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Multimodal Assessments with Seesaw for the Win!

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Colorado Convention Center, Bluebird Ballroom Lobby, Table 20

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Mia Leonard
Instructional Partner
Seesaw Learning
@mrsleonardk
Mia is an instructional partner at Seesaw. Prior to joining the Seesaw team, Mia taught Kindergarten in Chicago Public Schools for 10 years. In her tenure as a teacher, Mia explored innovative methods to transform teaching and learning and empower students daily. Mia is a Google Certified Innovator, PBS Digital Innovator, and Seesaw Certified Educator. She is also the author of Building Blocks for Tiny Techies: A Teacher's Guide to Digital Learning in Primary Classrooms. Mia speaks regularly on how to amplify the voices of our littlest learners through technology. You can follow Mia and her class on Twitter: @mrsleonardk.

Session description

While assessments can come with a cringe, knowing how to use Seesaw's powerful, learning experience platform for elementary students to assess students with engaging, multimodal tools is nothing short of awesome! Find ways to bring ongoing assessments to life with new insights and tools you can use today!

Purpose & objective

Participants in this session will both understand the importance of multimodal tools to create better and more accessible assessments to engage students and follow their learning, but also learn how Seesaw's platform and content allows them to do this seamlessly, throughout their day.

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Outline

1. Introduction
2. Why behind assessments and how to ensure access and equity
3. Example of what Seesaw can do
4. Where assessments can be useful
5. Opportunity to take and make own

See full details in slide deck: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jGmDCvTXKU9-eTPZVVCieR4GVxPDfEAkMeFQuZYWU2g/edit#slide=id.g2c23a186cd4_0_741

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Supporting research

Why is Assessment Important? article from Edutopia: https://www.edutopia.org/assessment-guide-importance

A multimodal assessment framework for higher education: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2042753020927201

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Session specifications

Topic:
Assessment/evaluations/use of data
Grade level:
PK-5
Skill level:
Beginner
Audience:
Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Attendee devices:
Devices useful
Attendee device specification:
Smartphone: Android, iOS
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Participant accounts, software and other materials:
If you have the Seesaw app, you can immediately use the free lessons we will provide at the session.
Subject area:
ELL, Language arts
ISTE Standards:
For Education Leaders:
Equity and Citizenship Advocate
  • Ensure all students have access to the technology and connectivity necessary to participate in authentic and engaging learning opportunities.
For Students:
Empowered Learner
  • Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
Creative Communicator
  • Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models or simulations.
Disclosure:
The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

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