Nearpod Tutorial (Saturday 7/3)

 Nearpod! 

My Holy Grail of remote learning 


P.S. I am sorry about the length! As with anything I'm passionate about, I over shared! Feel free to skip around to the parts that might be interesting to you :) 


Comments

  1. The Tammy GJuly 3, 2021 at 10:59 AM

    Great tutorial! And don't apologize about the length of the video, I made mine really long to accidently!!

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  2. Jeanette's Blog 2021July 5, 2021 at 1:37 PM

    This was a great tutorial (and you shouldn't worry about the length). I had never even heard of Nearpod. It seems like you can do endless things with it. I am glad you found a great tool that you were passionate about. Thank you for sharing it.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 5, 2021 at 8:45 PM

    When my co-workers found out about Nearpod, all they did was talk and share about how they used it for online and distance learning. I feel confident that had they applied to Nearpods PR team, they would have gotten the job. Also, such a cool tool to ensure student accountability and for formative assessments.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 12, 2021 at 5:04 PM

    I thought this was great. I just started using this- Lisa Hoopis

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