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I just tried Seesaw out yesterday with the help of our tech coach, Tracy. Seesaw is free and easy to use. I used it with 4th graders and I loved seeing what they created. These kiddos are awesome.
Seesaw is a link on our school's Clever page. Seesaw gives a class code and students use the code to join. I modeled making a bullet point script. Then I modeled making a video and what I would say. Finally, I let them loose.
Last week we did the Mystery Science lesson "How do animals see in the dark?" This was the content we used for our Seesaw trial. Last week, two students worked as partners. One was the "eyeball" and one was the "watcher." The eyeball closed his/her eyes for 20 seconds and then opened them. The watcher observed and saw the pupil was large and then shrunk. We learned that the pupil is large when there isn't much light. The pupil is large to let as much light in as possible. Student made scripts and videos answering the question, "How do animals see in the dark?" Some students showed the parts of the eyeball diagram in their notebooks. Many of them got close to their computers to show the pupil demonstration. It was so darn cute.
Here is an example of the script. Bullet points work well.
- Today I am going to tell you how animals see in the dark.
- First, I'm going to tell you about the parts of the eye with my notebook
- Tell how the pupil works to let in light
- Pupil demo
I was so proud of them and their ability to explain about the eye and pupil. Next time, I will send more kiddos outside to video since there was some background noise. We used Chromebooks and they worked really well. We didn't use headphones or mics. I view student work and approve it.The digital portfolio can be pushed out to parents so they can see what is happening in the class. As a parent and teacher, this is so exciting!