Nearpod in My Classroom

I have used Nearpod a little bit in my classroom over the past few years, however I am really only comfortable with Virtual Field Trips. 

I would love to try out the time to climb activities (my students often ask about this, but I was unfamilar with it), quizzes, and the drag and drop. I am anxious to see how these lessons work across all academic areas! 

1. Draw that for Spanish vocabulary
2. Adding Youtube videos with ability to pause for interactive comprehension questions
3. Quiz feature for quick comprehension checks during interactive presentations

I began to create a lesson uploading my google slides about plate tectonics and I was able to upload my slides and insert the Time to Climb questions easily.  I like Time to Climb as a quick way to check knowledge. I was then able to find a video quickly and then add a Virtual Reality Field Trip of going inside a cave.  Fun lesson creator that allows everything to be in one place.

There are a few of the activities that I would like to try out and see if it works in a classroom setting:
1) Draw it - I have used in the past the vocab strategy where they draw a picture to help them remember the word, so I would use this one as a review at the end of a nearpod or after introducing a new word
2) Matching Pairs - Another good resource to use to review vocabulary at the end of a lesson.
3) Fill in the blanks - I use this all the time as a review homework - again another way to review important concepts and vocabulary from a lesson or unit 

I have been using Nearpod for a few weeks.  My students absolutely love Time to Climb, being able to participate through Draw It, and the Virtual Field trips.

1) I'm really excited how Nearpod integrates multiple resources into one platform. I find the logistics of getting students logged in to different resources very time consuming. Looking forward to this streamlining the process. 

2) I like on the extended response questions I can turn on voice answering and students can explain their answer orally versus writing it out. The image uploader is also a great feature for math problems. 

3) I absolutely love that Nearpod has a basic equation editor so students can type math symbols they need. 

1. The Nearpod feature I'm most excited about is the integration with so many other educational platforms. I feel like my lessons are sometimes cumbersome loading all the various resources into Google Classroom, so I'm excited to find a way to condense the material into one easy location.
2. In a similar vein, I'm excited to use the Quiz feature to assess student learning and engagement within the presentation, instead of waiting until the lesson is over and having to create a separate Google Form. 
3. Last, I'm interested in using the videos to help enhance lessons. 

The 1st tool that I'm excited to use is the Time to Climb - I think the kids will be motivated by this interactive game play and I love that I have the ability to adapt it.

The 2nd tool are the videos lessons relating to phonics strategies

The 3rd tool are the assessment pages that I can read to the students - sometime Envisions testing isn't always accurate because the students rush through or it is visually confusing for them. 

I enjoy the ability to use videos.  I am excited to start using the audio tool.  Time to Climb is so fun for the students.  They don't even realize they are learning.

I'm a little disappointed that there are not more digital art resources. I could definitely use VR field trip, Sway looks interesting and I might be able to find something usable in Nearpod 3D. There are some art and culture videos that may be useful in Flocabulary. I think I would mostly insert video, use collaborative boards, create quizzes and post slide shows. I wish the Simulation app had a camera simulator; maybe in the future.