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Christine
Christine
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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Great Elementary Learning Platform

Reviewed on 08/10/2021

We have found Seesaw to be a comprehensive Learning Hub.

We have found Seesaw to be a comprehensive Learning Hub.

Pros

We use Seesaw in elementary (K-4) as our main learning platform. We started using it during the pandemic for remote learning, but we continue to use it now that students are back on site because it provides easy communication with students and families, create assignments, and curate student work. It is easy to use and the company offers great training, resources and support. They are also very responsive to user suggestions and requests.

Cons

There is no file structure for shared lessons in the shared libraries. It is strictly a subject and/or grade level search. The frequent negative feedback I get from teachers is that they wish they could see folders by subject and grade level.

Also, the drawing and other creation tools are very basic and could use some updating.

Ben
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Excellent for parental engagement

Reviewed on 06/02/2023

It's excellent, and has allowed us to bring parents into the classroom experience. It has also...

It's excellent, and has allowed us to bring parents into the classroom experience. It has also helped massively with remote learning. Products like Teams are too advanced for out primary aged children. Seesaw has the perfect level of communication and interaction, along with the ability to create, submit and feedback on pupil work.

Pros

Schools are a black box for most parents. Seesaw allows them to see what's happening in class, almost as it happens, and give praise and feedback now hat they see (if we allow). Evidencing all those little things that otherwise aren't written down is easy.

Cons

The video uploading can be flakey, especially from iPad.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Teams

Reasons for Switching to Seesaw

The ease of use for our children, and the ease of management oversight.
Melody
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

It gets the job done, but is not very user friendly...

Reviewed on 25/09/2020

This program is great in that I can be informed of what's going on with my child's preschool, and I...

This program is great in that I can be informed of what's going on with my child's preschool, and I love that! I do wish there was a way to keep me connected to my child's schooling but be a little more user friendly though! It gets the job done but gets a little annoying along the way.

Pros

My child's preschool uses this program to communicate to parents both as a class setting and also individual communications between myself and the teachers. I appreciate that I can directly communicate to my child's teachers. The teachers also post pictures and things that they are doing in class - some posts just for me for privacy and others that are for the class! I love that I can "be a part of the classroom" so to say :)

Cons

The app itself is somewhat "clunky." The organization of the program is poor and you can see that you have notifications, but you have to click around to find out where the new items are. At times, I cannot get the push notifications to clear from my phone and most recently, I stopped getting any notifications at all even though my settings are set to allow them!

Justine
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Seesaw into Innovation!

Reviewed on 03/06/2022

Seesaw will tie together any educational needs. Do not think twice about giving them a try!

Seesaw will tie together any educational needs. Do not think twice about giving them a try!

Pros

Seesaw is an educational software that rockets student learning to the highest level. As a teacher, the platform offers streamlined instruction, progress, and endless collaboration opportunities!

Cons

I don’t like that the messaging between students and parents isn’t there.

Alternatives Considered

ClassDojo

Reasons for Choosing Seesaw

We made the switch from ClassDojo in order to mainstream learning in one platform. Seesaw offers activities,collaboration, and organization for education.

Switched From

Google Classroom, Edpuzzle, and ClassDojo

Reasons for Switching to Seesaw

Seesaw puts forth differentiation, student voice, and innovation in learning. The opportunities are endless!
Fiona
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great tool for parents and students

Reviewed on 01/09/2022

Great tool for both teachers and families

Great tool for both teachers and families

Pros

Seesaw is a great learning tool. Students have a portfolio that they continue to create over they elementary years. It is easy for students to access and share their work. It is a safe way to share information with parents. and keep a digital copy of students learning growth over the years. It is helpful that parents only get to see their child's work to protect the privacy of the rest of the classroom.

Cons

The stream is challenging to navigate it would be better if there could be tabs of folders to keep things organized. It is babyish for older students. although advertised, it is not really usable with middle and high school students.

