Seesaw / Haiku Deck Playdates 2 and 3 Heather Sloate

What is Seesaw?

Link: https://edshelf.com/tool/seesaw-the-learning-journal/

Strengths

*Availability!
QR Code and/or APP

*Students can independently upload

*Easy organizational tool for teachers

*ALL posts require teacher approval

*Sends a
"Week In Review"

Weaknesses

*What if parents do not comment to their student?

*No automatic save

Opportunities

*Encourages reflection

*Authentic audience

*Can use at parent-teacher conferences

*Strengthen connection between home and school

Threats

*Cost to district

*Students viewing others' work

Haiku Deck

Strengths

• Beautiful images
• Automatically saves
• Not TOO many choices
• Could help to eliminate distractions

Weaknesses

• Free version does not offer very much
• Can not move text or pictures on slide
• Takes time to get used to

Opportunities

• Learn a new tool
• Various grade levels could use
• Younger kids could create slides with just pictures - easy to search

Threats

• Cost $$$
• May be too simple