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For the full effect click here: Episode 1...Teeter Totter
I believe the only times I have ever been on a teeter-totter were in Japan, and now I can Seesaw with students! :-)
Seesaw is frustrating! However, I can see the benefit of students
being able to read and comment on each other’s posts. I don’t find it to be as user friendly and
intuitive as other apps. A majority of
the students needed help and reminders on how to post and how to interact with
Seesaw, which I haven’t witnessed with other programs that we’ve introduced to
the students. By now, I expected that
more students would be experts able to guide others; this further convinces me
that Seesaw’s interface is too much of a learning curve. I love the fact that you have to approve all
student posts before they are visible to everyone, but it can become daunting
when you have “34 unapproved items” waiting on you and students eagerly waiting
to see their posts appear.
We used Seesaw as a pre-assessment. The
students were given 10-15 minutes to record all of their thoughts. I was interested to see what they would write
because we started the year learning about Modern Japan, with a brief lesson on
history and religion. Since I am not
usually in the class during social studies, I was not sure how much more
exposure the students have had to historical aspects of Japan. It is beneficial
to have these posts all in one place so we will be able to easily look back at
where each student started. I know that
if the students had traditional KWL charts, most of them would be lost by the
time we get to the “L”!
Once everyone relearned how to write
their own post, a majority of them enjoyed the experience. Some were frustrated because they were
somehow kicked off the site and had to start over.
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