Nearpod for Teachers

Written by Kristen Harms/ posted by Elegan Kramer

 

Nearpod Introduction Video

 

Nearpod enables instructors to limit distraction and multitasking during a lesson by broadcasting content and interactive learning activities/exercises to student devices in real-time.

Slide Content and Activities

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	Thousands of videos featuring trusted brands, curated to save teachers time (No need to search YouTube!  No ads!) Discover relevant and relatable content that respects student interest and identity. Cultivate active experiences with built-in, interactive, standards-aligned questions.  Teachers can also make the video interactive.
	Create a traditional slide in Nearpod or import from Google Slides
	Connect students to any website on the internet opens up endless possibilities to share information with students
	a library of 100 stunning 3D objects that you can easily add to your Nearpod lessons
	PhET simulations engage students in science and math concepts through an intuitive, game-like environment. Students learn through exploration and discovery.
	Nearpod VR takes your classroom on Virtual Reality Field Trips with 450 ready-to-run lessons to inspire students to investigate and broaden their horizons.
	Nearpod is giving teachers the option of adding videos from BBC Worldwide directly into their lessons
	Teachers can enhance their Nearpod lessons with the addition of Sway presentations. Sway lets teachers tell compelling digital stories and design beautiful presentations. Unlike traditional static presentations, Sway incorporates multimedia and interactive elements to offer a rich experience.
	With the slideshow feature, students can scroll through multiple slides on their own pace. This is a great way to include slides you want students to look through on their own during a Live Participation lesson, or a way to break up the way material is presented.
	Teachers can upload an mp3 recording to the for students to listen from the teacher’s device or their individual devices.

	Time to Climb is a highly interactive gamified activity within the Nearpod Student Engagement Platform. Students race to the top of the mountain against the clock by answering multiple choice questions. Time to Climb activities are great for bell ringers, learning checks, exit tickets and more.
	The open ended questioning asks students to work together as a class to write an answer to a question about a text, and include the evidence they found after re-reading the story.
	Select corresponding text and images for your students to match. All you have to do is create the pairs and you're all set. You can use our timer feature when creating the matching pairs activity to specify a time limit for your students as well.
	With a Quiz, you can add multiple-choice questions to your Nearpod lesson. Quizzes are auto-graded, so you'll know right away what students understand, and you can share out the results with students in real-time.
	Flipgrid allows students to record short videos and share them with their teacher and class. In order to use Flipgrid within Nearpod, you'll need a Flipgrid account. If you've never created a Flipgrid account, you can create one here. This activity works only when using Nearpod in a web browser.
	The Draw It activity allows students to respond to a prompt with drawings, text, and images. You can upload a background image, or have students draw on a blank background.
	Collaborate Board allows for crowd sourced ideas within the feature. Students are able to indicate their preference for certain responses by simply clicking on the heart icon. Teachers then are able to sort boards based on number of likes—they also have the ability to delete comments. This is similar to Padlet.
	Poll activities allow teachers to ask a multiple choice questions without a right answer to check for understanding, take a class vote, highlight student opinions, and more. The Poll activity can be used for multiple-choice questions that do not have a correct answer.
	Fill in the Blanks is a drag and drop activity that allows students to complete a passage and populate blanks with words. Students get instant feedback, so they'll know what words or concepts they need more practice with.
	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. This can be a great brain break or game.