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Seesaw activity of the week freebies!

11/25/2020

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This weeks Seesaw template of the week is this blend activity practicing the blend or adjacent consonant 'sn'. This has ​places for your students to practice their knowledge and application of the sound 'sn' in an activity. Click below for this fun activity to use in your classroom. 
Find it on Seesaw here
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This Seesaw activity is a maths number sentences practice! It has a pre-made activity for students to practice making or writing a number sentence for what they see. 
Down the right there is space for students to practice a hot spot of learning, where you can write in some learning for students to complete. Click below for this fun activity to use in your classroom. 
Find it on Seesaw here
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Popplet - have you used it before?

11/6/2020

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Popplet is a great free app that allows students to create brainstorms or mind maps. There are tools to type, draw and insert pictures to explain their thinking and create a place for ideas. 
It is great for young learners and older learners - easy to navigate and straight forward to use. 
You can even share the popplet onto places like Seesaw to share the learning wider than the classroom. Great way to keep parents in the loop. This week my students created a simple mind map about unicycles as a response from their story. My students then saved their responses and uploaded them onto Seesaw. I can give feedback online but also in person. 
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How would I use this? I use Popplet for lots of follow up and mind mapping activities! Here are some:
  • book descriptions
  • mind mapping of key ideas
  • explanations
  • book responses
  • idea documenting
  • number mapping
​and more!
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Code a story

10/24/2020

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A few years ago my friend Michael created these lessons on how to code a Scratch story. I took his lessons and used these in my CRT lessons for digital technology; incorporating English (writing and reading) and Technology (computational thinking). My kids had lots of fun creating their stories and exploring the coding blocks in the creation. 
I was asked recently about some resources that I knew of that could be used to unpack digital technologies in the classroom and remembered this fun lesson! It took a good three-four weeks to teach, as it was broken down into smaller chunks; like you would when you wrote a story. I managed to stumble upon the slides I created for the lessons; making sure I modelled how to do it for the students also in my lessons. 
We used a storyboard planner to plan our stories, I taught my classes the blocks needed in the modelling sessions and then we put the series of lessons together to have a story completed! Lots of fun, and the students loved it!
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Make a copy of the slides I used in these lessons here. 
Scratch lesson - code a story
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Watch more on how to do it exactly with Michaels videos. An informative and clear process on how to make it happen for your class. 
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Ulearn 2020 - Get sweet with Seesaw

10/7/2020

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Today I presented at Ulearn2020. It was really different this year being a completely online course and I ran a presentation called 'Get Sweet with Seesaw'. It was an introductory session to Seesaw, unpacking four key ways that Seesaw can be used with students and in your classroom. 
The four key themes were:
  • document the learning
  • create the learning
  • share the learning
  • reflect on the learning
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It gave examples of what those themes meant for use with Seesaw, how it is represented in the classroom and then there was some play-exploration time for teachers to use the tools in practice. I find the best way to learn is via hands on learning opportunities and really value learning by using Seesaw. 
If you would love access to my slides you can click on the link below! Otherwise any questions about what I shared please get in contact. I love Seesaw and really see the benefits for learning! 
Yes! I would love to see the slides!
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Freebie of the week

10/3/2020

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This weeks freebie of the week are my handy Seesaw cheat sheets! Something I have been continuing to add to based on needs, questions and learning from teachers and the new updates. 
These are handy for new teachers to Seesaw, parents and students; with differing cheat sheets in this download. These are already available on my website and Google Drive, but in a variety of sets and places. So I have put them all together in one easy download! So far there are 20 in this bundle, with more coming based on needs!
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Free to download and use in your classroom or school! Grab it below!

Seesaw Cheat Sheets

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Seesaw cheat sheets

This resource pdf contains all of my Seesaw cheat sheets. Each made to help teachers, parents and students navigate around specific Seesaw tools. These are scattered around my website and Google Drive; but I thought it would be better to put them into one easy to download bundle.


This bundle contains 20 cheat sheets:

  • folders
  • draw and record
  • emojis
  • activity
  • activity #2
  • activity #3
  • blogs
  • draft
  • link
  • video
  • sticker
  • upload
  • sharing
  • student icon
  • student
  • parent #2
  • parent #3
  • how do students log in
  • how to parents sign up
  • how to log out of seesaw
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Seesaw activities - freebies!

8/30/2020

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Did you know I have been creating Seesaw activity templates for FREE for over three years?? These are all free to use, access and have as apart of your Seesaw activities! A giant Seesaw library of over 500 slides to be used in your classroom! 

Check out some of them below or click on the picture for a link to the library!
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Seesaw 'i can' statements

8/25/2020

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Lots of teachers use 'i can' statements or progressions in their classroom for students to track their choices or actions. There are lots of different resources out there that could be used in your classroom, with these being my version. 

