Digital stickers are so much fun – but how do you keep them?
The old fashioned way, with a digital twist – in a digital STICKER BOOK!
How to use in Seesaw:
Create a folder named ‘STICKER BOOK’
2. Upload a sticker book PNG image to your library (click on the big GREEN + sign and Assign Activity)
3. Assign to your class and put into the ‘STICKER BOOK’ folder, with instructions for your students to personalise their sticker book by adding their name.
4. It will show in your students’ ACTIVITIES when they log in.
5. Important: Once students have opened and SAVED their sticker book it will appear for you to approve.
6. Now, as other work is approved, you can add a sticker to individual student’s sticker books. edit by clicking on the three dots, add a digital sticker, and save.
Digital stickers are in my Top 5 cool things to come out of distance learning!
Not only are digital stickers a way of staying connected and building relationship with our students, but they are also a huge money saver for teachers! You can use them again, and again, and again.
Another awesome thing about digital stickers is if there is a particular sticker that is a favourite (there is always one!), then you don’t have to skimp on handing it out! Nobody wants disappointed faces! Hooray!
So how do you use DIGITAL STICKERS? Well, they can be added to any piece of digital work that can be edited! So if you use Google Classroom, you simply edit the student’s submitted work and add a sticker!
I use digital stickers in my Seesaw classroom. You can see below some work that a student has completed.
To add a digital sticker to Seesaw:
Click on the three dots at the bottom-right of the student work screen.
2. Select EDIT ITEM
3. Select the CAMERA icon
4. Find your purchased digital stickers in your computer files. Digital stickers come as .PNG files, so they have a transparent background – select the .PNG file/sticker that you want to use and click OPEN.
5. You digital sticker will then be inserted to the student’s work file. You may need to resize the sticker.
6. You can also add a text box so that you can add a comment about the student’s work!
7. Finally click on the green tick icon at the top right of the screen. Now your student can see your comment and their new digital sticker! Some students like to ‘collect’ stickers and put them in a digital ‘sticker book’.
So that’s how you add DIGITAL stickers to student work. It’s as easy as inserting an image into a PowerPoint, but goes a long way towards student engagement and excitement when learning online.
