Pear Deck
Pear Deck allows you to create interactive lessons and embed formative assessments into the platforms that you are already using (such as Google Slides and Google Classroom).
To get started with Pear Deck, visit https://app.peardeck.com/home?action=signin and sign in with your SLRSD Google Account to unlock all features!
Read about the Pear Deck Logic Model (3 minute read): https://www.peardeck.com/efficacy
Pear Deck Help Videos: https://www.peardeck.com/help-videos
Create Interactive Slides with Pear Deck: https://help.peardeck.com/the-five-interactive-question-types
Visit the Pear Deck Template Library for read-to-teach (and easy to edit) slides: https://www.peardeck.com/templates
Combine Newsela with the power of Pear Deck with Newsela Daily Decks: https://www.peardeck.com/newsela-daily-news
Spark Curiosity and Conversation with 10-15 minute Weekly Wonders: https://www.peardeck.com/weekly-wonders
Pear Deck + Schoology = WIN!
Pear Deck and Schoology are now integrated! Your Pear Deck sessions become course materials with no need for students to use a Join Code or Link. Furthermore, you can integrate the Pear Deck Teacher Dashboard with the Schoology Gradebook to have a streamlined grading process.
To learn more about Schoology integration, check out this article.
Basic Training
Silver Lake Regional SD 1.mp4Watch the basic Pear Deck training here! It is roughly one hour long and goes over all of the information you will need to get started with Pear Deck. If you would like to go back through the slides at their own pace, click here for a student-paced session of the training!
Advanced Training
Silver Lake Regional 201.mp4Watch the advanced Pear Deck training here! It is roughly one hour long and goes over all of the information you will need to get the most out of Pear Deck. If you would like to go back through the slides at their own pace, click here for a student-paced session of the training!