Nearpod vs Pear Deck for TCEA 2020

	A	B	C
1	FUNCTION	NEARPOD	PEAR DECK

2	Conversion from Existing Presentation	Convert PowerPoints, Google Slides, PDFs and images directly into Nearpod lessons and then add interactive elements. A Google Slides add-on is also now available for adding interactive elements, but the Nearpod lesson must still be launched from nearpod.com.	Add interactive elements and launch a Pear Deck lesson from directly within a Google Slides presentation. A PowerPoint add-on is also now available for Office users.
3	Conversion Results	Resulting Nearpod slides are only static images of the original slides with none of the original animations or interactivity. Nearpod nteractive elements are inserted after conversion.	Resulting Pear Deck slides maintain animated GIFs, slide animations, and hyperlink functionality from original slides if using the Pear Deck Power-Up Chrome extension. You can also add additional interactive elements directly in Slides with the Pear Deck add-on for Google Slides.
4	Teacher-Paced Lessons	Yes	Yes, and Pear Deck allows you to toggle between teacher and student paced during an active session.
5	Student-Paced Lessons	Yes	Yes
6	Share to Google Classroom	Yes	Yes
7	Storage Space Limit	50 MB (min. goes up by subscription level) never unlimited	No limit
8	Lesson Size Limit	20 MB (goes up by level) unlimited	No limit
9	Math formula compatibility	Yes	Not within a Pear Deck element, but Equatio could be used if editing direclty in Google Slides.
10	Share Lessons with Other Teachers	Yes	Yes
11	Highlight Student Responses During Session	Yes, and can share to individual devices vs just projector- must choose to not show names (won't show in dash either)	Yes, but only to projector (always projected anonymously but the teacher dash will continue to show names)
12	Auto Scored Quiz Questions	Yes	No
13	Multiple Question Quiz	Yes	No
14	View Student Responses in Real Time	Yes, but only for draw it	Yes
15	Preview Lesson As Student Before Presenting	Yes	No
16	Lock Student Screens	No	Yes, with optional timer
17	Students Can View Previously Submitted Drawing Responses During an Active Session	Yes, with upcoming Draw It update	Yes
18	Response Timer	Yes, must be pre-built into presentation	Yes, can be added on the fly with the option to give additional time
19	Teacher Recorded Audio	Yes	Yes, through Google Slides- teacher projected only
20	Standards-Aligned Lesson Library	Yes, but some cost money unless you are at the platinum level or above	No, but many templates and examples are given
21	Immersive Reader	Yes	Yes
22	Post-Session Reports	Yes	Yes
23	Student Notes / Takeaways	Yes	Yes
24	Add Additional Activities Mid-lesson	Yes	Yes
25	Sub Plans	Yes	Yes with Google Classroom. Also, self paced mode links do not expire
26	STUDENT RESPONSES
27	Multiple Choice	Yes	Yes
28	Text Response	Yes	Yes
29	Drawing Slides	Yes	Yes
30	Fill in the Blanks	Yes	No
31	Memory Test	Yes	No
32	Matching Pairs	Yes	No
33	Poll	Yes	Not specifically, but can use multiple choice responses
34	Collaborate Board (similar to Padlet)	Yes	No
35	Quiz Game	Yes, Time to Climb	No
36	Numerical Response	No	Yes
37	Draggable Slides	No	Yes
38	ACTIVITIES
39	Web Content	Yes, takes you to website in a different tab	Yes, embeded in presentation but it's small
40	Video	Yes	Yes
41	PhET Simulations	Yes	No
42	Desmos Graphing Calculator Lessons	Yes	No
43	3D Images	Yes	No
44	Virtual Field Trips	Yes	No
45	PDF Viewer	Yes	No
46	Live Twitter Feed	Yes	No
47	Flashcard Factory	No	Yes
48	SWAY	Yes	No
49	Flocabulary	Yes, but is an additional cost	No
50	Newsela Daily Deck	No	Yes
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