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== What is Pear Deck? ==
Pear Deck is an extension/add-on for Google Slides that allows you to make existing presentations interactive for use in the classroom. When you enable Pear Deck for a presentation, you can '''''Start Lesson''''' directly from the extension. Most of the time, you'll want to make this an '''''Instructor-Paced Activity''''' so that you control which slide users will see on their computers when they join the lesson. On individual slides, you can add different types of interactivity including:
* Short answer questions (Text)
* Multiple choice questions (Choice)
* Numerical answers (Number)
* External websites (Website)
* Slide annotation (Draw)
* Draggable
There are lots of ways you can combine these features to make presentations and slideshows more engaging for students. This is also a great way to gather feedback from students or share individual student responses during a lesson.
Pear Deck has wonderful tutorial videos that walk you through the basics of using this tool with existing Google Slides, and we have a paid license (school-wide) to use this on campus. Simply log-in using your Riverdale Google account (Sign-in with Google) to get started.
Tutorial videos: https://www.peardeck.com/help-videos
== How do I add interactivity to Google Slides with Pear Deck? ==
# First, get the Pear Deck add-on for Google Slides
# Open the add-on from the Extensions tab in your Google Slide deck you want to add interactivity to
# Click on the slide you want to interactivity to (multiple choice, short answer etc.) and click on the correct option from the Pear Deck Menu
# When you are ready to present, click on '''''Start Lesson'''''. If you don't see this, make sure to open Pear Deck from the Extensions menu (Extensions -> Pear Deck for Google Slides Add-On -> Open Pear Deck Add-On) then press '''''Start Lesson'''''. Share the code with your students to join.
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