What is Pear Deck?

Pear Deck is a specific additional application that works with google slides to enhance lessons and make them into game-based learning. Students can join your google slides from their own devices (phones or computers) and follow along with the lesson. Pear Deck allows for the integration of formative assessment in the form of a "Kahoot"-style game. Students can answer questions on their own devices and the answers will be displayed on the main google slide, allow for students to see what the whole class answered.

As a result, this allows teachers to check with students' understanding and adapt when students don't seem to fully understand the idea. Students can enter picture answers or written responses and a quick glance can tell a teacher everything they need to know about their class' understanding of the subject.