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Interactive Social Studies For Fifth Grade
Funded Sep 16, 2023Technology is becoming a more centralized part of learning in schools. It is key to make sure that technology is being used to enhance our students' learning experience. While technology is better suited to some subjects than others, it is being used daily and throughout all grades. Our goal is to find the most perfect program in order to fit the needs of our students.
NearPod is a program where we can upload lessons from Google and insert interactive activities. We can have students use virtual reality to check out the U.S. Capitol, the site of "The Shot Heard 'Round the World", and far off places like Machu Picchu! We can have student post comments, questions, answers, and thoughts, on collaborative boards, collect data from poll questions, give quizzes, and even play games. It makes it a lot easier for us to be able to make a lesson interactive and exciting.
Our students genuinely enjoy NearPod and the interactive features. (They even get a little annoyed if the technology isn't behaving on a particular day.) They are consistently completing tasks that will become grade throughout a lesson. It is a seamless way to integrate technology into our lessons.
Finally, while the kids enjoy it, the teachers are INCREDIBLY thankful for this resource. It makes teaching and collecting data on our kids so much easier. We cannot thank you enough for supporting us in this way!”
With gratitude,
Ms. Whyte