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TK-2 First time Signing into Seesaw

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Hello to my favorite TK-2nd  grade teachers in the whole world!  Some of you are seasoned pros, and some of you are new to the grade level.  Welcome to all of you! In this post, I want to remind you how your students will access Seesaw on their iPads.  I want to tell you-- - even our 4 year olds can do this. You might have to go slowly, but please. Empower them. Coach them. Help them and their families learn how to do this.  It is the whole "teach them to fish" thing, you know what I mean? Your class will automatically be built through Clever. For some it has been, for some, automation is being. a stinker. There are a few potential reasons, and none of them are personal.  We want your class to be ready for you. Thank you for your patience and for letting your families know we appreciate their patience, too. Steps for students 1. You will have your students go to Clever on their iPad 2. The will sign in with Clever (their 300#) OR with their Google account ...

Seesaw Automation and Archiving Classes August 2020

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If you are a teacher who used Seesaw in the spring of 2020, how much did you learn to love Seesaw?  If you hadn't used it before, you surely saw it's value in distance learning times!  A few details to share, and this seemed like the easiest way.  I hope this helps. You can leave comments in this blog post if you have questions, then I can answer, or someone else who has an idea can, and it's good for everyone. Please do sign in with Google if you comment so I can help you) Last year's classes in Seesaw Those will all need to be archived.   IF YOU CREATED THE CLASS, you do that your self.  This Help Desk post explains how in easy steps. IF THE CLASS WAS CREATED IN CLEVER, we archive that through the admin console, and it will happen today (Th 8.20.20) TK-2nd grade classes Your classes will be built through automation in Clever. You should see them by Monday morning.   I will be creating a one pager for how to access Seesaw (update--it was emailed...

Start with Seesaw TSTs

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 Hi there!  I always love sharing Seesaw, especially with our Preschool-2nd grade teachers!  It is such an age appropriate place for student learning, it is one you will use well this fall and beyond, even when we are back to face to face instruction one day in the future. Although I am not able to process and post videos right away, I hope the Google Slides of the TST presentations are helpful to you.   Mission Control (go to the Blast Off page of the site) is always ready for you with videos from the spring.  Recordings of my sessions, sure, but the good stuff is in the collab-o-ramas where you can hear how teachers use tools in the classroom.  The slides and videos are on the Mission Control page Last week we had two sessions. The first was designed for people brand new to Seesaw to understand how it works in general, and the second session, we looked closely at how Activities are a nice way to manage student tasks and work. Session 1 ( Google Slid...