What is Pear Deck and How Can You Use it to Engage Students?

Our professor taught us how to use a new technology base on the computer called Pear Deck. While I was not able to use it within the fieldwork classroom, I plan on utilizing it often within my own classroom. It is a great way to engage students instead of just doing a lecture. It also ensures that students are paying attention to the lesson as it requires action from them during the lesson!

One cool aspect of the slides is that you can ask students how they feel that day. This connects to social-emotional learning, and can help the teacher gage how the class is feeling that day. You can also use flashcards on the slide, which are interactive for the students. Students can even help illustrate the flashcards with the "Flashcard Factory" option. It also allows students to answer questions as the lesson is being taught, which helps collect data to see what the students were thinking of during the lesson and what knowledge they were learning.