Teaching Literacy Skills In Content Areas

Seesaw is an app for parents, children, and teachers where each student is given their own personal journal to record and keep class documents of students. These personal journals help students to see the results and progress of their work just as a portfolio would. When students are able to view their work and its results, it motivates them to want to learn more. If students were given an assignment to take notes or draw notes from a class lecture, Seesaw would be the perfect app because it allows students to use their creativity to document classroom activity. (1pt) Implementation: I would use this app to help students monitor and keep a record of all their work and accomplishments. For example, if I had a second-grade art class, each student would be able to review all art activities completed in the class and show parents. The smiles and from both parents and students would just make my day while also seeing the students eager and motivated to learn more. (1pt) Rationale: Seesaw is an important tool to use within the classroom because it allows freedom, individualism, and encourages creativity for students to share what they have learned through technology. (1pt) Strengths: Students are eager to use the seesaw app because it encourages creativity, drawing, videos, and allows students’ voices to be heard through their artwork masterpieces. Parents are able to view their child’s work and see student progress. This learning tool also makes it easy for teachers to monitor each student’s progress and also saves time for the teacher. (1pt) Weaknesses: It can be time-consuming setting each student an account especially if teachers have multiple classes. (1pt)