Getting Started with Seesaw for Teachers
Learning begins with ready-to-teach lessons
Let the Learning Begin!
Go to app.seesaw.me and sign into your account.
If you are new to Seesaw, check your email and click the activation link.
Tap at the top of your screen.
Tap and find A Sample of Seesaw under Seesaw Essentials.
Take Seesaw a Step Further
Learning is happening in your classroom - capture it in Seesaw!
Tap the Library icon and open Seesaw Essentials
Find the Seesaw Tools 101 collection and open Lesson 1
Click Present to Class on the Learn activity
Watch the video as a class and model how to use the tool Tap Assign on the Practice activity > Assign Now Invite students to complete the activity on their devices Invite students to capture their own learning!
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Getting Started with Seesaw for Families
With Seesaw, you can see what your child is learning at school and engage in two-way communication with teachers!
Staying in the Loop is Simple:
Keeping student data safe is Seesaw’s top priority. Seesaw requires a printed, email, or text invite from your child’s teacher. Contact your child’s teacher if you need an invite.
Once connected, you have a window into your child’s learning:
View and engage with all recent posts from all your children
Use Messages to communicate with the school community. Translate typed text into 100+ languages.
Connected family members can only see their own child’s learning.
Prefer video instructions? Watch the Get Families Started Video www.seesaw.com
Primeros pasos con Seesaw para familias
Con Seesaw, puede ver lo que su hijo(a) está aprendiendo en la escuela y participar en una comunicación bidireccional con los maestros.
Conectarse es simple:
Mantenerse seguro los datos de los estudiantes es la máxima prioridad de Seesaw. Seesaw requiere una invitación impresa, por correo electrónico o por mensaje de texto del maestro de su hijo. Comuníquese con el maestro de su hijo si necesite una invitación.
Cree una nueva cuenta de Seesaw
Descarga la aplicación de Seesaw o entra a app.seesaw.me en su dispositivo
Haga clic en “Soy un miembro de la familia”
Invitaciones impresas:
Escanee el código QR
Invitaciones por mensaje de texto o correo electrónico:
Haga clic en el enlace
Sigue las instrucciones para crear una cuenta o iniciar
Una vez que esté conectado, tendrá una ventana al aprendizaje de su hijo:
Conecte un nuevo hijo a una cuenta existente
Inicie su sesión en la aplicación Seesaw o entra a app.seesaw.me en su dispositivo
Invitaciones impresas:
Haga clic en el ícono de su perfil (en el extremo superior izquierdo)
Haga clic en ‘‘+Agregar diario del niño”
Escanee el código QR
Invitaciones por mensaje de texto/correo electrónico: Haga clic en el enlace para conectarse
Vea e interactúe con todas las publicaciones recientes de sus hijos.
Los parientes conectados solo pueden ver el aprendizaje de sus propios hijos.
Utilice los mensajes para comunicarse con la comunidad escolar. Traduzca texto escrito a más de 100 idiomas. ¿Prefiere instrucciones por vídeo? ¡Mire el video, Cómo comenzar con las familias! www.seesaw.com
Common Ways Educators Use Seesaw
Accessible & Differentiated Learning
Enable developmentally appropriate, accessible, and differentiated instruction to reach and engage all learners, and meet legal requirements for Multilingual Learners and Special Education students. Schools can support IEP & 504 accommodations and paperwork.
Instruction
Enable teachers to deliver high-quality, standards-aligned supplemental instruction that encourages student voice and choice (including front-ofclass, centers/stations, independent work). Lessons are aligned to 30+ core curriculum publishers.
Family Engagement
Engage families in the learning process through inclusive two-way communication with text translation options in 100+ languages. Families gain insight into their student’s work and a window into the classroom.
Digital Portfolios
Capture learning completed within and outside of Seesaw through digital portfolios that showcase daily, quarterly, and yearly student growth.
Assessment & Data-Driven Decisions
Routinely assess student learning to glean meaningful insights into their understanding and make data-informed instructional decisions. Schools can also create custom auto-graded formative assessments with detailed reports.
To learn more about Seesaw and our poweferul learning loop, download the full brochure by scanning the
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Reading Takes You EVERYWHERE
Mistakes are proof
it’s cool to be
all are WELCOME WORTHY IMPORTANT RESPECTED ENCOURAGED
Teachers plant seeds that grow forever.
