Using PearDeck

Alice Keeler shares a guest blog post on PearDeck here.

How to tell FAKE from Real

Helping students determine which web resources are credible can be a daunting job.  PearDeck has created a series of slides to help you with this effort. Here’s the link to their blog post (the PearDeck slides are included). Ready for more? Here's part two.

Giving every student a voice

Here’s a blog post from PearDeck that might help you see why

every student should have a voice- and how easy it can be

using PearDeck.

Ideas from PearDeck

Whether or not you use PearDeck in your presentations, you still might enjoy the pacing suggestions in this blog post.

Snow Days

Here’s a humorous blog post from PearDeck about snow days.  The suggestions made to further engage students would work any time of the year! ( I wrote this several days ago- didn't know it would actually be posted on a snow day!)

Prescription for your slides

Could your slides use a makeover?  This PearDeck post will introduce you to the Slide Doctor along with a slides makeover.

Burning out?

Here are some suggestions for avoiding classroom burnout from Peardeck certified coaches.

Drama in your classroom

Here’s an interesting post from PearDeck relating drama class lessons with suggestions for your classroom.   Some unusual ideas on how to increase student ownership in the learning process.

PearDeck and math

Here’s a new blog post from PearDeck with several ideas on how to use Peardeck interactives in math!  For the complete post, please click here.

Let the students present

In this blog post from PearDeck, you will benefits of student presentations.  Please click here for the link.

Is it best to always rush in?

Inaction is the topic of the latest PearDeck blog post.  It addressed a few issues- how can you tell is a quiet student needs help (as opposed to the more vocal members of your class and when is is best to allow students to work on their own?  Using PearDeck’s student paced option, you can remotely see how students are doing and hopefully make better decisions when to step in and when to allow the student time to work.  If you have questions using PearDeck in your classroom, please reach out to me- we have a District subscription.

PearDeck- pick your option

In this blog post from PearDeck, decide if you want to brainstorm or access.  They demonstrate several question types and how you could best use them in the classroom.  

Direct Instruction Ideas

Here’s a blog post from PearDeck with some suggestions for improving direct instruction.

Peardeck (and foreign languages)

Here’s an engaging post from Peardeck on how to best use Peardeck in your foreign language classes.  From translating requests (students could respond with a number, text response or a drawing) to fill in the blanks- you will find step by step directions.  To start a Peardeck account, go to Peardeck.com.  Just be sure to use your school Google account to get all the benefits of our paid subscription.

Peardeck goes Student Paced!

If you loved Peardeck for sharing (and obtaining) information from your students, you might want to check out their new student-paced option.  Here is their blog post with all the details.

Peardeck and Flubaroo- Perfect Together!

Here’s an interesting blog post from the Peardeck folks with suggestions on how to use multiple choice questions in your classroom to both check for understanding as well as initiate conversation.  At the end of the post, there is a link on reminding you had to link Flubaroo with Peardeck.  How much better could it get?  You can present in class, collect responses from your students and then run the grading software for more data!

Thanksgiving a la Peardeck

Please read this blog post for several interesting ideas using Peardeck to engage your students.  Get them thinking about the real history of Thanksgiving.