Thursday, March 15, 2018

Nearpod: Check for Understanding in Real-Time

Have you ever wondered how you can present information and assess ALL students in real-time? With Nearpod, teachers can deliver content-rich presentations and check for understanding through a variety of interactive questions. Interactive Nearpod Presentations can be created in minutes by importing existing content from Google Slides presentations, PDFs, jpegs, and PowerPoint presentations, and adding interactive features like quizzes, polls, open-ended questions, drawing boards, and more. Alternatively, teachers can search the Nearpod Library and choose from thousands of free or pay-for lessons from other educators and a variety of content providers.


Ideas for the Classroom
  • Presentation Tool: Teachers control the pacing of the lesson and you won't have to worry about students not being able to see the board as Nearpod Presentations are shared with each student via a code.
  • Formative Assessment Tool: Teachers can insert open-ended questions, polls, quizzes, and "draw-it" questions to check for student understanding. Results can be viewed in real-time on the teacher's screen allowing the teacher to address learning gaps as they happen or can be retrieved in a data report at the end of the lesson.
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