Pear Deck is already a fantastic tool to increase engagement and formatively assess students, but there are new features and options that make it better than ever!
If you have not used Pear Deck, here are a few highlights:
Pear Deck works with Google Slides.
Pear Deck is approved for use with all grade levels in CFB.
Pear Deck can be used on: iPads, Chromebooks and Laptops.
Pear Deck has made some changes to the add-on menu in Google Slides and to the types and functionality of their interactive slides! These updates mean students have a better experience and teachers receive more feedback. Let's explore the menu:
Get Started Quickly- AI generated lesson options (explore more in detail below)
Make your Lesson Interactive (Question types) *new features italicized
Text- written response, short answer or paragraph
Poll- multiple choices to select from but NOT graded
Website- share a web link for students to access
Draggable- move set symbols or icons on a slide
Choice- multiple choice questions (select right answer and point value, AUTOGRADED)
Number- numeric response (set correct response and point values, AUTOGRADED)
Draw- students can use drawing tools to respond to prompt
Audio- teacher can add audio to ANY slide (with or without other interaction)
Add a Slide Template- Premade slides with interactivity to add at any point in your lesson (see below for more information)
The template library has been updated to include ready-made interactive slides to help build lessons, add critical thinking opportunities, SEL check-ins and subject area content layouts. These are great ways to bump up any Google Slides presentation for use with students.
Explore Pear Deck's gallery of certified content. These ready made, standards based lessons are free to use with our district subscription. They currently have lessons created for math and language arts for third through twelfth grades.
*must be logged in to your Peck Deck account to access
Use the "create instant Pear Deck" option to generate a ready to use slide deck with interactivity based on a specific topic, standard, or resource.
After the slide deck is created it can be added to your Google Drive. Once in your Drive, you can edit and/or update information as needed.
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**as with all AI generated content, double check for accuracy