New to Nearpod? Nearpod is a versatile learning tool that works on any platform, any device, and any learning environment, in-person or at a distance. It complements your use of Seesaw or Google Classroom, gives you a live look into what students are doing, and is packed with over 20 types of learning activities as well as tools that will support all of your learners. Nearpod also has an extensive library of pre-made activities that you can send to your students in a flash, or you can create activities that use a combination of self-made and third-party content. It's one of the best edtech tools for teaching and learning out there, and best of all, almost all of the best features are free for teachers!
In Nearpod 201, I show you how you can go beyond pre-made lessons to make your own lessons to engage your students and track their learning. We'll dive into using a few of the many types of activities that you can create in a Nearpod lesson, as well as examine some of the different supports you can enable to support struggling learners.
This session was recorded on March 3, 2021.
Nearpod 201: Activity Design
5:00 - Creating a Nearpod lesson
7:05 - Creating an interactive video activity
23:10 - Questions about videos and storage
27:10 - Embedding web content into a Nearpod lesson
30:10 - Asking Open-Ended questions
38:25 - "Drawing" to Conclusion
43:20 - Supports for Student Success
0:40 - Collaborate Board
20:55 - Video
28:50 - Web Content
41:20 - Draw-It
Nearpod Lesson for this Session - follow along with the video by accessing the Nearpod lessons in self-paced mode!
Nearpod Student Tips and Prompts Slides - includes examples of how to interact with various activities. Great for sharing with students as media for them to consult when doing activities (Shared by Robin McLean at Camp Engage Winter 2021)
Camp Engage - this was a winter online conference hosted by Nearpod that happened a few weeks back. All of the sessions were recorded and are freely accessible, though they won't be up forever. Lots of great sessions for Nearpod users at all levels!