EdTech Tool Supports & Resources

Pear Deck 

Pear Deck is an interactive slide add-on to Google Slides and Powerpoint that can be utilized for synchronous and asynchronous instruction.  With interactive slides, it creates overt and covert opportunities for student engagement to take place.  Interactive features for Pear Deck include writing, drawing, draggables, active hyperlinks and website embeds, and numbers. This makes for many fun and interactive experiences for students!

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EverFi Pear Deck Resources on Social-Emotional Learning, Business/Entrepreneurship, Digital and Financial Literacy, and More

Click here to view the resources of pre-built Pear Deck slideshows that feature all of these important topics. 

Pear Deck Resources - By Stacey Rosen (see below)

Nearpod

Nearpod is an interactive slide Add-on to Google Slides that allows slides to become interactive for overt and covert active learning to take place.  Nearpod interactive slide integrations include polls, multiple choice, virtual reality, open-ended questions, drawing, video, and many more.  Nearpod provides numerous interactive experiences that can be deployed for synchronous and asynchronous instruction. 

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What is Flipgrid? 

Flipgrid is an interactive audio and video recording platform where students can respond to a teacher's activity, prompt, or question as well as responses created by students. Teachers and students can add emojis, graphics, augmented reality, and more to their recorded response. Responses generally are short and last from 15 seconds to a little over a minute. Student responses can be assessed and graded by the teacher. Last, Flipgrid is very straightforward and easy to and can be shared to students quickly on Canvas, Zoom, an email, or anywhere you can send out a hyperlink. 

Watch to Learn More About Flipgrid: What is Flipgrid in 2 Minutes

Flipgrid Resources

Flipgrid Resources - By Stacey Rosen