This Seesaw checklist is a great variation for students to check they have all the parts of their learning. There are three templates in this pdf that can be used in your classroom. Download the pdf below. 
child_progression.pdf
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This other resource which I created are these progressions for student and teachers to use - to move from a beginner level to an advanced level. Easy to follow and shows the user how they can improve each time. A great classroom prompt for your classroom. Download the pdfs below. 
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seesaw_learning_progressions_-_students.pdf
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seesaw_learning_progressions_-_teachers.pdf
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Seesaw tip of the week - clickable seesaw links

7/30/2020

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Seesaw recently made some awesome updates on their app for students and teachers to further create amazing learning opportunities for teachers and students. One of these are the link feature from within Seesaw drawings to be able to navigate to website links from within Seesaw or to different activities on a drawing. This Seesaw tip of the week explains this more and I have included the Youtube tutorial below to show you how you can do this yourself!
Want to subscribe to these tips? Fill out the form below. 
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School song playlist

6/27/2020

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My kids love listening to music in class and have lots of different songs we listen to. Quite often we listen to kidsbop - kids versions of popular songs that have been rerecorded without swear words or in appropriate versions for children. We also like to listen to originals, so I have searched and put together this youtube playlist of lyric versions you can play in class. These are videos of the songs with lyrics so could be used in singing time, learning time or for fun! Find the link to this playlist at the bottom to listen to the songs or add it to your own playlist for school. 
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Find the link here to the Youtube Playlist
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5 simple ideas to use Google apps in your classroom

6/17/2020

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Google apps are a great tool to use in the classroom - regardless of your age of students. They are free to use, multi-purpose and allow for creative opportunities in the classroom. Google incorporates a range of apps like docs, sheets, slides, drawings, sites and more! Each of these can be used in many different ways depending on your age and students you teach. Here I will share five simple ideas for using Google in your classroom! 

1. Google forms
Google forms are a great tool for gathering voice, ideas and surveys. A multi-purpose tool that can be designed for lots of different learning opportunities. Some ways are:
  • Morning check ins
  • Collecting data
  • Maths time
  • Student choice in learning
  • Workshops
  • Fun tests​
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I have used Google forms for lots of different curriculum areas, especially in maths or data gathering. I love using it to gather voice and then create data sheets to show the information that is displayed. Check out a few examples of Google forms in use below. 

2. Voice typing
Voice typing is an amazing tool that can help all students to record and type their learning. You press the voice record and dictate your sentences into your device. Voice typing will record your sentences and type them for you. 
Voice typing is great for students that struggle to write, ELL's, time saver students or teachers, sharing ideas ideas from multiple people and even dictating on the go. 

​Watch this simple video on how it works. 
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3. Google sheets
Google sheets is an amazing hidden gem that can be used in so many different ways. I love how you can present information, share findings and create sheets to document/analyse learning.  I have been exploring different features and tech tips with Google sheets recently that you might find interesting! I want to explore the use of conditional formatting so will share more of that once I have done it!
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4. Emoji bullets
I love using emojis - i use them all the time in my classroom, resources and materials. My kids love helping me choose which ones to use, with their being heaps to choose from! I recently shared about this in my What's 'App'-ening newsletter and made a quick explanation video showing you how to do it also. See it below to add this excitement to your classroom or resources too. 
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5. Google Calendar
Of course a calendar app is a great way to keep your life in line. Google calendar integrates with your other apps, appearing down the right hand side of your dashboard now when using Google apps. You can click on it to add appointments, schedule items, events and more! 
You can even invite others onto your calendar invites and include video conferencing for meetings that are online. It integrates great with Zoom and Google meet. Check out my two handy videos that could help you using Google calendar too. 
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Seesaw cheat sheet - student icon

6/1/2020

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A question I get asked quite often is how can student icons be changed! This cheat sheet shows you how to walk through it and change the icon they might have been pre allocated. You can even use student photos or other images instead of the Seesaw provided ones! 
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Tech tips - how to turn your writing

6/1/2020

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Bitmoji desktop - more craze!

5/23/2020

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The bitmoji craze is continuing, this time with desktop backgrounds! These are so fun and just another way of integrating Bitmoji into your lives. You can design these anywhere - on drawings, slides, powerpoint. Done with text boxes, shapes and background colours. 

So fun, easy to personalise & add bitmoji to your computer desktop background. You could combine bitmoji desktop backgrounds with personalised folders too to add more excitement to your desktop. 
I have some templates you can use, simply make a copy on the right, or create your own. 
Make a copy of the templates
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Bitmoji scene - breakout

5/9/2020

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If you're using bitmoji scenes, this might take it to the next level with your students!
Some of the objects have links to videos students watch to get letter clues. Each of the successful videos give a letter that is used to unscramble a word! Once they have found all 8 letters, students can unscramble their letters to guess a word, entering it into the google form!
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Video coming soon on how to make your own!
Want to preview/play mine? bit.ly/canyoufinditbitmojimrsp

Want the template to change/build your own? bit.ly/canyoufindittemplate
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Guest post - learningarchitects.com

5/5/2020

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I was asked by Rob Clarke from Learning Architects to do a guest blog post on their website. I was so honoured and excited as this is my first type of post on a website that isn't my own. In this blog post I talk about using daily check-ins for distance learning. Something I have and continue to use all the time in my programme. I find them hugely valuable and important to gain an insight into the child and their wellbeing. 

Read the blog post below on why I use check-ins plus links to some templates!
Read it here
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