One of the newest technologies that I was introduced to in my class was a website called Nearpod. This website is quite unique and unlike any other website that I have seen or used before. Nearpod is an interface that allows teachers to create interactive and engaging lesson plans and presentations for their classes that can be accessed on mobile devices like iPads or mobile phones. A teacher can easily create a presentation in a few simple steps: First, a teacher can choose to create or download a pre-existing presentation available on the Nearpod website. Second, after customizing their lesson plan to fit their liking, they can share the lesson with their students and have control over while being used. While using the lesson, the teacher can monitor a student's responses and activity in real time through the mobile devices being used, either through a smartphone, iPad, or PC. What's great about Nearpod is that teachers can also include assessments throughout a lesson to check for understanding and determine who is falling behind in real time. That's what makes Nearpod so amazing, being able to track and help students in real time, unlike traditional lessons and presentations where the teacher has no clue as to who is struggling or failing to understand.
A link to Nearpod is listed below. You can easily contact a member for help and tour the site. You can also explore available presentations to see if Nearpod is something you would like to use in your classroom.
http://www.nearpod.com/index2.php
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