Nearpod

Nearpod is a learning platform that can be used by teachers to enhance instruction. It helps to promote 21st-century skills like collaboration and communication between students and teachers. This platform can be used to formally assess students and engage them throughout the learning process. Nearpod is used in the classroom through a digital format. One great advantage of nearpod is that it can be used on any device that may be available at your school! This platform can be used to create virtual lessons that the teacher can follow along with as the students complete them in real-time. It is a quick way for teachers to assess exactly what students do and do not know. Nearpod is fairly simple to use and navigate and has endless benefits. It has been proven to raise engagement levels of the students by more than 85%! This is the engagement level I want to see in my classroom. Nearpod also gives several opportunities to deepen the understanding of your students. It has lessons with embedded open-ended questions for students about any given topic of your choosing. I am sure by now you are wondering how much the platform costs to use and the answer may shock you. There is a free option for this amazing tool!! Yes FREE! The free option gives all the basic features of the sight and more than enough storage to get you going. Definitely worth signing up for to see if you may be interested in buying into the more advanced versions. This platform has endless learning opportunities for you and your students to participate in and is something that every educator should be willing to try for their students. When learning about this topic something that stuck out to me was the virtual field trips that are available to use. Unfortunately, this feature does not come with the free version, but would be awesome to try out with your students if you are able to! There are many learning opportunities that come with the virtual field trips that would help to build background knowledge of many lessons and topics with your students! 

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