Engaging K-12 Students Through Social Media & Other Technologies Michelle Doyle, St. Celestine School Ben Freville, Dominican University IATEPC Oct. 13th, 2016

Goal Demonstrate awareness of tech tools for K-16 learners that promote agency, engagement, connectivity, and creativity.

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Student Driven Digital Portfolio http://web.seesaw.me PD Presentation begins here.

What is Seesaw? Seesaw empowers students of any age to independently document what they are learning at school. Students capture learning with photos and videos of their work, or by adding digital creations. Everything gets organized in one place and is accessible to teachers from any device. Student work can be shared with classmates, parents, or published to a class blog. Seesaw gives students a real audience for their work and offers parents a personalized window into their child's learning.

Get Seesaw for Your Device Seesaw supports all the platforms you use and seamlessly works between them, making Seesaw great for BYOD environments. iOS Devices Android Devices Chromebooks Computers with Chrome or Firefox

Why Use Seesaw? Develop students’ writing skills, reflection skills and critical thinking skills Empower students to document their learning as it happens Give students voice and ownership Develop 21st Century skills in safe, moderated environment Involve families in their child’s learning in real time! Create a strong community around learning

Empower Students to Document What They’re Learning at School Students can “show what they know” using photos, videos, drawings, text, PDFs, and links. You can also import directly from many popular apps.

Save digital creations from many apps into Seesaw. Time Saving Tip Save digital creations from many apps into Seesaw. Photos, videos, links, PDFs—all go into Seesaw! See a list compatible apps here

Journals are Organized, Sortable and Accessible Browse work from the entire class, or for a single student. Optionally, use folders to organize work by subject area or project.

Encourage Deeper Learning and Reflection Seesaw helps capture the learning process, not just the end result. Students can use Seesaw's built-in audio recording and drawing tools to reflect on what they've learned or explain how they got their answer. On iOS devices only, our recordable whiteboard allows students to create a video that combines drawing and audio recording to explain their thinking as they work.

Give Students an Authentic Audience Seesaw gives students an authentic audience of their peers, parents and even other students around the world, encouraging better work and real feedback. Teachers can control who can see what, and what feedback options are available.

Teachers are Always in Control Teachers approve all student journal entries and comments before anything is shared with parents. Teachers can customize all of the settings for their class, like: Student sign in mode Can students like or comment? Can students edit? Can students see each other's work?

Strengthen Connections Between School and Home Include families in the learning process by inviting them to view updates to their child’s Seesaw journal. Seesaw’s immediate, visual updates actually get seen by parents, provide encouragement for students, and cross language barriers. Parents can access Seesaw via iOS app, Android app or on the web.

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Classroom Examples

Explain a math concept Science reflections writer’s workshop assessment checks

Defining parallel lines Collaborative group predictions Reflect, document, & plan during... Project based learning Makerspace Genius Hour High school - info pics Padlet link saved

Historical characters project Journal writing with peer feedback ELA: synonyms

Student Samples from Middle & High School English: InfoPics English: Book Mosaics Emoji Vocab (right) Writing Portfolio (right) Speech: Visual Aids for Speeches/Presentations History: Character/Historical Figure ChatterVids

Presentation template by SlidesCarnival Credits

Represent content in a visual format Make meaning of content Synthesize information Develop conceptual understanding

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Examples Elementary Secondary Undergraduate Graduate

http://popplet.com Example

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Which of these tools could you use in one of your classes? How? goo.gl/gdR74W