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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the arguments against bail?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics of bail believe it’s essentially buying your way out of jail, which is obviously way easier for a rich person than a poor person. Therefore, the argument goes, it’s inherently unfair by disproportionately hurting the poor and minorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the arguments for keeping bail the way it is?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even with all its faults, some research shows that bail is effective at getting people to attend their court hearings. It’s also a free service, meaning state and local governments and the individual taxpayers don’t have to pay for an alternative system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SOURCES\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ji16.pdf\">Jail Inmates in 2016 via BJS\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://issuu.com/csdesignworks/docs/annualreport15\">New York City Criminal Justice Agency Annual Report 2015\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.prisonpolicy.org/scans/DecadeBailResearch12.pdf\">A Decade of Bail Research in New York City\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/prfdsc.pdf\">Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants in State Courts via BJS\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/17/17955306/bail-reform-criminal-justice-inequality\">Vox Explainer on Bail\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.heritage.org/courts/report/the-history-cash-bail\">The History of Cash Bail via The Heritage Foundation\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.aclusocal.org/en/press-releases/aclu-california-statement-governor-brown-signs-bail-reform-legislation-opposed-aclu\">ACLU against California Bail Reform Bill\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/magazine/the-bail-trap.html\">The Bail Trap via New York Times Magazine\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/02/bail-reform-and-risk-assessment-the-cautionary-tale-of-federal-sentencing/\">Bail Reform and Risk Assessment via Harvard Law Review\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I originally started teaching five years ago, I had one ipad for 20 students to share. Five years later and we are not only 1:1 with tablets, but we also have a station of chromebooks for students to use. Students are even starting to take their very own chromebooks home to continue to have access even when they are not in our classrooms. Having this access to technology has been transformative. However, it wasn’t the access \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">alone \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">that was transformative–like anything else, technology is simply a tool. How we \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">use \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">this tool makes it transformative, increasing student engagement and allowing me to connect with parents.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As technology became more present in my classroom, I was encouraged by a friend on Twitter to start using an app called \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://web.seesaw.me/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seesaw\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Seesaw is a student digital portfolio platform that allows students to creatively demonstrate their learning and helps parents connect to their child’s portfolio and communicate with the teacher. Using Seesaw, you can even create a classroom blog to connect with other classrooms in a way that is safe for elementary students. I decided to try it out, since students need to not only have access to technology, but also understand how to use it to innovate, create and solve problems to really prepare them for careers and help them become active classroom participants. Once I started using Seesaw, I saw students more engaged with the material and willing to try new things. I also saw parents connecting to their child’s learning in new ways. Furthermore, I heard students who were timid and afraid to share in class actively sharing their thoughts and ideas in a way they never could before. I was so excited I listened to my friend and tried out a tool that could help me transform my classroom from one that simply had access to technology to one that used technology to increase student choice and to further family connection to student learning.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Increases Student Choice\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A digital portfolio like Seesaw can help students showcase their learning. Seesaw has multiple tools built into the platform that students can use to demonstrate what they’ve learned. Students can take pictures, record live videos or upload videos from other sources, draw and record at the same time, add files from their devices or Google Drive, type onto a digital notebook, or add a link from any website or platform.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So how does this relate to student choice? Say, for example, that you are teaching students to retell key details in a text. They need to introduce the text and use transitional words to write a beginning, middle and end. With Seesaw, they have multiple choices for how to do this.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 1: Students can write in their writing journal. Then they can take a picture and record themselves reading it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/2O1Lzcu\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531084 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 2: Students can use the drawing tool to draw their writing retell, label the parts of their picture and then use the caption tool to write a paragraph.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531083\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 3: Students can complete their writing in a Google Doc and upload it to Seesaw.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or what about math? Students also have multiple choices in how they can demonstrate their learning and understanding in math. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 1: Students can make it interactive with manipulatives. Here the students use place value blocks to build a robot.Then they took a picture of it on Seesaw and used the label tool to annotate their block robot and write out the number.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 2: Students use the drawing tool to draw out their mathematical thinking and then record an explanation.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.a4154da6-909c-4974-8201-3446bd2d3d0f&share_token=EO06ys5ASeqxI5DOE7V47A&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531082 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 3: Students draw and record at the same time while solving simple subtraction problems. The final product is a video.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.6d42541d-1296-477c-ad2a-4ecedcc05d5b&share_token=C62Al6H8Q5SsEXJz7e1RXA&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531081 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can even give them more choices by using outside sources. Within Seesaw you can “App-Smash”–students can literally demonstrate their knowledge anywhere and upload it to Seesaw. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.doink.com/\">DoInk Green Screen\u003c/a>: Students chose to retell important information about Martin Luther King Jr. using DoInk and then uploaded it to Seesaw.