Featured Chrome App: Seesaw--The Personal Learning Journal

I love it when teachers start a conversation about instructional technology that begins with "I wish there was a way my students could..." Much of the time, there IS a way that some kind of instructional technology tool can meet their needs. More often than not, Seesaw is one of those tools.

Seesaw empowers students to document their own learning by putting a variety of versatile content-creation tools at their fingertips, provides families with a window into their child's school day and a medium to communicate with teachers, and helps teachers assess student work and foster 21st-century skill development in a safe environment.

With Seesaw, students can "show what they know" using photos, videos, audio recordings, drawings, text notes, files uploads, and links. Teachers can also create activities to assess student work.

View the video tutorials below to learn how you can leverage Seesaw in your classroom:

Seesaw 01: Getting Started
Seesaw 02: Adding Students
Seesaw 03: Journaling and Inviting Families
Seesaw 04: Journaling Cont'd and Organizing Content
Seesaw 05: Journaling Cont'd 
Seesaw 06: Creating Activities

Further, Seesaw has an OUTSTANDING support page that offers step-by-step directions on how to get started as well as ideas for your classroom.