The future of the world is in my classroom.
Calming Choices
We Are Seesaw Ready
Arrival Morning Meeting Reading Math
Social Studies Science
Writer’s Workshop
Special Clean Up
Dismissal Time
Recess
Classroom Library
Cue Cards
Here are a few ideas...
• Display these in your classroom for visual instructions in a multi-step project.
• Show the icon cue cards while demonstrating during a mini-lesson.
Pro Tips:
Visual cues support all learners by making instructions and feedback clear. These icons are found throughout the Seesaw app. Print and use these cue cards to support your students.
• Hole punch and add the cards to a ring for easy organization.
• Student leaders can use the cue cards to retell instructions or offer peers support.
Video Photo
Drawing Upload
Note Link
Journal Activities
Three Dots
Photo
Shapes Background
Upload Pencil
Pen Glow Pen
Highlighter Eraser
Hide Camera Roll
Add Page Caption
Record Voice Zoom
Flip Camera Frames - Photo
Frames - Record Frames - Upload
Frames - Video Frames - Voice
FramesStudent Choice
Frames - Label
Tarjetas de referencia
Aquí hay algunas ideas...
• Muéstrelos en su salón de clases para obtener instrucciones visuales en un proyecto de varios pasos.
• Muestre las tarjetas con iconos mientras hace una demostración durante una mini lección.
Consejos profesionales:
Las señales visuales ayudan a todos los estudiantes, ya que permiten que las instrucciones y los comentarios sean claros. Estos íconos se encuentran en toda la aplicación Seesaw. Imprima y use estas tarjetas de referencia para ayudar a sus estudiantes.
• Perfora y añade las tarjetas a un anillo para organizarlas fácilmente.
• Los líderes estudiantiles pueden usar las tarjetas de referencia para repetir instrucciones u ofrecer apoyo a sus compañeros.
Añadir
Video Foto
Nota Enlace
Carpeta
Diario Actividades
Etiqueta Micrófono
Figuras Fondo Enlace Video
Subir Lápiz
Resaltador Borrador
Ocultar
Rollo de cámara
Comentario Deshacer
Terminadó Me gusta
Borrador Pausar
Por hacer En progreso
Grabar voz Acercar
Marcos - Cargar
Marcos - Opción del Estudiante
Seesaw Pledge
I will add work that I’m proud of.
I will add items to my journal at the appropriate time.
I will only click on my name when doing Seesaw work.
I will follow directions when adding work to Seesaw.
I will be a good digital leader when I comment on other students’ work.
Icon Shortcuts
Use these shortcuts in the “Student Instructions” portion of Activities. Type in the text shortcut and it will transform into the icon after you tap save!
:seesaw:
:label: :move:
:add: :mic: :pencil:
:photo: :3dots: :pen:
:video: :background: :highlighter: :drawing: :shapes: :glowpen:
:upload: :caption: :eraser:
:note: :undo: :arrow:
:link: :redo: :pause:
:cameraroll: :check: :draft:
:addpage: :pages: :plus:
:hide: :like: :comment:
:zoom: :voice: :frame-label: :frame-text:
:seesaw: :label: :move:
:frame-photo:
:frame-draw-re cord:
:checkwork:
:dragdrop: :sort:
:add: :mic: :pencil:
:frame-video: :frame-voice:
:frame-upload: :frame-studentchoice:
:multiplechoice: :classic: :recordvoice:
:readwithme: :flexcard:
Directions: Print and cut the Seesaw App Icon to customize your resources.
Please use this sheet for reference when piecing the coloring sheets together!
Seek and Find
The Seesaw app icon is hiding in this picture! Can you find all 10 of them?
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Seek and Find
The Seesaw app icon is hiding in this picture! Can you find all 10 of them?
Seek and Find
Find the Seesaw creative tools and color them in. Check off each tool as you find it!
How to Sign Into Seesaw
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1 Choose “I’m a Student”.
Open Seesaw. On a computer? Go to app.seesaw.me
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Scan QR Code. Teachers: Glue your class code above. Do not photograph or share this code on social media.
How to Take a Picture for
All four corners are in the picture
The words and pictures are clear
My work is in the middle
I Can Record on Seesaw
I know what I will say. Tap the mic to start recording. Use my speaking voice.
Press pause to stop recording. Tap the green check to add to your journal.
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