recently introduced something called "Activities" which enabled teachers to create assignments within Seesaw for their students to complete and post. This new Activities Feature ...
Four Things Students Need To Create Book Trailer Videos
Looking for an alternative to the traditional book report assignment? Have you tried getting your students to create book trailer videos before? Richard Bryne of the blog Free Technology For Teachers describes four things students need to create great looking video book trailers. From creating a script and finding good images to recording and editing ...
Have You Heard of Flipgrid?
Flipgrid is a video discussion platform that has a lot of people buzzing. I have seen it in action as I have visited different schools in our district. It is a great tool for increasing student engagement, participation, and interaction. Students respond to a topic question via a 90 second or less video response. ...
Ed Tech Tour – Newsela
If you love news and you love having your students read the news, you should check out Newsela.com. It's a web tool that takes articles from McClatchy-Tribune papers (like the Seattle Times) and rewrites them in multiple reading levels. Users can then easily adjust the reading level. To help you see what it can do, ...
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