{"id":918,"date":"2020-01-24T13:55:43","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/?p=918"},"modified":"2020-01-24T13:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T18:55:43","slug":"nearpod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/2020\/01\/24\/nearpod\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearpod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-919\" src=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/nearpod-300x77.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/nearpod-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/nearpod-150x39.png 150w, https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/nearpod.png 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever heard of the expression, \u2018what\u2019s old is new\u2019? \u00a0 That\u2019s how we feel about this week\u2019s online tool! So here\u2019s the NEW and UPDATED Nearpod!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearpod allows you to create interactive lessons in minutes.\u00a0 You can save time by importing existing lessons (pdfs, jpegs, ppts) and adding Collaborate boards, Quizzes, Polls, Matching Pairs activities + more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new feature also allows you to get and Add-On in Google Slides allowing you to make existing lessons more interactive and collect formative feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To get started with Nearpod, use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/how-it-works\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THIS LINK<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/nearpod\/cenpjcpgdbogmgdfhhckdbnepedjkmok?hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THIS LINK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to download the Nearpod Add-on to use with Google Slide presentations\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some introductory help videos:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=STzYWOQqQWo&amp;index=3&amp;list=PL09U3vv6UoGTbRd65Cbei0NpOQsJCOsKL&amp;t=0s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does Nearpod work?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y8xNQbggas0&amp;index=2&amp;list=PL09U3vv6UoGTbRd65Cbei0NpOQsJCOsKL\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Create a Nearpod Lesson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4H5YjYusTpU&amp;feature=youtu.be\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Launch a Lesson<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever heard of the expression, \u2018what\u2019s old is new\u2019? \u00a0 That\u2019s how we feel about this week\u2019s online tool! So here\u2019s the NEW and UPDATED Nearpod! Nearpod allows you to create interactive lessons in minutes.\u00a0 You can save time by&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/2020\/01\/24\/nearpod\/\">Continue reading <span> Nearpod<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,65,64,1],"tags":[77,78,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elem-school","category-high-school","category-middle-school","category-news","tag-collaborative","tag-formative-assessment","tag-interactive","tag-poll","tag-quiz","","tg-column-two"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 13:03:45","action":"delete","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":923,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions\/923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/technology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}