Prepare with
Pear Deck
An Interactive Lesson Tool for Teachers
Megan Ha
● Objective: Teachers will learn to use an interactive tool that provides individual
formative assessments to inform teaching practices.
● National Board for Professional Teaching Standard: Proposition 5: Teachers are
Members of Professional Communities
○ Teachers Collaborate with Other Professionals to Improve School Effectiveness
● Teacher Leader Model Standard: Domain 3: Promotes Professional Learning for
Continuous Improvement
○ Facilitates professional learning among colleagues.
● Explain objective as well as induction assignment to lead PD
● Explain NBPTS and TLMS
Pear Deck is easy to use!
01 Option 1 02 Option 2
Create a slide deck Add to a slide deck
using Pear Deck. that you have
already prepared.
● Pear Deck can be used on new or pre-existing slide decks
01
Option 1
Creating a new slide deck
Create Google
Slide Deck
Steps are the same after this →
02
Option 2
Using a prepared slide deck
Open Your Slide Deck on
Google Slides
After getting the add-on, you
can use the interactive tools
● Interactive tools are self-explanatory but we will explore them in a minute
● They are highly customizable to fit your needs
Now You Try:
Drag a thumbs up to the
“draggable” tool.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Draggable™ Slide.
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
When you click on the draggable
icon, you will see this.
You can customize the
draggable options to
change the size, color,
and shape.
What Students See:
Geometric Terms Example
Drag a red dot on the image of a line.
Drag a yellow dot on the image of a line segment.
Drag a light blue dot on the image a point.
Drag a dark blue dot on the image of a ray.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Draggable™ Slide.
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
Next, we
will take a
look at the
“text” tool.
Now You Try:
Drag a heart on to the “text” tool.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Draggable™ Slide.
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
By clicking on the “text” tool,
Pear Deck will automatically
add a text box on the side of
the slide for students to type
their answer.
What Students See:
What is the difference
between a line and a
line segment?
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Text Slide
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
Now, let’s take
a look at the
“draw” tool.
Now You Try:
Circle the “draw” tool.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Drawing Slide
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
By clicking on the “draw” tool,
Pear Deck will automatically
add drawing tools on the side
of the slide for students to
draw their answer.
What Students See:
Draw an acute angle.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Drawing Slide
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
What Students See:
Draw a right angle.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Drawing Slide
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
What Students See:
Draw an obtuse angle.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Drawing Slide
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
What Students See:
Draw a straight angle.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Drawing Slide
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
Finally, let’s
try the
“choice” tool.
Now You Try:
Circle the “choice” tool.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Drawing Slide
🍐 To edit the type of question, go back to the "Ask Students a Question" in the Pear
Deck sidebar.
When you click on the “choice”
tool, you will see this.
You can customize the
multiple choice options by
filling in the choices and
adding or eliminating
choices.
What Students See:
A triangle can have two
right angles.
🍐 This is a Pear Deck Multiple Choice Slide. Your current options are: A: True, B:
False,
🍐 To edit the type of question or choices, go back to the "Ask Students a Question"
in the Pear Deck sidebar.
Ready to try
Pear Deck on
your own?
Get started in 4 easy steps!
Sign Up for Pear Deck for FREE!
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Go to Click the green Install the Get started!
peardeck.com “Sign Up for Add-On using
Free” button in “Extensions” on
the top right Google Slides
corner
● If you would like help signing up for or installing Pear Deck, I can assist you.
USING THE PEAR DECK FOR GOOGLE SLIDES ADD-ON
Make your lesson interactive
with the power of Pear Deck!
Open the Pear Deck Add-on Add interactive slides from our Click the ‘Present Lesson’
through the Add-ons menu. library or create your own button to start your
custom questions. interactive lesson.
Image of ‘Present
with Pear Deck’
button
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