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Figure 3

A student’s personal definition note added in Seesaw

Literacy instructional applications for video are nearly as endless as a photo with voiceover. In fact, many of the same applications mentioned for photo with voiceover could also be done with video. In addition, my students recorded video of themselves acting out a new vocabulary word. Students could record short skit performances or readers’ theater. It is important to note that videos are limited to 5 minutes of recording time.

Activity 3- Add Drawing

The top right option is adding a drawing. When selecting this option, students use the mouse or touchscreen device to create their drawing. Multiple pen sizes and various colors are options for the drawing. Text can also be added to drawings through the use of labels.

This was one of the options that I used the least with my preservice teachers, but we did use drawings to illustrate vocabulary. Other literacy applications could include creating drawings as they work on visualizing skills, pictures and text to respond to reading, or other very short drawing and writing applications.

Activity 4- Add Note

The bottom center row option is for students to add a note. This is simply a way for students to add a piece of text directly into Seesaw. Once students type their text and click the first green arrow, there is an option to add voiceover to notes as well.

Figure 3 shows a student example of a note from a vocabulary lesson. In this note, the student constructed his own personal definition of the vocabulary word based on the in class activities that we had completed.

Notes can also be a way to have students reflect at the end of class as a type of exit ticket. Summaries or notes taken during a segment of read aloud would also be powerful ways to use the note feature in the literacy classroom.