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Trends is Tech Education

 Trends In Tech Education…….

Technology in the last 20 years has changed considerably. In 2001 I can remember getting my first cell phone. It stored numbers, had a voicemail and was used to make calls; those were its only functions.  My current phone is drastically different; it is essentially a mini computer in my hand. Not only does my phone allow me to make calls, it has the ability to allow me to communicate through text, access to the internet, be my personal camera and list goes on. With this growth also have come popular trends in tech. We have seen certain items become the “must haves” in our society.   Internet connection, smart phones, and cloud storage are just a few. 


Just as we have seen trends and growth with technology in our personal lives so has the use of technology in education. ISTE has a great list of current trends found in EdTech The Hottest Topics in Edtech in 2021.  There were several that I connected with as an educator. (Online learning design, SEL and Creativity).  When the pandemic hit, some educators were thrown into the deep end and moved to online learning with very little knowledge. I felt that Online Design Learning was an important trend to tackle and share.  I was lucky that my school district was already using an online platform Power School to post google slides, communicate lesson material to students and parents. But now as we move back into the classroom and with the popularity of tech in education, I see the importance of keeping tech within my lessons to help continue to create student engagement. An add on in Google Slides that I like to use and want to explore more to create lesson presentations that have interactive components is Pear Deck. 



So What is Pear Deck…… 

Pear Deck  is an add- on educational tech tool in google slides. Designed to help teachers create slide show content  that is engaging for the classroom or remote learning, you can create interactive components to your google slide presentation within your own Google Account. 


“The Pear Deck Logic Model explains how administrators, teachers, and students use Pear Deck, what they do with it, and the outcomes they can expect to realize”. (Pear Deck Online, https://www.peardeck.com/efficacy)


Image Source: Pear Deck Online : https://www.peardeck.com/efficacy


So Let's Explore Pear Deck together………..


Pros & Cons to Pear Deck ………. 

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Image Source: Twitter Pear Deck 




Additional Resources for Pear Deck and Other Online Learning Tools: 


Pear Deck Teaching Resources: https://www.peardeck.com/mega-teaching-resources


Pear Deck Learning Resources : https://www.peardeck.com/remote-learning


Nearpod: https://nearpod.com/

It is an interactive classroom tool to help engage students through adding interactive activities like polls, game based quizzes, collaboration activities. Students submit their response through the use of a mobile device, laptop or chromebook. 


EdPuzzle: https://edpuzzle.com/

 This program allows educators to create educational videos and embed them, paus them at certain points to allow for formative assessment questions to be given. 




Cited Sources: 

Edpuzzle. Retrieved on September 11, 2022 from : https://edpuzzle.com/

 

Fungel, D. (2021, January 29) The Hottest Topics in Edtech in 2021 Retrieved September 11, 2022 from https://www.iste.org/explore/professional-development/hottest-topics-edtech-2021


Nearpod. Retrieved on September 11, 2022 from: https://nearpod.com/


  Pear Deck. “Pear Deck for Google Slides,” Retrieved September 11, 2022 from

https://www.peardeck.com/googleslides


Pear Deck. “Pear Deck Learning Resources.” Retrieved on September 11, 2022 from https://www.peardeck.com/remote-learning


Pear Deck. “Pear Deck Logic Model,” Retrieved September 11, 2022 from https://www.peardeck.com/efficacy


Pear Deck. “Pear Deck Teaching Resources.” Retrieved on September 11, 2022 from https://www.peardeck.com/mega-teaching-resources


Powerschool. Retrieved September 11, 2022 from https://www.powerschool.com/


Twitter Pear Deck, Retrieved September 11, 2022 from:  https://twitter.com/peardeck/status/1180516122052964352




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