As you start planning your classes for the rest of the semester, you might want to check out this post on engagement while teaching remotely. If you scroll down to where it says Keep it simple with eLearning modalities, you'll see where the author mentions using Flipgrid and Pear Deck with her online college classes. We've sent out information on using both in previous Friday Matinees.
Nearpod is an add-on for Google Slides and works with PowerPoint and is very similar to Pear Deck. Here's a comparison of both tools. Both have free versions and offer interactivity during presentations with either Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint. The free version of Nearpod seems to have more interactive features available than Pear Deck. Like Edpuzzle, you can also make your videos interactive. Nearpod offers some pre-made interactive lessons and videos with the basic plan and your lessons can be presented live or in student-paced mode, which is great for online learning. You can also add a lesson to Zoom with one click!
If you go here, you'll find some resources that KATE has curated to help you learn more about Nearpod by clicking on the link at the top of the page. There are videos on getting started, using it with PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canvas, and more
Back to Pear Deck for a minute:
In case you are more of a Peardeck fan, here's a link to get 3 months of unlimited access to all of Pear Deck's premium features. When the 90 days is up, you can go back to a basic free account. Not sure when this deal with end.
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