Seesaw

 Seesaw is a free app that allows teachers and students to create e-portfolios to save important work and send out announcements. There are two apps you can download, the teacher and student app, and the parent app. Through the teacher and student app, there are a wide variety of features that make this app great, besides the main feature, the e-portfolio. For example, there is a general home page where you can look over student work, check the calendar, and see the class list. You also have an activities page where you can save activities to access them later, and even search the community tab for specialized activities other people made. There is also an inbox page where you can send out announcements to parents or students, and receive messages from them as well. The last thing I want to mention about the student and teacher section is that there is also a skills tab, where you can post rubrics and track students’ progress, although this feature does require a premium membership. On the parent app, you have to scan a QR code to add your student to the account. On this app, you can see any announcements the teacher makes, check in on your student’s academic progress, and even see work that the child wants to show off. Seesaw is an app I would recommend for a classroom of any age because it allows the teachers, students, and parents to keep an open line of communication and allows students and parents to save the important work forever.