Seesaw, a beloved educational platform, is specifically designed to meet the unique needs of PreK-5 classrooms, inspiring students while fostering strong teacher-administrator relationships. Seesaw integrates high-quality instruction, authentic assessments for deep learning insights, and inclusive communication into a single, cohesive platform. This empowers students to showcase their thinking, creativity, and learning journey to both teachers and families.
With a user base of over 10 million teachers, students, and families across more than a third of elementary schools in the US, Seesaw's reach extends globally, being utilized in over 130 countries. Teachers overwhelmingly endorse Seesaw, with 92% of surveyed educators affirming that it simplifies their daily tasks.
Seesaw is grounded in extensive educational research and has earned validation from LearnPlatform as an evidence-based intervention, making it eligible for ESSA Federal Funding under a Tier IV designation. Furthermore, it has been awarded the prestigious ISTE Seal of Alignment, aligning with ISTE Standards that promote high-impact, sustainable, scalable, and equitable learning experiences based on learning science and practitioner expertise.
High-Quality Instruction
- Empower teachers to provide standards-aligned instruction that fosters student voice and choice.
- Utilize multimodal tools such as video, voice, screen recording, photos, drawing, and labeling to make learning accessible and engaging.
- Employ the Present to Class mode for effective front-of-class modeling, whole class instruction, and discussions.
- Easily assign activities for center/stations work or whole class independent learning, and differentiate assignments using student groups.
- Access over 1600 research-based lessons developed by Seesaw's curriculum experts, complete with whole group instruction videos, 1:1 or small group practice activities, and formative assessments. These lessons come with comprehensive lesson plans to support teacher implementation.
- Choose from 100,000 ready-to-assign activities created by our educator community, along with 1600+ scaffolded lessons ready to teach.
Inclusive Family Engagement
- Engage families as partners in the learning journey through two-way communication via portfolios and messages.
- Offer families a glimpse into the classroom and their child's progress through regular sharing of student posts and assignments.
- Facilitate robust messaging with translation support into over 100 home languages.
- Keep families updated with message progress reports.
Digital Portfolios
- Capture and showcase student growth through digital portfolios that document learning both within and outside the classroom.
- Organize student work by folders and skills for easy access and review.
- Simplify the process of parent-teacher conferences and report cards.
Assessment to Support Data-Driven Decisions
- Conduct regular assessments to gain meaningful insights into student understanding and support data-informed instructional decisions.
- Benefit from formative assessments with auto-graded questions that provide detailed and actionable reporting.
- Link activities to specific skills and standards for efficient monitoring of key learning objectives.
Accessible and Differentiated Learning
- Facilitate developmentally appropriate, accessible, and differentiated instruction to engage all learners effectively.
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