As you introduce Seesaw to students, it's good to think about what types of items you want them to add to their journals.
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You should come up with guidelines and expectations that work best in your class, but we've put together the following basic suggestions.
- The best journal entries demonstrate student work. Student work can take many forms, but entries focused on something the student has made or produced tend to be best. For example:
- Photographs of something a student has already made: A drawing, block structure, worksheet, or writing exercise. Photos of students posing with their creations can also be great.
- Video of a student performance, interview, or interactive activity.
- A project from another app that the student has made. Seesaw supports importing from the Camera Roll and directly from hundreds of other apps.
- An interactive activity using the Seesaw drawing tool. For example, put a math problem on the board and ask students to take a picture of it and fill in the answer with the drawing tool.
- A photograph w/ audio recording where a student can demonstrate reading ability, understanding, or reflection by explaining the picture.
- See our Activity Ideas section for other ideas
- Group projects are great. When students work together on a project, you can easily select multiple students and add the same item to multiple student journals.
- Keep it simple. You don't have to use all the annotation tools (audio, drawing, text) on every item -- sometimes just a quick photo goes a long way. Parents love getting a glimpse of their child's day even if its incomplete (and can always ask their child follow up questions).
- (If you're using Classroom Sign In). Since students will be using shared devices, its a good idea to emphasize the importance of taking responsibility for your own work, and always choosing your own name when adding items.
Guidelines for student comments:
Or use this resource for guiding student comments, created by our friends at TeachThought.
