Are you headed to ISTE this year?
If you are an educator that uses Seesaw in your school and want to show off your content creating skills, apply to be in the Seesaw Showdown! Respond to a few questions sharing your excitement about being in the showdown and how and why you think you’re ready to show off your content creation skills in Seesaw. 16 educators will be selected to participate in our Showdown Live at ISTE!
Application Deadline is May 19th.
Why You Should Join the Fun
- Bragging Rights! All 16 finalists receive the coveted “Seesaw Showdown hat and shirt”
- Be in the Spotlight! Featured on Seesaw’s website and social media.
- Swag & Prizes! All round winners receive a Seesaw Swag Pack, and the final champion wins an iPad cart with 10 iPads.
- Audience Perks! Booth attendees who vote will be entered into a raffle to win an iPad.
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* The images shown above are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the grand prize. iPad Cart Image is copyright of Unline, obtained from https://img.uline.com/is/image/uline/H-5489_1?$large$.
ISTE Showdown Event Details
- The Seesaw Showdown competition will be held in the Seesaw exhibit booth #2128 at ISTE June 30, 2025 and July 1st, 2025 in San Antonio, TX.
- Two educator competitors will go head-to-head in each round.
- 8 competition rounds will take place, and one final round on July 1st. (see full schedule in the overview packet)
- During each round, two educators will have 10 mins to create an activity on a topic of their choice.
- Each Finalist will have 5 minutes to explain their activity to the audience and to the Seesaw judges.
- One winner will be selected based on the votes from the crowd
- The round winner will have a chance to be in the final showdown on Tuesday, July 1st at 4:00 pm.
How to Participate
Applications for the Seesaw Showdown open from April 29- May 19, 2025 and are available to U.S. educators who use Seesaw and are attending ISTE. To apply, educators must submit the Seesaw Showdown application form with answers to the following information.
- What you love about Seesaw
- How Seesaw saves you time as a teacher
- A link to an activity you’ve created in Seesaw
- Why you need the iPad cart and plans for it
- How Seesaw boosts student engagement and participation
- Creative and innovative ways you use Seesaw’s features
A panel of Seesaw judges will evaluate application submissions. These finalists will be announced the end of May and featured on Seesaw’s website and social media as part of Teacher Appreciation Month.
* Review the Overview Packet and rubric below before starting your application.
After listening to feedback from our educator community, we have cancelled the previous Seesaw Showdown. Please see the new simplified rules and application process (below). We hope this will make it easier for you to participate and share more about this fun-filled event!
Rules, Eligibility, Scoring Rubrics & Prizes
To learn more about the rules, eligibility, application process, live competition format and prizes, please review the Seesaw Overview Packet.
The Seesaw Showdown at ISTE is open to US educators only. For our non-U.S. resident educators —we deeply appreciate all that you do for the Seesaw community. We wish we could extend the contest to all of our incredible educators worldwide. Unfortunately, due to the complexity of contest and sweepstakes regulations across different countries, we are unable to do so at this time. We truly value your contributions and will continue exploring ways to create opportunities for all members of our global community.
