World History
Maybe you saw Jeff Feinstein's post about Nearpod a few days ago. I just tried it and love it.
The cool thing about Nearpod is its interactivity. You simply upload a powerpoint presentation to Nearpod, add video clips, quizzes, polls or graphs and publish it. Students access your presentation with a pin and then see it on their phones. You control the presentation on your computer and advance the slides with your lecture.
I created an introductory lesson to Islam. It includes three short video clips (each less than 3 minutes), links to three different websites for research, and three short formative quizzes.
Here's how I did it. I took an existing powerpoint about Islam, uploaded it to Nearpod and then began editing it by adding video clips in strategic places (for example, a clip about the Five Pillars after a slide outlining them). Next I added a couple of short multiple choice questions about the video.
In another area of the powerpoint, I added a link to a webpage about jihad, then another video clip about it.
You can see my effort below. Just remember it's my first one and not by any means perfect.
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World History
Nearpod vs. Powerpoint
Maybe you saw Jeff Feinstein's post about Nearpod a few days ago. I just tried it and love it.
The cool thing about Nearpod is its interactivity. You simply upload a powerpoint presentation to Nearpod, add video clips, quizzes, polls or graphs and publish it. Students access your presentation with a pin and then see it on their phones. You control the presentation on your computer and advance the slides with your lecture.
I created an introductory lesson to Islam. It includes three short video clips (each less than 3 minutes), links to three different websites for research, and three short formative quizzes.
Here's how I did it. I took an existing powerpoint about Islam, uploaded it to Nearpod and then began editing it by adding video clips in strategic places (for example, a clip about the Five Pillars after a slide outlining them). Next I added a couple of short multiple choice questions about the video.
In another area of the powerpoint, I added a link to a webpage about jihad, then another video clip about it.
You can see my effort below. Just remember it's my first one and not by any means perfect.
- Another Alternative To Powerpoint
This might be the coolest presentation package that I've seen yet. I have already blogged my thoughts about this topic on the US History Teachers Blog. If you want to stick with your existing PowerPoint presentations, you can make them interactive...
- How To Use Prezis
Jason van Cassell is doing an in-service for social studies teachers tomorrow on how to use Prezi. Prezis are a cool alternative to PowerPoints. I like them best as they force the creator to think about a more enticing PowerPoint that can...
- A Short How To Flip Post
At the end of the month, George Coe and I are co-presenting on flipping the classroom. Below is the PowerPoint we will be using. The hardest thing to do is to cut what you want to lecture to ten or fewer minutes. To create the lecture watch...
- Pecha Kucha: 20 Slides X 20 Seconds Each
Pecha Kucha is a Japanese presentation format that allows you to present 20 slides in 20 seconds. It forces you, as the speaker, to move your presentation along and not sit on one slide too long. You can download the PowerPoint template at this site....
- Pinterest And Collaborative Teams
I know that Ken made a post about Penterest a couple of months ago but I've just started using it and love it as a resource for our teams. For example, I am developing boards for each unit that we study in World 1. The one above...
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