Are you looking for ways to make your lessons more interactive, engaging, and effective? Pear Deck is a powerful tool that can transform your classroom into a dynamic learning environment. With Pear Deck, you can easily add interactive questions, polls, drawing activities, and more directly into your existing slide presentations. To get your students involved in the action, all they need is the simple JoinPD process.
What is JoinPD?
JoinPD (found at join.pd) is the user-friendly portal that allows students to connect to live Pear Deck sessions. When you start a Pear Deck presentation, it generates a unique code. Students simply enter this code at joinpd.com, and they’re instantly brought into your interactive lesson.
Why Use Pear Deck with JoinPD?
Boost Engagement: Pear Deck breaks up passive lectures with activities that get students thinking and responding.
Real-time Feedback: See student responses as they happen, giving you valuable insights into their understanding.
Formative Assessment: Use Pear Deck to check for comprehension throughout your lessons and adjust your instruction on the fly.
Student-paced Learning: Offer student-paced options where learners can progress through slides and activities at their own speed.
How to Get Started with Pear Deck and JoinPD
Create a Pear Deck Account: Visit Pear Deck’s website join.nearpod.com and sign up for a free or premium account.
Install the Pear Deck Add-on: Pear Deck integrates seamlessly with Google Slides or PowerPoint. Install the add-on for your preferred presentation software.
Design Interactive Slides: Use the Pear Deck add-on to add multiple-choice questions, text responses, drawing prompts, and other interactive elements to your slides.
Start a Pear Deck Session: Click “Present with Pear Deck” in your add-on. You’ll get a unique join code.
Direct Students to JoinPD: Have your students go to joinpd.com and enter the join code.
Present and Interact! Lead your class through the presentation. Student responses will appear on your teacher dashboard in real-time.
Important Note: You can require student logins with their school email accounts in your Pear Deck settings. This ensures student identities and allows you to track their individual progress.
Tips for Success
Keep it Simple: Don’t overload your slides with too many questions. Focus on key concepts.
Variety is Key: Mix up question types to keep things interesting.
Provide Feedback: Use the teacher dashboard to highlight student responses, provide clarification, and offer individual feedback.
Make it Fun: Incorporate Pear Deck into games, review sessions, and collaborative projects.
Transforming Your Lessons
Pear Deck, along with the easy JoinPD process, has the power to revolutionize your teaching. By making lessons more interactive and responsive to student needs, you create a dynamic classroom environment where everyone is actively invested in the learning process.
FAQs
What is Pear Deck?
Pear Deck is an educational technology tool that helps teachers create interactive presentations and formative assessments right within their Google Slides or PowerPoint presentations.
What is JoinPD?
JoinPD is the website (joinpd.com) students use to enter the unique code associated with a live Pear Deck presentation and join the interactive experience.
