Task 2: Establish rules and procedures for responsibly using devices. This is great time to introduce or review school policies regarding devices. You may also want to create a classroom policy to post in the room.
Task 3: Establish classroom expectations for using Seesaw. Print out a copy of the Seesaw Digital Citizenship Posters for your classroom.
Task 4: Begin building student ownership. Have students choose or design an icon for their journal. This is the image that will appear next to their name. In order to change icons, log in as a teacher > tap your profile photo > Manage Class > Manage Students and select a student > tap icon. Choose “+Take Photo” option at bottom of the screen if students designed an icon that will be photographed.
Tasks 5-8 are designed to take place during one lesson, but are broken down into tasks students complete as they add their first Seesaw journal item. Teacher and student modeling will take place throughout.
Task 5: Teach students how to sign in and add a photo. If your class is in Classroom Sign In mode, hang a few copies of the class QR code around the room. If using Google/email accounts to sign in, make sure all students know their Google/email account and password. Students will add a photo of themselves as their first journal entry.
Task 6: Model annotating a photo. Show students the mic and text icon. Students will use either the mic and/or text tool to introduce themselves and their journal. Where is a good location in the classroom to record audio?
Task 7: Teach students to review their work. Do they like how their entry looks and sounds? Model how to erase recordings or text. If using Classroom Sign In mode, show students the final step to add items to their journal by selecting their name from the list.
Task 8: Establishing expectations for journal entries. Encourage students to turn and talk with a partner. What items should go in your journal? What is appropriate and not appropriate? When is a good time to add items? Review the guidelines you set earlier.
Task 9: Summarize expectations for journal entries by adding a note. Show students how to add a note. Partners can work together to summarize their discussion in the note and add it to their journal. **If in a shared iPad setting and using Classroom Sign In, students can collaborate and tag both of their names in the entry.
Task 10: Capturing students’ interests. Students will take a photo of something in the room that they want to learn more about this year, or use the Internet to find an image of a topic that interests them and import it from the Camera Roll. They will use any annotation tool (voice, text, drawing) to explain why this interests them.
Task 11: Review the basics. Ask students to teach someone else how to sign in, add an item, explain it, and save it in their journal.
Task 12: Share goals and hopes for the school year. Ask students to use the drawing tool to brainstorm their goals and hopes for this school year. Students add this drawing to their journal.
Task 13: Discuss and model how to use the video option. With the help of a classmate. students use the video tool to record their hopes or goals for the year. “This year, I hope to…”. Students add their video to their journal.
Task 14: Introduce folders. Make sure to create a few folders and turn ON folders for your students. Manage Class > Folders | Show add to folder step > change to Students and Teachers. Model how students can choose a folder while adding an item to their journal to help them stay organized.
Task 15: Introduce “likes” and “comments”. Review why it’s valuable to share work and give feedback. What might be helpful to hear? What connections did you make with their work? How does a good digital citizen give feedback? Students will then review work from three peers, and leave a 1-2 sentence comment. **Need help establishing these guidelines, check out our Digital Citizenship Guidelines.
Task 16: Explore the link option. Determine how you would like students to practice adding a link. It might be from Educreations, YouTube, a Google Doc, or classroom website.
Task 17: Model grabbing an item from the camera roll or saving work from other apps to Seesaw. Check out the long list of apps that Seesaw is compatible with here. Have students practice adding an item from another app.
Congratulations! You have completed this challenge! You are officially Seesaw students!
