NEARPOD

Description of the tool

  • Nearpod helps educators make their lessons more interactive whether in the classroom or virtual. Nearpod can be used in a variety of ways to support student learning. Students can take multiple choice quizzes, post notes or images to the collaboration board, answer open-ended questions, respond to a poll or draw on a map. It is an amazing tool enabling students to take ownership of their own learning rather than passively viewing a teacher-directed whole class presentation.

How to access the website

  • Go to the website nearpod.com to create an account and start making interactive lessons.

How it works

  • You can use Nearpod for your whole lesson if you want by uploading your powerpoint slides and adding some activities in it or you can use it for gamified activities by making use of the activities available. 

  • You can also create a new presentation by choosing templates for slides or activities.

  • Below is a list of activities on Nearpod:

Time to Climb is a multiple-choice quiz game that can be played in Live or Student-Paced lessons.

Open-Ended Question can be added to your lesson for students to respond with a written or audio response.

Matching Pairs allows students to match text to images, text to text, or image to image.

With a Quiz, you can add multiple-choice questions to your Nearpod lesson.

Flipgrid allows students to record short videos and share them with their teacher and class.

The Draw It activity allows students to respond to a prompt with drawings, text, and images.

Collaborate Board is an interactive discussion board that allows students to post text and images to a shared class board. It's a great way to spark class discussion, brainstorm, or check in on how students are feeling.

Poll activities allow teachers to ask a multiple choice question without a right answer to check for understanding, take a class vote, highlight student opinions, and more.

Fill in the Blanks is a drag and drop activity that allows students to complete a passage and populate blanks with words. 

Memory Test shows students a grid of "face-down" image cards that they click on one by one to reveal an image. Their objective is to match identical images.

How it can be used in the classroom

  • By choosing one or several of the activities above, interactive lessons can be created in both online and face-to-face classes.

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