Blog Post #6: Pear Deck
Pear Deck
This week's post is a video overview and tutorial of the educational technology tool, Pear Deck.
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Hi Caroline,
ReplyDeleteAwesome tutorial! I love how interactive Pear Deck is and need to use it with my 4th graders more often. I have used the instructor-paced activity option before, but rarely provide them with the link to do a self-paced lesson on their own. This was very helpful to refresh myself on how this tool works. I appreciate that you can lock student screens in the instructor-paced lesson option and can open up the self-paced option whenever desired. So neat!
Best,
Miriam
Caroline, you did a great job with this week's blog. I have used Pear Deck many times when I was teaching special education because of the interactive quality it brings to Google Slide presentations. It really gets them engaged in the lesson and keeps their attention much better. I have not used it yet in the library but I will doing some pre-loading lessons with 4th grade for their next content module so I plan to use it to help with some of that instruction. Thank you for the great explanation.
ReplyDeleteHi Caroline! Your presentation was great :)
ReplyDeleteI have never used Pear Deck. I plan to ask the 3-5 teachers at my school about their experiences with it & how I could serve students in the library with this tool. It looks like a great option for getting into lessons where we're connecting content and library skills. Thanks so much for sharing!
Caroline,
ReplyDeleteI've not used Pear Deck before. I don't believe I've heard of it either. I love that they are interactive to allow for my student to be engaged into the lessons. I absolutely love that they can do it with me or they can do it independently with a simple code. While I like that it's a simple way to get logged in, but it would be even easier if there was a QR code to become engaged. However, I'm on my way to explore the best way to use it in my classroom. Thank you so much.
Caroline, thank you for your post on Pear Deck and your descriptive support on how to use it. I loved using Pear Deck during hybrid teaching because I could keep kids on track while we were learning. I've been thinking about some ways I could implement it in the library, too, and you might have given me some ideas! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this tutorial on Pear Deck! This is such a great tool for formative assessment -- you can quickly and easily get real-time feedback on what kids know, don't know, and/or need help with. This would be great for lessons in the library maybe related to the research process or digital citizenship. You could easily get a feel for what kids know, what step in a project they're on, and/or who needs help with what.
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