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Review by Marianne Rogowski , Common Sense Education | Updated February 2021

Seesaw

Versatile digital portfolio appeals to teachers, students, and parents

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Community rating

Based on 70 reviews

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Expert evaluation by Common Sense

Grades

K–12

Subjects & Topics

Assessment Classroom Management
Price: Free, Paid
Platforms: Android, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire, Chrome, Web
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  • Teachers and students can post work in a variety of ways.
  • Kids can easily join your class using a class code, QR code, or Google sign-in.
  • Teachers can manually enter skills to monitor student mastery of standards.
  • The Activity Library runs the gamut across grade levels and subject areas.
  • Pull activities from the library to use for your own class, or create from scratch.
  • Use the whiteboard to record instruction or model practice.
  • Giving feedback is a simple and straightforward process.

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Camille J.
Camille J.
August 21, 2024

Simple, but Powerful!

Positives:
easy to use even by primary aged children, contains an abundance of tools for children to use, uses safeguards for security of content, the simple version is free, the more advanced version (Seesaw for Schools) keeps adding to the tools and academic content, recent additions to Seesaw for Schools include SEL content along with STEM and English as a Second Language content.
Negatives:
Seesaw for Schools has priced itself out of the range of many schools

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Data Safety How safe is this product?

  • Users can interact with trusted users.
  • Users can interact with untrusted users, including strangers and/or adults.
  • Profile information must be shared for social interactions.

Data Rights What rights do I have to the data?

  • Users can create or upload content.
  • Users retain ownership of their data.
  • Processes to access or review user data are available.

Ads & Tracking Are there advertisements or tracking?

  • Personal information is not shared for third-party marketing.
  • Traditional or contextual advertisements are displayed.
  • Personalised advertising is not displayed.

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