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#545 Nearpod Add-on for Google Slides

Did you know that Google Slides now has an Add-on for Nearpod? The Nearpod Add-on for Google Slides allows you to add in Nearpod’s interactive activities and features, directly within your Google Slides presentations. To enable this feature, go to Google Slides – Add-ons – Get add-ons – and install Nearpod from there. Once you… Continue reading #545 Nearpod Add-on for Google Slides

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#169 Nearpod [6/6]: Adding multimedia content to your Nearpod presentation

This is the last post in our Nearpod series. Today we show you how you can add multimedia content to your Nearpod presentation: slides, videos, slideshows and audio. Watch here to show you how… Featured image: “Multimedia” by renaissancechambara is licenced under CC BY 2.0

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#157 Nearpod [5/6]: Adding an open ended question activity to a Nearpod presentation

This is the fifth post in our Nearpod series. Today we will look at how to add an open ended question activity to a Nearpod presentation. This is a useful activity to get a free response text from students in the classroom using their own mobile devices. As a teacher, you can also share these… Continue reading #157 Nearpod [5/6]: Adding an open ended question activity to a Nearpod presentation

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#133 Nearpod [4/6]: Adding the drawing activity to Nearpod

This is the fourth post in our Nearpod series. Today we will look at adding a drawing activity to your Nearpod presentation. Get students to annotate an image in class on their own devices. Watch this video to show you how… Featured image: “manatee drawing” by Jimmie is licenced under CC BY 2.0

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#121 Nearpod [3/6]: Adding a poll activity to Nearpod

This is the third post in our Nearpod series. Today we will look at adding a poll to your Nearpod presentation. This is a quick and easy way to gather student feedback in class. Watch this video to show you how… Featured image: “POLLING STATION” by Martin Deutsch is licenced under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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#113 Nearpod [2/6]: Adding a quiz activity to Nearpod

As we mentioned in our first post on Nearpod (#81 Nearpod [1/9]: An introduction to Nearpod), our future posts we will look at all the different activities and settings available in Nearpod. Today we look at how easy it is to create a quiz in Nearpod. Take a look at this 60 second video to show you… Continue reading #113 Nearpod [2/6]: Adding a quiz activity to Nearpod

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#81 Nearpod [1/6]: An introduction to Nearpod

Nearpod** is an ‘all-in-one’ presentation tool authored on the web. In its simplest form, you upload an existing PowerPoint and you add interactive activities to your presentation such as polls, quizzes, free text, annotations etc. Once you publish your Nearpod presentation, it is available to students to download on to their own devices through joining your… Continue reading #81 Nearpod [1/6]: An introduction to Nearpod