Alternatives Considered

ClassDojo

Reasons for Choosing Seesaw

Simple, easy to use and it had the learning activities that were very useful during the pandemic lockdown.

Switched From

ClassDojo

Reasons for Switching to Seesaw

Seesaw had better features.
Kristin
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Seesaw: Perfect platform for younger distance learners

Reviewed on 22/12/2020

Seesaw has been perfect for our younger grades; it is versatile and intuitive, allowing kids to...

Seesaw has been perfect for our younger grades; it is versatile and intuitive, allowing kids to largely navigate the platform on their own (making kids, teachers, and parents happy)!

Pros

Seesaw is an intuitive, kid-friendly platform that can be easily utilized in remote instruction. Teachers can post videos, activities, and other lessons, and students can respond in a variety of ways: typing, writing, voice record, video, photos, etc.

Cons

I don't think there are many drawbacks. Students can navigate this easily enough that a 6 or 7 year old can largely handle their work without too much parent involvement.

Neal
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  • Industry: Printing
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Snapshot of your childs day

Reviewed on 15/12/2023

Seesaw overall is a great communication app and has some better features than other apps like Class...

Seesaw overall is a great communication app and has some better features than other apps like Class Dojo or Remind. I think for more advanced students it might have more functionality. It shares actual assignments from your student and you can get great communications from the teacher, provided that the teacher participates actively.

Pros

I like that I can see specific lessons that my son has worked on, there are student journals and daily check-ins that give you a snapshot of what he was working on that day. If he has multiple classes he has a journal for each class.

Cons

I didn't like that you're at the mercy of the teacher, digital classes aren't uploaded unless the teacher uploads them and sends them out. As a result, I only received a few lessons and didn't really get as much interaction as I had hoped for at the beginning of the school year.

Isaac
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Discovering Seesaw: an innovative tool ideal for educators and students

Reviewed on 31/07/2023

I had the opportunity to use Seesaw in my college courses, where I was able to easily share my...

I had the opportunity to use Seesaw in my college courses, where I was able to easily share my projects and sketches with professors and peers, receiving valuable feedback to improve my work and communication from both parties. Also, during my time as a tutor at an English academy thanks to Seesaw I was able to keep students engaged in interactive activities, such as pronunciation recordings and writing exercises, which helped reinforce their language skills effectively.

Pros

What I liked the most about this tool is that it allowed my students to creatively share their work, projects, and reflections through a variety of formats, such as images, videos, and files to me to improve communication with them. Another thing that I liked is that as a teacher I was able to provide immediate and personalized feedback through comments and digital evaluations, which encourages more effective and collaborative learning and finally, another utility of this tool is its integration with other tools for creating of digital portfolios and the possibility of involving parents in the educational process.

Cons

The only bad thing I have noticed from time to time is that the platform often has technical issues, such as loading delays or data sync errors, which can be frustrating for students and educators.

Melissa
Melissa
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  • Industry: Writing & Editing
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Provides a direct line of communication with my son's teacher

Reviewed on 09/03/2022

Pros

I receive updates all day long in real-time regarding my son's progress and classroom activity
Together my son and I can access his assignments anytime to correct and resubmit

Cons

It's sometimes difficult to navigate. We were not given training on the software, so occasionally I have to fumble around to find the options I need to use

Brian
Brian
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Fantastic way for teachers and parents to communicate and share

Reviewed on 14/12/2022

Great option for parent teacher communication.

Great option for parent teacher communication.

Pros

This app allows teachers to directly message parents and send information needed for their children. When a parent needs to have a child ready early (for an appointment), parents can message the teacher directly too.

Cons

Some notifications will alert on the phone and by email if you do not set it up differently

Tanya
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  • Industry: Construction Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

great app for schools

Reviewed on 03/10/2023

Pros

i had this app from my daughter's school. Each day teacher used to send her pictures, what they did and all the announcements. It was great and very useful.

Cons

Sometimes it was a bit confusing to check the announcements other then that everything is great.

