Nearpod. All we can say is, get your head around this brilliant tool for the classroom. It's awesome!
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By Sonny Sharma

Sonny (Sanjesh) is Founder of Spongy Elephant and qualified as a teacher in 1995. He is passionate about education and all things tech and is a Subject Expert in Computing for OfQual, a Google Education Trainer, a Microsoft in Education Global Training Partner, a STEM Ambassador and VR evangelist. Since he set up New Ways to Learn in 2011 his team have trained over 20000 teachers. You're in good hands.

What will I learn?

Nearpod is without a doubt one of the best tools for teacher and students. It works on any device is the one tool that should be a staple in every teachers Edtech Toolkit. NearPod connects teachers with every device in the classroom using a simple PIN. By connecting, a teacher can now control student devices and guide them through a series of slides and activities including watching videos, browsing images, polling, quizzing and our favourite, drawing activities. We’ve used NearPod with Early Years, all the way through to FE. It is so powerful and so intuitive to create NearPods and use them with students. You’ll love NearPod, so do give it a try.

What are you going to learn about?

In this FREE Learning Trunk, you’ll learn how NearPod works and how to make the best use of it for lessons. You’ll learn how to build slides and use activities to bring boring a PowerPoint to life, use NearPod with any device and understand how Live and Student-Paced lessons work.

Who is hosting this Learning Trunk?

This is a CURATED Learning Trunk built for you from content sourced online. We have selected these particular videos after reviewing several available online.

How long do I need?

Less than 20 minutes.

Anything else I need to know?

We have set this Learning Trunk so that you progress through each video in any order.

This Learning Trunk covers...

  • FREE!
    How it Works
  • How to Create a Nearpod Lesson
  • How to Add a Quiz to a Nearpod Lesson
  • Flip Your Classroom with Nearpod
  • How to Download a Nearpod Lesson
  • Engage on the Fly with Nearpod
  • Differentiation with Nearpod
  • How to Combine Interactive Activities in Nearpod
  • How to Edit a Nearpod Lesson
  • How to Create a Poll in Nearpod
  • How to Add an Open-Ended Question to a Nearpod Lesson
  • How to Add a 'Draw-It' Activity to a Nearpod Lesson
  • Add a Video to a Nearpod Lesson

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