Peary Engaged Middle Schoolers - Active Learning With Pear Deck

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Peary Engaged Middle Schoolers - Active Learning With Pear Deck

Katie Kerr

What is active learning?

"Active learning engages students in the process of learning through activities and/or discussion in class, as opposed to passively listening to an expert. It emphasizes higher-order thinking and often involves group work."

• from Scott Freeman et al in their meta study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

What is Pear Deck?

• A great way to engage students using Slide Decks.
• Many other add-ons like Flashcard Factory and has partnerships with lots of things we already use (NewsELA, Be Internet Awesome, etc.)

Why is this important?

• When students are taking part in their own learning, they are more likely to actually LEARN!
• This is also fun!
• This isn’t just some other new thing, we can use this to add on to all our other Google Slide Decks as an extra resource to give us a power up or boost!

Can I use this for Distance Learning?

• YES!
• Students can join in at a certain time to be synchronous with you OR they can join and go at their own pace using student-paced mode to be asynchronous.
• PearDeck also has partners that have created prompts, lessons, etc. that are ready to go!

Let’s Try it!

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Personal Favorites

• Flashcard Factory
• NewsELA Daily Deck