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Welcome to Pear Deck!

We are pleased to announce that 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.

Learn more about Pear Deck in the links below. Feel free to contact us if you have questions!

Getting Started Resources

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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
Click on the button below to receive notifications about upcoming course opportunities.
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