Lessons Learned: Innovative Ideas to Keep Students Engaged
In this 40-minute webinar, we provide practical examples and success stories from Seesaw educators from Australia and New Zealand actively using engaging techniques to spark joy, boost participation, and help students take ownership of their learning.
Trusted and loved by 275,000+ educators, students, and families in New Zealand, Seesaw offers a suite of award-winning tools, resources, and curriculum with interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features that provide continuous visibility into the student’s learning journey from ECE through Year 7.
Major Investments in Seesaw for
New Zealand Customers in January 2025
As the Seesaw educator community continues to expand, we are heavily investing in your experience for back-to-school 2025. Based on feedback from our millions of users, we are adding significant enhancements to make Seesaw even better for our school partners and instructional leaders.
Tailored User Experience
User experience and content customised for New Zealand and Oceania schools.
New Wonde and Okta Integrations
Support a streamlined EdTech ecosystem with seamless integrations.
More Lessons Aligned with New Zealand and International Standards
Even more lessons aligned with national standards and curricula.
Optimised for Performance
Building on our commitment to our customers, Seesaw will utilise data servers located in the region. This will improve the experience for all New Zealand-based paid users resulting in significant performance enhancements.
Digital Portfolios
Track growth year-over-year with Seesaw’s digital portfolios. Demonstrate proficiency beyond traditional assessments and help support parent-teacher interviews.
Multimodal Learning
Seesaw fosters creative expression and the ability for students to show what they know. With a variety of activity options – including audio, video, annotation, and text – students of all ages and abilities are empowered to collaborate with their peers, build and reflect on their knowledge, and share their work in meaningful ways.
Assessment & Insights
Teachers and education leaders gain deep insights through class, school, and multi-school group dashboards which provide formative assessment marks, activity completion and proficiency ratings – all in a single view.
- Capture evidence of learning
- Measure student growth over time
- Inform differentiated instruction
Family Engagement
Seesaw provides meaningful connections between families and the classroom, allowing family members to view student work on any device and celebrate their child’s learning. Easily share lessons, activities and events with your school families in over 100 languages.
Privacy
Privacy and Security are our top priorities. At Seesaw, we:
- Use security and encryption best practices to safeguard personal data, including regular third party security audits
- Are transparent about how we collect and handle personal data
- Never sell your data or advertise third party products in Seesaw
- Don’t own the content you create in Seesaw, and student work is private by default
- Comply with New Zealand Privacy Act.
Supplement your Curriculum
The Seesaw Library is filled with lessons to support core instruction, acceleration, remediation and differentiated learning. Ready-to-teach lessons built with Seesaw’s engaging multimodal learning tools help educators deliver evidence-based instruction. Lessons include everything educators need to teach with confidence, including:
- Scope and Sequence
- Lesson Plans
- Assessments
- Answer Keys
- Printable Handouts
- Instructional Resources
- Practice Activities
Seesaw Resource - A Look Inside SI&I
Context Is Everything: Reimagining Edtech for Early Learners
Early learners have unique needs and are at a critical stage in development. Therefore is important to design and implement technology to meet their unique needs through learning environments that are connected, inclusive, and joyful to ensure a solid foundation for learning and success in the future. The white paper features research and a forward by the CIO of ISTE with acknowledgements from The LEGO Foundation, ISTE, Digital Promise, CAST, Sesame Workshop, US Dept. of Ed. (DE), and other trusted industry leaders.
Learn how Educators in New Zealand are Finding Success with Seesaw
“I love the opportunity to connect with the parents and demonstrate to them how things are done in the classroom. Seesaw helps me to teach the parents strategies for helping with reading, writing and maths at home.”
– Susan M, teacher, Canterbury
“Seesaw helps me make a collection of children’s work that shows progression over the year.”
– Rae L, teacher, Dannevirke
“With a range of skills within my classroom, Seesaw allows me to individualise learning for my students. The students no longer stress when it comes to completing tasks as they are able to express their learning in a format they are most comfortable with.”
– Moni D, teacher, Waima
Awards & Recognition
