Course Overview
Course Overview
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In this self-paced, online course, participants will be introduced to Pear Deck, a student engagement tool that lets students join and interact with teacher presentations from any device. Participants will learn about the Google Slides add-on and how to design and create formative assessments right within the presentation.
All FWISD educators are welcome to participate in this beginner-level course.
Level: Beginner
FLEX ELECTIVE CREDIT: 1
CPE CREDIT: 1
Please note that there may be some practice steps included below. These are not required to receive credit for this course. Credit is granted to participants who score a minimum of 80% on the Course Assessment.
Please note that there may be some practice steps included below. These are not required to receive credit for this course. Credit is granted to participants who score a minimum of 80% on the Course Assessment.
Course Objectives
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to...
By the end of this course, you will be able to...
experience Pear Deck from the student perspective.
access Pear Deck, including how to install and access the Pear Deck add-on for Google Slides.
create and share a Pear Deck.
differentiate between instructor-paced and student-paced presentation.
review student responses in the Teacher Dashboard.
Guiding Questions
Guiding Questions
What is Pear Deck?
How do you install and access Pear Deck via the Pear Deck add-on for Google Slides?
How do you create a Pear Deck from scratch and using templates?
How do you share a Pear Deck with students in both instructor-paced and student-paced mode?
How do you review student responses in the Teacher Dashboard?
Complete the Pear Deck to experience the tool from a student perspective.
Watch the video to learn more about setting up your account and to preview the features of the tool.
Complete the tutorial to learn how to install the Pear Deck Add-on in Google Slides.
See all the steps for this tutorial in one stream by clicking HERE.
Watch the video to learn how to add questions to your Google Slides lesson.
Read the information about the different question types you can add using Pear Deck.
Watch the video to learn how to present your Pear Deck to your class.
Watch the video to learn more about Student-Paced Mode.
Read the information about how to use the Teacher Dashboard.
You must answer all questions correctly and receive a score of at least 80% to receive credit for this course.
👉You may retake the assessment as many times as you need in order to score 80%👈
NOTE:
You must be logged into your FWISD Google Account in order to take this assessment. In another browser window, navigate to www.fwisd.org/myfwisd and log in. If you have not used your FWISD Google Drive before, you must click on Google Drive within your MyFWISD portal in order to activate your FWISD Google connection. Once you have initiated that connection, you will be able to return to this page and click on the image above to take the assessment.
Before taking the assessment, can you answer these guiding questions?
Before taking the assessment, can you answer these guiding questions?
What is Pear Deck?
How do you install and access Pear Deck via the Pear Deck add-on for Google Slides?
How do you create a Pear Deck from scratch and using templates?
How do you share a Pear Deck with students in both instructor-paced and student-paced mode?
How do you review student responses in the Teacher Dashboard?
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