Pear Deck

Pear Deck is a new way to use devices in a class and prevent students from being distracted by their computers. For example using visuals accessible to each student to explain specific topics in lessons. This way students always have the material attainable and no paper is wasted or used.  For example, the topic of looking at one's own feelings and comparing it to another person's, a teacher can display two sketched people on a page with slightly different shapes for heads. This demonstrates that although we are all human, each individual goes through experiences in a different way and may have opposing thoughts to ours. 

The teacher may ask students to write their opinion about a subject in one of the heads on the paper, and then an opposing opinion or point of view on the other. Instead of viewing information on a black and white sheet of paper with minimal pictures, Pear Deck provides students with animations, gifs and clips that can better capture their understanding on a topic. A code is given to the students where they log in and join a specific class. Small questions can be asked after every few slides where all students can answer individually to indicate how well they were paying attention in class as well as their knowledge on a given subject.

https://www.peardeck.com/

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