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📣 Pear Deck Access Update

Starting at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, the district will no longer provide Pear Deck Premium licenses due to budget realignments.

✅ What Stays the Same:

You can continue using the free version of Pear Deck through your Google Slides.
All previously created lessons and interactive slides remain saved and accessible.

❌ What’s Changing:

Premium-only features (like the Teacher Dashboard, Draggable™ slides, Takeaways™, and Drawing™ tools) will no longer be available.
Unlimited storage and certain advanced templates/features will revert to the free-tier limits.

For a full list of feature comparisons, visit this link!

We encourage you to continue using Pear Deck Free if it supports your classroom needs! If you have questions or need help adjusting your lessons or workflows, please reach out to the Digital Learning Team — we’re happy to support you.

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Level Up Your Slides

Design a new presentation or open an existing one in Slides.
Select "Add-On" > "Get Add-On" > Search for "Pear Deck for Google Slides" > Install the Add-On!

Formative Assessments

Pear Deck has created a library of templates to support learning objectives typically found at the beginning, middle, and end of a class.
Drop in one of these templates (Bell Ringers, Checks for Understanding, Exit Tickets, and more!) for instant engagement

Please note - With the shift to the non-paid version of Pear Deck, many of the premium features are disabled. See this Feature Comparison Document for more information.

Presenting with Pear Deck

Pear Deck gives you two options for presenting. Look below to learn more!

Self-Paced

With Student Paced Mode, you can allow students to join any presentation Session independently and work through your slides at their own pace, on their own time!

Check out the full Self-Paced Guide here.

Teacher-Led

Start your presentation and students will join your Session from any device with a web browser. As you advance your slides, students will be prompted to answer your questions. Students’ answers can be displayed anonymously on the classroom projector, so students are putting ideas out there in a safe, anonymous way, discussing, and learning from each other.

Check out the full Teacher-Led Guide here.

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