Devon
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  • Industry: Online Media
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

A Parent's Perspective

Reviewed on 06/07/2023

Has been great.

Has been great.

Pros

Daily notifications, ease of notifications

Cons

I have no concerns with the product based on the way that I use it daily.

Karina
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great for communication in the classroom!

Reviewed on 23/02/2023

Very good, it has totally changed how we communicate with parents and even students when out of...

Very good, it has totally changed how we communicate with parents and even students when out of school hours.

Pros

Seesaw is great for communication with students and parents. I can choose to send announcements, or create two way conversations. Families can message me with questions. It works really well.

Cons

Giving students pre-made templates is good, but the templates are just a background picture for them to write over. It would be great if elements were editable. For example, asking them to move objects into the correct category.

Melissa
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Seesaw heehaw!

Reviewed on 25/02/2021

Pros

This product was a lifesaver Especially during the beginnings of the pandemic when we were all scrambling to get information to the kids and collecting it without seeing them in person staying apart. It was a lifesaver. Whatever the price it was it was worth it.

Cons

Especially during the beginnings of the pandemic when we were all scrambling to get information to the kids and collecting it without seeing them in person staying apart. It was a lifesaver. Whatever the price it was it was worth it. However, scheduling for it to appear on the lesson plans at all it’s a good feature but I did not know how to do it by myself so I did it wrong many times in the beginning and we set a lot of time it would be nice to have a feature video that would demonstrate how to do certain functions because I didn’t wanna waste anyone’s time to show me so I have to play around with it by myself.

Sarah
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Seesaw in Anderson One

Reviewed on 12/02/2021

I used Seesaw as a classroom teacher and now I enjoy getting to share the best ways to implement...

I used Seesaw as a classroom teacher and now I enjoy getting to share the best ways to implement Seesaw in pre-K to 5th grade classrooms. I love seeing our ESL, speech, related, guidance, and administrators join classroom teachers on Seesaw so that the entire school is connected. It is by far my absolute favorite tool for elementary teachers!!

Pros

We have eight elementary schools in our district and they are all Seesaw for Schools. We have loved using Seesaw to engage our students, document learning, assess understanding, and communicate with families. Recently we used Seesaw blogs to connect our schools across the district so that they could share and comment on each other's writing.

Cons

Seesaw continues to update and make changes to make it easier for both teachers and students to use. We have made some suggestions for future updates but are very happy with the current product!

Stacey
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  • Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

My Favorite

Reviewed on 26/11/2020

Pros

There is so much you can do with Seesaw! I have used it for 3 years now and I can't say enough about how amazing it is. I became an ambassador for it 2 years ago and use the paid version. It's also includes an extension where students can take screenshots and embed them into their work. They have made many upgrades through out the years as well. I love how they change and adapt to their clientele.

Cons

The paid version is amazing, the free version is still good but not nearly as many features.

Denice
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Seesaw: Easy to Use and a Great Way to Stay in Touch with Families

Reviewed on 10/08/2021

I can't imagine not using Seesaw now that I have used it for a number of years.
I text with parents...

I can't imagine not using Seesaw now that I have used it for a number of years.
I text with parents and share pictures so they can feel like part of the classroom community.
This year, we did many activities and posted them so kids had a real audience for their work.
My early readers love recording themselves reading . . .they are so proud!

Pros

The ease of use of Seesaw amazes me. It can be used on phones, computers or tablets.
I started using it to keep in touch with parents a number of years ago. This year I finally started trying the activities functionality and loved it. There is a free version and a paid version. This year our district paid using COVID funds. I cannot say enough good things about this product. I teach kindergarten, and my "littles" are independent with the tools in no time.

Cons

I would like to see a behavior tracking function like Class Dojo.

Alice
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  • Industry: Consumer Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Wonderful app for parent / teacher

Reviewed on 12/07/2022

No problems here.

No problems here.

Pros

This app is great for parent teacher communication.
The settings allow you to control how many notifications you get.

