1. Look at Me Now, Look at Me Now, I’m Leaving Paper!
Presented by Edali Carlos, Antionette Wash, and Jennifer Ozturk
Alief ISD

2. In today’s session
You will learn how to start collecting your students' work with digital portfolios. Teachers PK - 5th Grade will learn how to implement these web based tools: Seesaw, Google Classroom, and Schoology in their digital classroom.

3. Edali Carlos I have been working for Alief ISD for 9 years.
Instructional Technology Specialist and GT Coordinator Youens Elementary
I have been working for Alief ISD for 9 years.
2 years at Youens Elementary
3 years at Kennedy Elementary (Science/ Instructional Technology Specialist)
4 years as a classroom teacher at Kennedy Elementary

4. Antionette Wash I have been working for Alief ISD for 9 years.
2nd Grade Monolingual Teacher
I have been working for Alief ISD for 9 years.
2 years at Youens Elementary (Primary teacher)
2 years at Alief Learning Center(Librarian Assistant)
4 years at Bush Elementary (Behavior Interventionist)

5. Jennifer Ozturk I have been working in education for 19 years.
Library Information Specialist and GT Coordinator
Youens Elementary
I have been working in education for 19 years.
15 years in elementary (6 as a Library Information Specialist)
2 years in middle school
2 years in high school

7. Advantages
Easy login
iOS Devices, Android Devices, Kindle Fire, and Chromebooks
Drawing tool, Camera, Video, Links,
Empowers students to document their own work independently or in groups
Creates a positive environment between students.
Review their products before publishing into the class feed
Parents are able to login and see what students have published for the day
Communication between parents and teachers
Quick formative assessments
Lesson ideas
Upload projects that are in jpeg, png, PDF, video
Print work with QR Codes

8. Disadvantages
Only assignments can be visible in calendar and can only be added on a day by day basis.
When using their drawing tools, you can’t do multiple pages.
If you make a mistake while you are recording, you have to start all over again.
Seesaw Plus and Seesaw for Schools has an annual fee (pay for more assessment tools, tracking student info, and record private student notes)
Can’t check tracking tech data usage

9. Examples of students work

10. https://classroom.google.com/
1st Grade Smarties
2nd Grade Smarties

11. Advantages Great for peer-to-peer and student-to-teacher collaboration
Can be used with all other aspects of Google (such as slides, docs, sheets, etc)
Can be easily monitored by the teacher
Allows for students to collect work for the entire school year in one location.
Great for taking notes
Allows for the teacher to see “real-time” work of multiple students at one time
Students can collaborate with people outside of the classroom (such as other teachers or administrators).
Teachers can easily control who can see and edit documents in the Google Classroom

12. Disadvantages
Students must be comfortable with being able to login into Google Classroom, preferably by using a Gmail account
Does not allow for “private” parent collaboration
Displays students’ first and last names

13. Schoology Examples (insert hyperlink) https://alief.schoology.com/home
Students can access their projects through their assignments.

14. Advantages
Many districts use Schoology so there is a small learning curve for students
Looks like social media (Facebook) so it is a familiar format for many students
Students can like other students’ posts and comment on discussions
Comments on assignments can be recorded orally and turned in
Web based so can be used on any type of device
Students can attach files (Office program documents) or hyperlinks to Google Docs, Slides, or Forms

15. Disadvantages
Challenging for students to log in (depending on how districts set up log-in)
Not as many primary students are familiar with Facebook so the similarities may not be as helpful for elementary students
More steps to follow to turn in assignments
Difficulty in turning in video type assignments or projects from iPad apps
Not as primary friendly (not as many graphics)
Students create projects in other formats, then turn it in via Schoology

16. Examples of student work turned in via Schoology

17. Survey
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18. Thank you for attending!
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Jennifer Ozturk:
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