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.d0360f73-f502-45a6-9fcf-6ed4fd8ef262&share_token=076mXzlITqeU6tw5kg-9Yw&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531094 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK.png\" width=\"802\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK.png 802w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-160x88.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-800x439.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-768x421.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-240x132.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-375x206.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-520x285.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://spark.adobe.com/\">Adobe Spark\u003c/a>: Students made a video on Adobe Spark instead of a traditional book report and then uploaded it to Seesaw.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.e5ee034b-f877-407f-899f-a0a8be5a1db0&share_token=ou7KaXAfRMqEjEJM2BhG_Q&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531093 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup.png\" width=\"798\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup.png 798w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-160x87.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-768x419.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-240x131.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-375x204.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-520x283.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.duckduckmoose.com/educational-iphone-itouch-apps-for-kids/chatterpix/\">Chatterpix\u003c/a>: Students described a president and used Chatterpix to animate it and then added it to Seesaw.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.6cb1fe81-5f4d-4355-9d9c-3bb35c529a36&share_token=3dL3obUGTDKu1sgnP1ZIdQ&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531092 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix.png\" width=\"646\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix.png 646w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix-240x160.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix-375x251.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix-520x348.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The possibilities for student creativity are really endless. If your students can think it, they can do it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is also another major benefit of Seesaw that I’ve seen in my classroom: connecting parents to their student’s learning.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Connecting With Parents\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The relationship between teacher, student and parent(s) is absolutely essential to the success of every single student. Using a digital portfolio tool like Seesaw is a great way to not only build those relationships, but also have an open door for parents to see exactly what their child is doing in the classroom. Anytime a student uploads an artifact to their portfolio, and the teacher approves it, the parents can get notifications and see what artifact their child uploaded. Additionally, each child can have up to ten family members connected to his/her portfolio. This is probably the biggest area of transformation in my classroom. When we have parent-teacher conferences, the parents now know exactly what to expect because they are seeing their child’s reading, writing and math progression in real time. When we have children from multiple family homes, I am able to communicate effectively with each parent because they are both connected and seeing the same things. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not only can parents see what their child is working on, but they also are actually able to “like” and comment on their child’s work. As a teacher, I can also see exactly which family members have seen which artifacts. I can comment back to them or have the kids comment back. The ability to interact directly with the work builds those relationships and makes a HUGE difference everyday.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here is an example of comments from both parents on their child’s work below.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531088\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1.jpg 2592w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I love love love it! Dad and I are super grateful for you too! Love you to the moon and back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nice work. I love it!!”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And here’s another example where a parent even gives some advice on how to continue to improve.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2.jpg 2592w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Great job. Don’t forget to use capitals when you start a new sentence! Love you!!”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Obviously I love this part of using Seesaw in the classroom, and so do the kids. They love seeing when their parents have interacted with something they worked hard on. Of course, parents love it too and tell me all the time how much they appreciate the ability to connect with their students’ learning. Some comments I have gotten include:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“As a working parent, I often do not get in the classroom as much as I would like to. This app really allows me to see what my child is doing and I feel like I am part of the classroom”.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I wish all teachers would use this app. I love hearing my child reading or seeing what he is learning about throughout the day.”.\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It really helps me at home because I know what she is learning about and I can talk to her more about it.”\u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Technology can be incredibly transformative in the classroom when you have the right tools and know how to use them to further your students growth! Seesaw has allowed my students to have more choice, voice and chances to create. It is a tool that helps me see my students’ thinking processes, their level of understanding and how they learn best. And it is a tool that helps connect family members to my students’ learning on a daily basis.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Editor’s Note:\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>If you want to learn more about how to use digital portfolios in your classroom, take our free, online course \u003ca href=\"https://teach.kqed.org/course/digital-portfolios-with-maker-ed?utm_source=ITC&utm_medium=blog\">Digital Portfolios with Maker Ed\u003c/a> on \u003ca href=\"https://teach.kqed.org/?utm_source=ITC&utm_medium=blog\">KQED Teach\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I originally started teaching five years ago, I had one ipad for 20 students to share. Five years later and we are not only 1:1 with tablets, but we also have a station of chromebooks for students to use. Students are even starting to take their very own chromebooks home to continue to have access even when they are not in our classrooms. Having this access to technology has been transformative. However, it wasn’t the access \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">alone \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">that was transformative–like anything else, technology is simply a tool. How we \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">use \u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">this tool makes it transformative, increasing student engagement and allowing me to connect with parents.