Experience Sharing of Using and Promoting Google Classroom and Seesaw in the Primary School

Google Classroom and Seesaw are two of the most effective and popular LMS platforms among English teachers in Hong Kong. In considering whether or not these platforms are right for you and your teaching situation, you may ask:

Why use Google Classroom or Seesaw? What are the similarities and differences?
How should we use Google Classroom and Seesaw in our daily teaching?
What are the best features and useful add-ons of each?
How do we promote the use of Google Classroom and Seesaw in our school?

To answer these questions, Janet Law, a primary school teacher at Sacred Heart Canossian School first introduces Google Classroom and Seesaw in her breakout session and then demonstrates how to use Seesaw. Before watching her sharing below, make sure you have installed Seesaw Class onto your mobile device and get prepared for a hands-on experience later in the session with her. Or check out Janet’s micro-introduction to the right to see if her topic is right for your teaching.

Janet’s Micro-Introduction

(length: 01:54)

Janet’s “Navigating the New Normal” Sharing Session

View her presentation slides here: https://bit.ly/janetslides

(length: 56:03)

Outline of Janet’s Sharing Session “Experience Sharing of Using and Promoting Google Classroom and Seesaw in the Primary School”

Why using Google Classroom and Seesaw? /What are the similarities & differences?	01:59 – 03:30	different layouts
	03:30 – 04:21	different natures
	04:21 – 08:43	more comparison
How do we use Google Classroom and Seesaw in our daily teaching? /What are the best features and useful add-ons?	08:43 – 11:48	Google Classroom integrated with YouTube videos for sharing resources and assigning homework
	11:48 – 15:15	Google Classroom integrated with Google Forms and BookWidgets for assessment
	15:15 – 18:03	Google Classroom integrated with Adobe Spark for speaking and writing practice
	18:03 – 22:54	Google Classroom integrated with Google Docs and Google Slides for student exercise and teacher feedback
	22:54 – 25:31	Google Classroom integrated with Google Slides for challenging and interesting tasks
	25:31 – 26:41	disadvantages of using Google Classroom and advantages of using Seesaw
	26:41 – 33:20	introduction to Seesaw features
How do we promote the use of Google Classroom and Seesaw in our school?	33:20 – 41:36
	41:37 – 41:48	additional resources to Google Classroom and Seesaw
Demonstration of how to use Seesaw	41:56 – 51:18	hands-on experiences in using Seesaw
Q&A Session	51:18 – 52:00	how to change the sequence of Seesaw activities
	52:00 – 53:55	can teachers rate student works
	53:34 – 53:56	is Skills of Seesaw free for all users
	54:32 – 55:35	anything to notice when using Seesaw