Nearpod in the Classroom

Nearpod is a wonderful tool to use to create engaging and interactive lessons for your students your classroom.  I have used Nearpod a lot in my practicum experience for a fifth grade classroom.  I used Nearpod across all subject areas to help engage the students as well as informally assess the students throughout the lessons.  I have created a math lesson on Nearpod and while I used to introduce a new topic, I also used the drawing tool so that the students could practice.  I implemented many of the tools that Nearpod offers, like the Poll option so that I could informally assess the students.  This really helped because I realized that I had to slow down and revisit the step before.  I loved creating a science lesson on Nearpod because I was able to embed videos and links for the students to use as they researched food webs and food chains.  I added an explanatory paragraph at the end of the Nearpod lesson to provide an assessment.  There are many options for you to use with the settings on your lesson.  On the different options such as polls, multiple choice, and open ended, you can set the answers to anonymous so that the students cannot see each others answers.  I know for the students I had, this was a wonderful option to have. I created lessons for Social Studies as well and the students loved it.  I have the free version but, there are also upgraded versions that offer more. 


This picture accurately displays the purpose of Nearpod.  It is a tool that you use to teach, assess, and connect the students. 



This picture shows the code that your students will use to access your lesson.  Each code in individualized to your lesson.