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As technology became more present in my classroom, I was encouraged by a friend on Twitter to start using an app called \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://web.seesaw.me/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seesaw\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Seesaw is a student digital portfolio platform that allows students to creatively demonstrate their learning and helps parents connect to their child’s portfolio and communicate with the teacher. Using Seesaw, you can even create a classroom blog to connect with other classrooms in a way that is safe for elementary students. I decided to try it out, since students need to not only have access to technology, but also understand how to use it to innovate, create and solve problems to really prepare them for careers and help them become active classroom participants. Once I started using Seesaw, I saw students more engaged with the material and willing to try new things. I also saw parents connecting to their child’s learning in new ways. Furthermore, I heard students who were timid and afraid to share in class actively sharing their thoughts and ideas in a way they never could before. I was so excited I listened to my friend and tried out a tool that could help me transform my classroom from one that simply had access to technology to one that used technology to increase student choice and to further family connection to student learning.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Increases Student Choice\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A digital portfolio like Seesaw can help students showcase their learning. Seesaw has multiple tools built into the platform that students can use to demonstrate what they’ve learned. Students can take pictures, record live videos or upload videos from other sources, draw and record at the same time, add files from their devices or Google Drive, type onto a digital notebook, or add a link from any website or platform.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">So how does this relate to student choice? Say, for example, that you are teaching students to retell key details in a text. They need to introduce the text and use transitional words to write a beginning, middle and end. With Seesaw, they have multiple choices for how to do this.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 1: Students can write in their writing journal. Then they can take a picture and record themselves reading it.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/2O1Lzcu\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531084 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-4-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 2: Students can use the drawing tool to draw their writing retell, label the parts of their picture and then use the caption tool to write a paragraph.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531083\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-3-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 3: Students can complete their writing in a Google Doc and upload it to Seesaw.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or what about math? Students also have multiple choices in how they can demonstrate their learning and understanding in math. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 1: Students can make it interactive with manipulatives. Here the students use place value blocks to build a robot.Then they took a picture of it on Seesaw and used the label tool to annotate their block robot and write out the number.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531087\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 2: Students use the drawing tool to draw out their mathematical thinking and then record an explanation.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.a4154da6-909c-4974-8201-3446bd2d3d0f&share_token=EO06ys5ASeqxI5DOE7V47A&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531082 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-2-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Choice 3: Students draw and record at the same time while solving simple subtraction problems. The final product is a video.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.6d42541d-1296-477c-ad2a-4ecedcc05d5b&share_token=C62Al6H8Q5SsEXJz7e1RXA&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531081 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw-1-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can even give them more choices by using outside sources. Within Seesaw you can “App-Smash”–students can literally demonstrate their knowledge anywhere and upload it to Seesaw. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.doink.com/\">DoInk Green Screen\u003c/a>: Students chose to retell important information about Martin Luther King Jr. using DoInk and then uploaded it to Seesaw.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.d0360f73-f502-45a6-9fcf-6ed4fd8ef262&share_token=076mXzlITqeU6tw5kg-9Yw&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531094 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK.png\" width=\"802\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK.png 802w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-160x88.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-800x439.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-768x421.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-240x132.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-375x206.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/MLK-520x285.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://spark.adobe.com/\">Adobe Spark\u003c/a>: Students made a video on Adobe Spark instead of a traditional book report and then uploaded it to Seesaw.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.e5ee034b-f877-407f-899f-a0a8be5a1db0&share_token=ou7KaXAfRMqEjEJM2BhG_Q&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531093 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup.png\" width=\"798\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup.png 798w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-160x87.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-768x419.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-240x131.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-375x204.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/soup-520x283.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 798px) 100vw, 798px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://www.duckduckmoose.com/educational-iphone-itouch-apps-for-kids/chatterpix/\">Chatterpix\u003c/a>: Students described a president and used Chatterpix to animate it and then added it to Seesaw.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://app.seesaw.me/pages/shared_item?item_id=item.6cb1fe81-5f4d-4355-9d9c-3bb35c529a36&share_token=3dL3obUGTDKu1sgnP1ZIdQ&mode=share\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531092 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix.png\" width=\"646\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix.png 646w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix-160x107.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix-240x160.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix-375x251.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/GW-chatterpix-520x348.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The possibilities for student creativity are really endless. If your students can think it, they can do it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is also another major benefit of Seesaw that I’ve seen in my classroom: connecting parents to their student’s learning.