Technology Tips
PEAR DECK
Pear Deck is an add-on for Google Slides and it's AWESOME. If you've used Nearpod, it's similar. With Pear Deck you can "transform presentations into classroom conversations with an array of interactive and formative assessment questions. With Pear Deck, every learner engages with the interactive activity on his or her own screen, and knows their response will be seen by the teacher, but anonymous to the rest of the class. " To enable Pear Deck, open Google Slides. Under add-ons, click on "Get add-ons." Type Pear Deck in the search menu, and then click the blue button that says "Free." Follow the on-screen prompts to enable. |
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INSERT LEARNING
Use this Chrome extension to turn any website into an interactive "worksheet." Insert Learning allows your to insert instructional content into any website - for example, you can use authentic sources, like a digital newspaper article, and then add interactive features for your students. Are they reading a NYT article about global warming impacting Polar Bears? Drop in a YouTube video of a starving polar bear, add definitions for the word "global warming," and ask students to highlight the topic sentence of each paragraph. Features include the ability to add discussion questions, writing prompts,etc . As the instructor, your screen displays student responses in real-time so you can see who's struggling and who's on track. You can create up to 5 lessons for free. |
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