"Nearpod"ize Your Classroom, by Bryan L. Miller, Director of Educational Technology at Pine Crest School. FCIS Technology Workshop, April 23, 2013

1. Twitter: @EdTechNerd
www.bryanLmiller.com
“Nearpod”ize Your
Classroom
Bryan L. Miller
Director of Educational Technology
Pine Crest School
FCIS
April
23,
2013
“Above
&
Beyond
the
21st
Century”
Tampa
Preparatory
School

2. About Bryan
Director of Educational
Technology at Pine Crest School for
2 years
Taught in public school outside
of Philadelphia as a computer
teacher for grades Kindergarten
through 5
Held roles as instructional
technologist, teacher, Blackboard
and learning management systems
administrator, multimedia specialist

3. Number of Faculty: 120 (Fort
Lauderdale) / 90 (Boca Raton)
Number of Students:1,680 (Fort
Lauderdale) / 875 (Boca Raton)
Student/Teacher Ratio:9:1
Year School Established:1934
Grades Offered:Pre-K --12 (Fort
Lauderdale campus); Pre-K -- 8 (Boca
Raton)
Number of Campuses:2
Description: Pine Crest is an all-
faith, college preparatory school that
serves students on campuses in Fort
Lauderdale and Boca Raton. Since
1934, the school has developed an
outstanding academic curriculum and
graduated students who become
professional and community leaders.
To learn more, call either
(954) 492-4103 or (561) 852-2846 or
log on to www.pinecrest.edu.

4. Pine Crest Ed Tech
6 educational technologists on the Ed Tech team
Each division (lower, middle, upper) has at least
one educational technologist on each campus
One LMS administrator who works with online
content
Teach teachers how to use technology, hold PD
opportunities, maintain website
http://edtech.pinecrest.edu

5. Pine Crest Ed Tech
1:1 laptops in grades 6-12
Every teacher and teacher II have an iPad in
grades prek-5
Over 300 iPads in lower schools

6. Battle of the Student
Response Systems

7. Nearpod Socrative SMART Response VE eClicker
Price Free - Additional Plans available Free
Requires SMART Notebook and
cost of license
Student: Free Teacher:
$14.99
Multiple Choice x x x x
True/False x x x x
Essay x x x -
Fill in the Blank x x x -
Self Guided Quiz x x x x
Game - x - -
Exit Question x x x x
Viewable Powerpoint or
Keynote Presentation
x - x Uses SmartNotebook -
Video x - -
Reporting x x x x
Compatability
IOS devices, web enabled
computer, Android devices
IOS devices, web enabled
computer, Android devices
IOS devices, web enabled
computer, Android devices
iOS devices
Monitor Class x x x -
Shareable Presentation x - x -
Administrative Control x - - -
Branding x - - -
Website Sharing x - - -
Polls x x x -
Drawing x - - x
Self Guided Presentations x - x -
Display Results x x x -
Pre-Made presentations x - x -

10. Becoming Beta

12. Why Nearpod?
Allows synchronous
presentations led by the teacher
Interactive for students and
keeps them engaged
allows immediate feedback of
understanding
We didn’t want app that is a
“know and throw” App.
Content is endless

13. Deployment of Nearpod
One App for both
students and teachers
Nearpod is FREE!
School Edition (paid)
provides additional
features useful for a
1:1 environment

14. Nearpod School Edition

15. Nearpod at Pine Crest School
What are we doing?

16. Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten

17. Pre-K and K
Handwriting
Matching letters
Beginning letter sounds
Reading stories together

18. Pre-K and K
Handwriting
Matching letters
Beginning letter sounds
Reading stories together
Draw-it feature is a
favorite in these grade
levels!

19. Nearpod Tip #1
Scan your favorite workbook pages as .pdf files to
input them into a presentation
If you scan your favorite workbook page as a .jpg, you
can place it as a background for students to draw over
in the Draw-It tool

20. Lower School (Grades 1-5)

21. Lower School
Used in all curricular areas
Popularity forced us to purchase additional iPads
Made the iPad a transformative device

22. Lower School
Curricular Examples

23. Middle School (6-8)

24. Middle School
Nearpod School
Edition allows us to
use the Web App
Teachers use Nearpod
to test students on
understanding when
coming into class
Exit survey when
leaving class
Watch movies that
align with the
curriculum
Take quizzes and tests
in class

25. Nearpod Tip #2
Nearpod is great for distance education. If a student
is absent, have them join class via Skype or a Google+
Hangout and use Nearpod.

26. Upper School (9-12)

27. Upper School
Teachers use all
features of Nearpod
for their classes
Exit survey when
leaving class
Watch movies that
align with the
curriculum
Take quizzes and tests
in class
Flipped classroom
teachers love Nearpod
to test understanding
upon arrival to class
NEW Nearpod
Homework - Great for
flipped classrooms!!

28. Nearpod Tip #3
If you have the School Edition, give students access to
accounts so they too can create their own Nearpod
presentations!

29. Getting Started
with Nearpod

30. Getting Started
Find presentations that you have already created
Export them to a .pdf
Add interactive features

31. Nearpod Tip #4
When designing a presentation (or working with an
old one) plan where you are placing your interactive
questions.
Add a placeholder right into your presentation, when
designing it.
Draw out your presentation on paper

33. Nearpod Tip #5
To share your presentation through your projector:
• If you have the School Edition, you can project the
Web App to the board to show the same presentation
• If you don’t have School Edition, project an extra
iPad through AirServer, Reflector, or Apple TV
•Don’t use AirServer, Reflector or Apple TV with your
iPad, or else your students will see your view

35. Questions?

36. Thank you for
participating!
Twitter: @EdTechNerd
www.bryanLmiller.com
Bryan L. Miller
Director of Educational Technology
Pine Crest School
bryan.miller@pinecrest.edu
bryan@bryanlmiller.com