Nearpod
In One Sentence
What's the Point?
The interactive lesson is all in one place.
You can share lessons with other teachers and collaborate.
There is a library of already created lessons that you can edit.
Student-paced lessons allow for self-paced lessons, differentiation, station rotations, and allows for real-time feedback.
You can share student responses.
You can run student data reports.
You can search lessons by Common Core Standards.
How is it Used by Teachers?
How is it Used by Students?
Virtual Field Trips
Assessment
Interactive Lessons
Embed tools/resources/websites
Provide immediate feedback
Class Discussions (Collaborate Board)
Built in scaffolding
Differentiate to meet all student's needs
Peer-to-Peer feedback
Digital student work can be completed and collected
Use the Nearpod Add-On feature in Google Slides to create the Nearpod
Share Nearpod to Microsoft Teams
Track student attendance and participation
In "Live" mode, teachers have complete control of student devices.
Complete and turn in work
Collaborate
Travel on virtual field trips
Take quizzes and receive immediate feedback
Receive feedback and discuss with peers/teachers
Self-paced learning
Access to tools that allows you to interact with peers
Demonstrate understanding through various features (e.g., polls, Time to Climb, memory, collaborate board, open ended questions)
Checklists
A Quality Nearpod Presentation...
All Presentations
start with greeting, making connections, or warm up
include a bite-sized focused lesson objective
simple learning target that is aligned to standards
follow I do, we do, you do structure
check for understanding throughout
include student interactions, collaboration, feedback
formative assessment at the end
Additional Considerations for Student-Paced
include more models
videos, examples, etc.
include more interactive opportunities for students
virtual field-trips, collaborative platforms
include formative assessment with self-checks
include more technology support
how to videos, pictures, instructions, etc.