Description of Nearpod: Nearpod is a great tech tool for teachers to use in their classroom to engage their students in learning. Students can sign into nearpod and join your lesson. It offers content features such as slides, video, web content, nearpod 3D, simulation, VR field trip, BBC video, sway, slideshow, audio, and PDF viewer. It also offers activities to add in like time to climb, open-ended question, matching pairs, quiz, flipgrid, draw it, collaborate board, poll, fill-in-the-blanks, and memory tests. The teacher is in full control of when the slide changes on the students' screen.
Danielson Tie-In: Using Nearpod in a classroom relates to domain 3C, engaging students. Doing a fun activity like nearpod really engages students and makes them excited about learning. The students are actively working and participating instead of watching their teacher work. It also relates to 3B, discussion and question techniques. Nearpod offers many different discussion and question types to try out for your classroom.
Evaluation of the Tech Tool: I will definitely use Nearpod in my future classroom because it is easy to use and fun for students. The website is easy to navigate and make content and activities. It is also easy for the students to use because they just enter the class code and their screen mimics the teacher's screen.
Iste and 4C's Tie-In: Nearpod ties in Iste standards for students. It ties in to 1.2 digital citizen because students have to use the internet and their computer for the activity. Also, Iste standard 1.4 Innovative Designer is explored using Nearpod because students have to come up with different answers and be quick to answer the questions because there is a time limit.
Danielson Tie-In: Using Nearpod in a classroom relates to domain 3C, engaging students. Doing a fun activity like nearpod really engages students and makes them excited about learning. The students are actively working and participating instead of watching their teacher work. It also relates to 3B, discussion and question techniques. Nearpod offers many different discussion and question types to try out for your classroom.
Evaluation of the Tech Tool: I will definitely use Nearpod in my future classroom because it is easy to use and fun for students. The website is easy to navigate and make content and activities. It is also easy for the students to use because they just enter the class code and their screen mimics the teacher's screen.
Iste and 4C's Tie-In: Nearpod ties in Iste standards for students. It ties in to 1.2 digital citizen because students have to use the internet and their computer for the activity. Also, Iste standard 1.4 Innovative Designer is explored using Nearpod because students have to come up with different answers and be quick to answer the questions because there is a time limit.