Cons

I wish the Home Screen had tabs to click on

Marcie
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Seesaw Is A Sanity Saver! A+A+A+

Reviewed on 06/10/2020

My experience with SeeSaw has been FANTASTIC. Our school district is & has been doing remote...

My experience with SeeSaw has been FANTASTIC. Our school district is & has been doing remote learning exclusively since the last part of the last school year. I have 2 children 1 in 3rd grade and 1 in 1st. I AM NOT A HOME SCHOOLING MOM. This is all new to me. When the switch to remote learning happened it was a mess. Each of the kids had multiple sites, apps, etc where they had different passwords, assignments, and assigned time. It was impossible to keep up, I was always missing information and assignments. Fearful the kids were falling behind and we were doing school work from the time we woke up til the time we went to bed & still didn't have everything completed & turned in. I was overwhelmed/devastated at just the thought of doing that again this year. But, now we are using SeeSaw and I have my sanity & time back! Everything is in one place. The kids can use it independently. I am no longer missing information or assignments. It has Been a life saver. I cannot say enough good things about it.

Pros

It is easy to use! Well structured! Nothing unnecessary added, simple, organized, easy to learn and easy to use!

Cons

Lack of direct communication features ie, messaging or email between parents and staff all In one centralized place.

Kris
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Amazing educational product!

Reviewed on 30/07/2021

I give it 5 out of 5 in all areas!

I give it 5 out of 5 in all areas!

Pros

Seesaw is one of the best products I have used as an educator. I started using it with in person learning and it was such a great asset. Once we went to distance learning, it made the transition so much easier. I am able to give directions and assign different assignments. The students can complete the assignment, turn it in and I can respond to them individually. I can also share student presentations with the rest of the class, and they can leave positive comments. I am able to share and communicate with families. It is an excellent product!

Cons

I wish I would have started using it earlier in my career.

Elizabeth
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  • Industry: Public Relations & Communications
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Remote Learning Ease

Reviewed on 10/05/2022

Pros

The ease of seeing what assignments my kids needed to complete was of very high importance. It was so easy my pre-schooler could figure it out. Being able to complete them in the app and even send messages to the teachers was flawless.

Cons

Perhaps maybe being able to categorize assignments. Like "Science" , "For fun", "Reading"...etc.

Paula
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Seesaw

Reviewed on 23/03/2021

Overall Seesaw has been fantastic for our primary grade students!

Overall Seesaw has been fantastic for our primary grade students!

Pros

The addition of Seesaw to our learning environment has added a tremendous learning experience for our k through grade 2 students.

Cons

At first, it takes time to get familiar with the features and shortcuts when creating assignments for student work.

Liz
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

SeeSaw is Great for Students!

Reviewed on 21/07/2021

Pros

I love the ability for students to add photos, videos, drawings, and audio to show off their knowledge. It's also great for me to add audio.

Cons

I wish there was a way to save just one page of student work and not the whole zip file.

Kimberly
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  • Industry: Primary/Secondary Education
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

1st Grade Use

Reviewed on 17/12/2021

Pros

easily shares student work with families and I can see if parents have viewed messages

Cons

sometimes it is hard to find certain settings and I want to be able to send an announcement to specific parents but not necessarily every parent

Amanda
Amanda
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10

Seesaw is a Good Alternative for E-Learning

Reviewed on 09/08/2020

Seesaw was simple to use for the most part, attractive for kids and parents, but not free. I think...

Seesaw was simple to use for the most part, attractive for kids and parents, but not free. I think it's a great tool for e-learning for elementary students, but it would be better if the cost was free.

Pros

What I liked most about Seesaw was that parents seemed to enjoy seeing their kids' work in the classroom. Also, there are several tutorials online to help you implement Seesaw into your classroom and I know many teachers who use this, especially during the pandemic.

Cons

Seesaw is a paid subscription, unlike ClassDojo that is free for teachers. With all the budget cuts due to the Pandemic, I wanted something free, so I ended up choosing ClassDojo over Seesaw.