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Connecting With Parents\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The relationship between teacher, student and parent(s) is absolutely essential to the success of every single student. Using a digital portfolio tool like Seesaw is a great way to not only build those relationships, but also have an open door for parents to see exactly what their child is doing in the classroom. Anytime a student uploads an artifact to their portfolio, and the teacher approves it, the parents can get notifications and see what artifact their child uploaded. Additionally, each child can have up to ten family members connected to his/her portfolio. This is probably the biggest area of transformation in my classroom. When we have parent-teacher conferences, the parents now know exactly what to expect because they are seeing their child’s reading, writing and math progression in real time. When we have children from multiple family homes, I am able to communicate effectively with each parent because they are both connected and seeing the same things. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not only can parents see what their child is working on, but they also are actually able to “like” and comment on their child’s work. As a teacher, I can also see exactly which family members have seen which artifacts. I can comment back to them or have the kids comment back. The ability to interact directly with the work builds those relationships and makes a HUGE difference everyday.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here is an example of comments from both parents on their child’s work below.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531088\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1.jpg 2592w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“I love love love it! Dad and I are super grateful for you too! Love you to the moon and back.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nice work. I love it!!”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And here’s another example where a parent even gives some advice on how to continue to improve.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531089\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2592\" height=\"1944\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2.jpg 2592w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2019/01/Seesaw2-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“Great job. Don’t forget to use capitals when you start a new sentence! Love you!!”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Obviously I love this part of using Seesaw in the classroom, and so do the kids. They love seeing when their parents have interacted with something they worked hard on. Of course, parents love it too and tell me all the time how much they appreciate the ability to connect with their students’ learning. Some comments I have gotten include:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“As a working parent, I often do not get in the classroom as much as I would like to. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“How long are we going to be doing this?” A student speaks up, his tone and body language at the computer clearly communicate his stance: “I didn’t sign up for web design.” Our high school’s project based Engineering classes are held in an expansive makerspace with 20-foot ceilings, a full woodshop, an enclosed welding lab, massive tool cabinets and heavy work tables with loud metal stools. My efforts as a new teacher to have students create online project portfolios pulled us from the workshop and put us in the neighboring computer lab. Students resisted; they had just finished their first project and were eager to start the next. My novice teacher response was to keep repeating that portfolios were worth 25% of the semester grade and to please write about their results. I landed myself in the uncomfortable position of awarding B’s and C’s to students who would have otherwise received high A’s. Since those early days in my teaching career, I have iterated, improved and learned a lot about portfolio uses, benefits and implementation strategy. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Day One\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, my new Engineering Design students immediately start working on their first project: making \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=13&v=zkZYKkxEskQ\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">hydraulic robots\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that are to pick up a tennis ball and to put it into a cup in as little time as possible. I mention nothing of portfolios. Students build their machines in the first two weeks of class, getting familiar with the shop, each other and the flow of a work period. I make sure to include “in as little time as possible” when first describing the challenge so that the following makes sense on evaluation day: “You will have the first half of the period to attempt the challenge. Because I can’t be everywhere with the official stopwatch at once, the no-cell-phone policy is lifted. You are to capture a video of your best result and I’ll evaluate what I see there.” The energy and excitement are project-finale high. Students hustle to capture videos and rush around to watch their peers’ performances. I project a countdown on the big screen and when the buzzer goes off, we leave the shop together. Students are animated in the hall, talking about the project. In the computer lab, I model creating a simple Google Sites web page with an embedded video. They do so and email me the link. Portfolio creation happens just like that, without resistance. Students are excited to share their results.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Afterwards, I explain the importance of portfolios. I explain how every job, scholarship and college application now has a space for a portfolio link. I describe a simple portfolio structure: a main “Landing Page” with a picture they captured, a blurb about themselves and a list of their projects, where each project name links to a page containing project pictures, videos and reflections. 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I’ve found it helpful on project kickoff days to model finding the project reflection prompts, creating a new project link and to then assign students to do the same and to post a few sentences in response to prompt number two:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are the goals of the project? Make it clear what learning we are trying to accomplish and how we’ll know we’ve succeeded.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is easy to then go through each student’s interpretation of the project expectations, catching misconceptions and areas needing further clarification. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the first introductory project where students post a video of their device’s best performance and the second, more substantial project requiring a full portfolio entry, the portfolio process becomes automatic. There are snags and struggles along the way, but this implementation strategy has yielded the most success. