James Coleman
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Why you should use Nearpod
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With my 3 years of experience using Nearpod, is has provided a unique opportunity to engage the student with the teacher. “But for this interaction to be meaningful, the learners need to be involved socially and contribute to the collective understanding” (Aflalo, 2018, p.527). By fostering a class to participate in the presentation individually, in pairs, or small groups, “interaction is likely to promote intense cognitive processes amongst them, such as language development or inquiry ability” (Aflalo, 2018, p.527). Another method Nearpod fosters learning is through gamification. As simple as guessing the majority of a poll question or being able to match terms and their definitions in the memory option of activities, “researchers indicated that the students were highly motivated by the combination of game-based learning and traditional classroom activities” (Lu, 2018, p.220) to find more success in their learning. Compared to more traditional approaches to formative assessments, the variety of activities built within Nearpod allows for “an instructor to realize learners’ comprehension and mastery of skills, especially in STEM courses, where learners are expected to actively study a problem and explore possible solutions by interacting with the problem in a hands on approach” (Fuad, 2018, p.494).
One thing as a teacher that I love about Nearpod is the data that it collects. Whether you allow for students to work in small groups, pairs, or individually, information is processed. A teacher can recognize class trends, or individual challenges and target strategies to help that student grow a better understanding. Throughout the presentation, the teacher shares student responses, “students can immediately visualize the impact of their interactions. This facilitates better interpretation of facts, visualization of facts from different perspectives, understanding of rules and eventually better learning of the content that is being covered in the class” (Fuad, 2018, p.496). “Monitoring students’ learning behaviors and habits is difficult because of the complex learning environment” (Lu, 2018, p.220). However, “several years’ worth of student performance data revealed that, making the exercises smaller, relevant to the lectured material, and more feedback driven improves student learning and class engagement” (Fuad, 2018, p.495). In addition, virtual learning environments have resulted in “improvements in the students’ final academic performance and their self -regulated abilities after applying learning analytics” (Lu, 2018, p.220).
One thing as a teacher that I love about Nearpod is the data that it collects. Whether you allow for students to work in small groups, pairs, or individually, information is processed. A teacher can recognize class trends, or individual challenges and target strategies to help that student grow a better understanding. Throughout the presentation, the teacher shares student responses, “students can immediately visualize the impact of their interactions. This facilitates better interpretation of facts, visualization of facts from different perspectives, understanding of rules and eventually better learning of the content that is being covered in the class” (Fuad, 2018, p.496). “Monitoring students’ learning behaviors and habits is difficult because of the complex learning environment” (Lu, 2018, p.220). However, “several years’ worth of student performance data revealed that, making the exercises smaller, relevant to the lectured material, and more feedback driven improves student learning and class engagement” (Fuad, 2018, p.495). In addition, virtual learning environments have resulted in “improvements in the students’ final academic performance and their self -regulated abilities after applying learning analytics” (Lu, 2018, p.220).
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