[…] check out 20 ways to use Pear Deck to engage students to learn more about how to use this awesome tool with your […]. Students’ answers can be displayed anonymously on the classroom projector, so instead of worrying about getting the right answer and feeling silly in front of peers, your students are putting ideas out there in a safe, anonymous way, discussing, and learning from each other.

No wasted time directing students to a new website or getting a code.

Click on the “Add-ons” menu and “Get add-ons …”. Want to use Pear Deck in your class? Highlight good examples or common misconceptions with the star button. As you advance your slides, students will be prompted to answer your questions! [6] It was also selected as a "Top Ten S'Cool Tool" by EdSurge. Done poorly, it can be an uninspired stream of facts, delivered in sit-and-get style that get forgotten quickly. Students join the presentation in a separate tab (or in a window side-by-side with the video call). Upgrade to Pear Deck Premium to add Drawing and Draggable™ response types. Once all of your slides are designed and ready to go (including interactive slides), it’s as easy as clicking “Present with Pear Deck” in your sidebar menu. 2.

Developer of an online educational platform designed to help schools optimize their one on one programs through interactive synchronized learning experiences. Adapt! Have students identify locations on the map.

Pear Deck offers teachers free webinars on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11 a.m. (lunch break!) Count the number of forces on the object in a diagram like the one below. When you talk about a problem students need to solve -- or a question that needs answered -- how you arrived at your answer is important. ), It’s a way to turn your presentation slides into interactive activities for your students. — on its head.

Here are some Pear Deck math templates to give you more ideas.

This is another digital version of the ultra brain-friendly “brain dump” I described in this post. Pear Deck was founded in 2014 in Iowa City, Iowa. I think that resource is gone, but I just updated the post with some Pear Deck math templates that could be helpful! Create a new text slide or a drawing slide (premium).

Check it out to see how student-paced mode works, how it can be used for remote learning, and for answers to common questions. Helping students understand Anglo Saxon poetry with thought-provoking guided questions (via Melissa Pilakowski).

You can also add Pear Deck to Microsoft Teams.

Ask students if they’re ready to move on with a multiple choice question. ), drag an icon to a specific part of the slide (premium only), for the beginning of a lesson (check prior knowledge, ask what students are curious about), during the lesson (summarize, assess learning, gauge understanding), at the end of the lesson (retell what they learned, share feelings), Open the teacher dashboard in a new tab (under “more”), Open the teacher dashboard on another device (under “more”).

This ebook will walk you through everything from installing the add-on for Google Slides, to using the Teacher Dashboard. While Pear Deck has always worked with Google Apps for Education, now teachers at schools using Microsoft Office 365 apps like PowerPoint Online and Teams can add the magic of formative assessments and interactive questions to their classroom experience.