Every Iowa educator has access to a premium Pear Deck account for the 2020-21 school year! Pear Deck is an add-on for both Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint that allows you to transform your presentations into opportunities for formative assessment and active student learning.

Check out this video for a quick introduction.

Getting Started Resources

Pear Deck One-Pager

Check out the Digital Learning Team's Pear Deck One-Pager to get a quick start with Pear Deck basics & resources.

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Pear Deck Handbook

GWAEA's Digital Learning Team has created a step-by-step Pear Deck Handbook to help you start using this powerful tool with your students and take it to the next level when you're ready

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Perfect Pear Deck Presentations

Listen to the Jonathan & Mindy share about all things Pear Deck on the Edtech Take Out:Episode 81: Perfect Pear Deck Presentations

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Pear Deck Blog Series

Additional Pear Deck Resources

• Getting Started with Pear Deck Premium
  
• ​Whose Pace? Instructor or Student?
• Making Pear​ Deck a More Inclusive Experience
• ​Takeaways
• Pear Deck in a Blended Classroom
• Examples of Pear Deck in the Classroom

Resources for expanding your knowledge:

• Pear Deck Help Videos
  
• Pear Deck Pre-Recorded Webinars
  
• Pear Deck Webinar Sign Up

Resources for implementation of Pear Deck:

• Pear Deck for Progress Monitoring (resource put together by Central Rivers AEA)
• Pear Deck Orchard (templates for a variety of subjects and topics)

​Designing Instruction with Pear Deck Course Opportunity

The Digital Learning Team will be offering a course to help educators build their capacity in utilizing Pear Deck with Google Slides to design instruction.
Course Details:
Dates: To be determined based on interest.
Structure: This course includes one hour-long Zoom session and then all other sessions are self-paced modules.
Credit: 1 Licensure Renewal
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