Explore and create: Exploratory Creation lab 
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and Objectives * We all know that frequent formative assessment and adjustment of your lesson plans are essential to good student learning. But who has time to grade quizzes and exit tickets every class? Introducing Nearpod Activities, a quick and engaging way to assess your students in real-time so that you can adjust your planning to meet their needs. Nearpod is an online presentation and assessment tool. It works across all platforms as an app or website, so that any school can easily integrate it into their 1:1 or BYOD setting. This session will demonstrate how to change the way you teach and assess. Instead of another online or on-paper quiz or exit card, use Nearpod Activities along with other note-taking methods to quickly prepare and present student-focused, highly engaging lessons that assess as you go. Use the Draw-It feature for Formative Assessments that students actually enjoy doing. Use Nearpod to link to other online formative assessment tools such as Kahoot!, Quizzizz, Blooket, Gimkit, Flipgrid, and other sites so that no class time is lost while students navigate to other tools. Ask assessment questions of all types “On-the-Fly” so that you never miss an opportunity to check for understanding. And finally, learn about the Reports tool which allows you to view and understand your assessments to get the most out of them.
Participants will be given access to an online handout that includes step-by-step directions for all of the activities presented in the session.
Introduction to Nearpod and Nearpod Activities (10 minutes) Participants will experience a Nearpod presentation from the point of view of a student. They will complete many different quick assessments such as polls, Time to Climb, Draw-It, Free Response, Drag & Drop, and Quizzes. Using Formative Assessment tools built into Nearpod (10 minutes) Presenter will model the various Activities available in Nearpod and give examples for their use. During this time, participants will be able to try out the presentation-creating tool using their free or paid Nearpod accounts. Going beyond the basics - extending the use of Nearpod Activities to make your life easier and students’ time more engaging Using a combination of Nearpod and other note-taking methods to make quick presentations that are engaging and offer assessments. (15 minutes) Participants will again play the role of a student as they learn about this method of making quick Nearpod presentations that enrich their already-prepared lessons. Using the Drawing pages in Nearpod for Formative Assessment (15 minutes) Continuing their student role, participants will use the Drawing Tool in several different ways and discuss possible class applications. Linking to other Formative Assessment tools in a Nearpod presentation (Kahoot, Quizizz, etc.) (10 minutes) Presenters will demonstrate both the teacher and student viewpoint of linked online formative assessment tools in a Nearpod presentation. Participants will experience a variety of tools that are easily used in conjunction with Nearpod. Using the On the Fly questions in Nearpod for Formative Assessment (15 minutes) Presenters will do a demonstration of this technique by creating an assessment during the presentation and assessing participants’ understanding of Nearpod Activities. What can a teacher get from the Reports? (10 minutes) The presenter will provide examples of Reports and explain the various data that can be gleaned using the above methods of formative assessment. Reflection (5 minutes)
Nearpod has multiple case studies on the effectiveness of using Nearpod in the classroom. These studies can be found at:https://nearpod.com/case-studies.
Another study can be found at:https://tinyurl.com/NearpodStudy.
Marzano, Robert J., and Debra Pickering. The Highly Engaged Classroom. Bloomington, IN: Marzano Research, 2011. Print. Boss, Suzie.
Upgrade Your Formative Assessments Using Technology. July, 2022.https://www.magicedtech.com/blogs/upgrade-your-formative-assessments-using-technology/
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