Nearpod

Link to Nearpod: https://nearpod.com/

According to the Nearpod website, this app is best described as, “An interactive classroom tool for teachers to engage students with interactive lessons”. The app allows teachers to create presentations that can include quiz’s, polls, videos, images, drawing boards, and web content. After a lesson is created, the app will generate a code that the teacher can share with students so that they can access the lesson on any mobile device as well.

I am not a teacher, but I created a presentation on this app titled, “Music and History”. Instead of using Microsoft Powerpoint, I utilized the presentation tools within Nearpod. Creating the presentation was very easy, and I felt that the tools were simple to use. I was able to input pictures from the web and audio clips. Below is a picture from my lesson.

Nearpod is not just a teacher driven app. Students can also utilize the app with the “Draw It” feature. This allows students to take control and draw their answer on a device such as their cell-phones or a school issued chrome book. Open-Ended Questions is another feature on the app that allows students to write their own answer after a teacher poses a question or sets up a scenario.

Nearpod is truly a great app to use if you are a teacher. There are so many tools and features within the app that can benefit the teacher and students.