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Big Day\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Project based education always entails students preparing for and performing on some “Big Day” that boasts an authentic audience of parents, friends and peers. The experience is wonderful, but typically brings high anxiety to both student and teacher, and let’s not forget the hopelessness for groups struggling to succeed. I remember hollering all period in my early career, “Team seven! You are up next! Team eight! Go ahead and get ready!” By shifting the evaluation away from the Big Day, and towards the portfolio entry documenting and discussing the results, stress is dramatically reduced in several ways. First, I get to be on everybody’s team. No longer am I the evaluator scribbling behind a clipboard. I am relaxed, engaged with classroom visitors, cheering for my students’ success and reminding them about data to capture for the portfolio entry. Second, all of the hollering and spotlight directing goes away. I set up multiple evaluation locations in the room and encourage groups to record results as soon as they are ready. Parents, visitors and peers interested in seeing a group perform will watch. Third, when students post results, they reflect and retain more of the project lesson. Finally, expecting documentation of a project rather than the project itself enables calming conversations like this one: \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“It’s too bad that your project didn’t do as well as we had hoped. Post and review what you saw, then write about what you think went wrong and what changes you would make if you had more time. Remember, the goal is the learning.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“If I post it working later, will I get full credit?” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Absolutely.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Days Ahead\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Portfolios have a larger, future-oriented purpose. A former student emailed,\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I’ve been linking the website you had us create to a lot of job applications I send out. It’s really helpful to show what I’ve done. … I hated doing it, but was well worth [sic]. I’m considering updating it with current projects.” Portfolios also have a softer purpose. Another former student email, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“… something about that footage has captured the fascination of the huddled masses. \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70mvw2d8bN4\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The video\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has gathe\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">red thousands of views and multiple requests to obtain the source code for our device.” Emailing a former teacher about a project posted for class feels like evidence of pride and further reminds me why portfolio work is worth the effort. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any skill—be it creative writing, data analysis, scientific method, historical research or engineering design—can be documented using skill-capturing portfolio entries. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">I finish my portfolio instruction by explaining that each project documentation page will include responses to the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/site/mrvphysics/project-documentation-expectations\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">same 5 reflection prompts\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and that we’re going to do the portfolio work a little at a time–it should never feel like a big deal. I’ve found it helpful on project kickoff days to model finding the project reflection prompts, creating a new project link and to then assign students to do the same and to post a few sentences in response to prompt number two:\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are the goals of the project? 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Harvard is being sued for that very reason–the plaintiffs essentially argue that Harvard’s affirmative action policies discriminate against Asian Americans in an effort to limit their numbers in order to ensure a racial diverse campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FOR EDUCATORS\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nBring \u003ci>Above the Noise\u003c/i> into your middle or high school classroom with \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xNAqXunxRDdn8jSdau3WegwuN0ddw7ynBOgpbwwtPeY/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free lesson plans\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eShkxQA-9cISrVR2uO0BPFBy7K9RLc0q4cCoM7ZgmQk/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewing guide\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/102QNwtiF1wZaZPgqUQfbHNo9-mJeWakiUfUW-5u_UTY/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glossary of terms\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zbGv07Ch8uST8eHLwMJ8aDHkoF2d0o_YE0eOBtugHyM/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcripts\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What is affirmative action?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to colleges and universities, “affirmative action” refers to policies where race and sex are considered in the application process. 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They are places where you learn to interact with and respect people who are different from you, skills that are essential to living and working in a diverse world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>What are the main arguments against affirmative action?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many people that oppose affirmative action believe it’s not fair. They argue that these policies hurt whites and Asian-Americans if “less qualified” minority students are admitted over them. Some argue these policies end up hurting race relations if people assume the only reason a student is at a school is because of their race, even if they would have gotten in without affirmative action. Many opponents believe that college admissions should be based on merit alone, and not on things that you can’t change– like race. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a tenth grade World History teacher in California, I know from experience that many social science educators feel like we are slogging through a sea of standards. Our content standards started off too big and they tend to grow each year. A number of bills have recently been approved by the California state legislature, all of which will likely add to content standards instead of reducing the amount of content social studies teachers sprint through between September and June. These bills include \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB895\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">SB-895\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB830\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">SB830\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and several others.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the advent of College Readiness and Common Core, which added speaking, listening, reading and writing standards to all disciplines, a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://cksraiders.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_610718/File/Academics/Curriculum/5982IR_AwashInASea.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">McREL study\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> found it would take educators 22 years to adequately cover all of our content. Thankfully, we have help in the form of tools like \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://listenwise.com/teach/lessons/social_studies\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Listenwise\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which curates 3-5 minute audio stories from National Public Radio that align with content standards. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://events.listenwise.com.pages.services/the-rise-of-podcasting-and-storytelling?_ga=2.209361042.1433999987.1537506630-531022673.1518971415\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-531010 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/listening-stats.png\" width=\"986\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/listening-stats.png 986w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/listening-stats-160x60.