IHMS Tech Tips

A long while back, I posted about Pear Deck .  Pear Deck is a  a site where you can import or create interactive presentation slides and then students can join via a code.  Pear Deck syncs seamlessly with Google Drive which is a great feature for both students and teachers.   But that's not all Pear Deck can do!  There is also a feature called "Flashcard Factory" that allows students to create vocabulary flashcards that can then be shared with the class or synced with Quizlet.  #awesome "When you play Pear Deck's Flashcard Factory students pair up and work together to create dynamic and engaging flashcards. Students collaborate to illustrate and define terms, making learning vocab an active and social experience! Flashcard Factory is free to use." To get started: 1. Create a list of vocabulary words. 2.  Students are paired up and either write definitions in their own words or they use the Merriam Webster definition synced wi...

A few weeks ago, Blake mentioned Pear Deck , a site where you can import or create interactive presentation slides and then students can join via a code. Pear Deck syncs seamlessly with Google Drive which is a great feature for both students and teachers. The free version of Pear Deck only allows for 5 free imports (from your Google Drive or computer), so most of the "decks" that you do will be retyping worksheets or slideshows that you've created.  It does, however, have a share feature which would allow for each department to not keep reinventing the wheel, and for teachers to parcel out the work for a given unit. Once you have created a deck and are ready to share with students, they go to the Pear Deck website and join your specific session, much like Kahoot. After all of your students have joined, you can begin your session.  Students can type, use their finger to write on the trackpad, or use the Wacom tablets .  You can lock down the ability to a...