Seesaw, the beloved PreK-5 educational platform, is designed to inspire students and foster strong relationships between teachers and administrators. Specifically crafted for the unique needs of elementary classrooms, Seesaw integrates high-quality instruction, authentic assessments, and inclusive communication into a single, user-friendly platform. This empowers students to showcase their thinking, share their learning, creativity, and ideas with both their teachers and families.
Trusted by over 10 million teachers, students, and families, Seesaw is utilized in more than a third of elementary schools across the United States and extends its reach to over 130 countries worldwide. A survey of 1000 teachers revealed that an impressive 92% find Seesaw simplifies their daily tasks, underscoring its value in the educational community.
Seesaw's foundation is built on extensive educational research and has been validated by LearnPlatform, earning it a Tier IV designation as an evidence-based intervention eligible for ESSA Federal Funding. Additionally, Seesaw has been awarded the ISTE Seal of Alignment, ensuring that its use of technology aligns with learning science research and practitioner experience to create high-impact, sustainable, scalable, and equitable learning experiences for all learners.
High Quality Instruction
- Facilitates high-quality, standards-aligned instruction that promotes student voice and choice.
- Offers multimodal tools such as video, voice, screen recording, photos, drawing, and labeling to make learning accessible and engaging.
- Includes a 'Present to Class' mode for front-of-class modeling, whole class instruction, and discussions.
- Allows teachers to assign activities to all students for center/stations work or whole class independent work, with the ability to differentiate assignments using student groups.
- Provides over 1600 research-based, ready-to-teach lessons developed by Seesaw's curriculum experts, complete with whole group instruction videos, 1:1 or small group practice activities, and formative assessments, along with robust lesson plans to support teacher implementation.
- Features over 100,000 ready-to-assign activities created by a community of educators and 1600+ scaffolded lessons.
Inclusive Family Engagement
- Encourages family involvement as partners in the learning process through inclusive two-way communication via portfolios and messages.
- Offers a window into the classroom and insights into a child's progress through frequent sharing of student posts and assignments.
- Supports robust messaging with built-in translation into over 100 home languages.
- Enables sending Progress Reports to families to keep them informed about their child's development.
Digital Portfolios
- Captures learning completed within and outside of Seesaw through digital portfolios that showcase student growth.
- Organizes student work by folder and skill for easy access and review.
- Simplifies parent-teacher conferences and the creation of report cards.
Assessment to Support Data-Driven Decisions
- Facilitates routine assessment of student learning to gain meaningful insights into their understanding and support data-informed instructional decisions.
- Provides formative assessments with auto-graded questions and detailed, actionable reporting.
- Links skills and standards to activities for straightforward progress monitoring of key learning objectives.
Accessible and Differentiated Learning
- Supports developmentally appropriate, accessible, and differentiated instruction to engage all learners effectively.
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