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/listening-stats-800x299.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/listening-stats-768x287.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/listening-stats-960x359.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/listening-stats-240x90.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/listening-stats-375x140.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/listening-stats-520x195.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">(See the larger \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://events.listenwise.com.pages.services/the-rise-of-podcasting-and-storytelling?_ga=2.209361042.1433999987.1537506630-531022673.1518971415\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">infographic here.\u003c/span>\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research is very clear that \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/02/listening-is-a-21st-century-skill/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">listening instruction\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> improves reading comprehension, increases reading speed and expands students’ vocabulary. My students clearly enjoy using Listenwise to improve their \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://historyrewriter.com/2017/01/04/using-listening-to-improve-historical-understanding/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">historical understanding\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> prior to engaging in historical inquiry. Many stories cover multiple content standards across various grade spans, which enable California Social Studies teachers to spiral, or revisit \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/histsocscistnd.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">content standards\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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The data helps me see who is experiencing difficulty with which types of questions and follow up with personalized instruction.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531009\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1014\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz.png 1014w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-160x74.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-800x372.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-768x357.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-960x446.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-240x111.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-375x174.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-520x242.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They also offer discussion questions that open the door to inquiry projects, as recommended in the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.socialstudies.org/c3\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">C3 Framework\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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The data helps me see who is experiencing difficulty with which types of questions and follow up with personalized instruction.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531009\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/education/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1014\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz.png 1014w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-160x74.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-800x372.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-768x357.png 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-960x446.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-240x111.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-375x174.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/38/2018/12/class-quiz-520x242.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">They also offer discussion questions that open the door to inquiry projects, as recommended in the \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.socialstudies.org/c3\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">C3 Framework\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. My students listened to \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://listenwise.com/lessons/35-greek-influence-in-modern-culture\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Greek Influence on Modern Culture\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which aligns with CA-HSS standard 10.1: “Students relate the moral and ethical principles in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy.” I paired this story with additional readings and had students conduct a \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.crf-usa.org/images/t2t/pdf/CivilConversationTeacherandDiscussionGuideRevised.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">civil conversation\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.crf-usa.org/images/t2t/pdf/AthensvSparta.pdf\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Athens vs. Sparta\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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Fortunately, Listenwise provided me with nine other stories on \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://listenwise.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search%5Bfull_form%5D=true&search%5Bquery%5D=Ancient+Greece&search%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=ELA&search%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=Social+Studies&search%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=Science&search%5Bsubject%5D%5B%5D=&search%5Blanguage_challenge%5D%5B%5D=Low&search%5Blanguage_challenge%5D%5B%5D=Medium&search%5Blanguage_challenge%5D%5B%5D=High&search%5Blanguage_challenge%5D%5B%5D=&search%5Bgrade_level%5D%5B%5D=Middle+School&search%5Bgrade_level%5D%5B%5D=High+School&search%5Bgrade_level%5D%5B%5D=&search%5Bsearchable_type%5D%5B%5D=Lesson&search%5Bsearchable_type%5D%5B%5D=Event&search%5Bsearchable_type%5D%5B%5D=\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ancient Greece and Rome\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to continue feeding his passion. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a teacher moving toward inquiry-based instruction, I wonder, “Should I teach content or turn students loose to figure out things on their own?” Thom Markham clearly articulated this dilemma in a previous \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/28820/inquiry-learning-vs-standardized-content-can-they-coexist\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KQED story\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the last several years I’ve been showing Annie Leonard’s “\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://storyofstuff.org/movies/story-of-stuff/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Story of Stuff\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">” whenever I teach climate science to my students. I find it is interesting for them to think about where our “stuff” comes from and what happens to it. This unit usually takes place for us close to the holiday season, when we run an interdisciplinary project entitled \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://mariana68.wixsite.com/charity-fair-project\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charity Fair\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This is an incredibly busy time of year at our school since Charity Fair requires that students complete different components of this project in each of their content areas. 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