Seesaw

The free educational app known as Seesaw is best described as, “a platform for student engagement.” Teachers are able to upload photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs and links. Seesaw engages students, improves the quality of student work and teaches key tech skills. Seesaw created an efficacy study to assess student engagement and development of 21^st Century skills, classroom management and student assessment, parent engagement and involvement, and teacher satisfaction. The results displayed 98% of teachers felt that Seesaw helped them use technology effectively in their classroom. 94% of teachers state that Seesaw made it easier to show evidence of student learning at parent-teacher conferences and on progress reports.

Seesaw was made for students, teachers and family members to collaborate. By Seesaw promoting these 21^st Century skills, they are helping students thrive in today’s world. This app is easy to use when sharing student work and sharing with families. It is important to note that nothing is shared on the app without teacher approval. As previously mentioned, the app is free. However there are extra tools included if a teacher or school wanted to pay for the app.

Link to Seesaw: https://web.seesaw.me/