Product 5.1 Coaching Session Support Materials

Coaching Sessions #2: Using Pear Deck

Product 5.1 Coaching Session Support Materials

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Ben Sampson LSUS ED787

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Introduction: Enhancing student engagement using Pear Deck

This session will focus on using Pear Deck, which is an interactive presentation and assessment tool that helps teachers engage students in learning.

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Purpose:

The purpose is to address the challenge of low student engagement and minimal collaboration in classroom activities. Mentee has observed disengagement, lack of student interaction, and minimal participation in discussions.

Intended Outcomes:

Increase active participation during lessons. Foster peer collaboration through interactive questioning and group activities. Empower students with a voice in their learning process.

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Tool/Strategy Chosen: Pear Deck

Pear Deck is an interactive presentation tool that is integrated with Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint, and allows for real-time student responses in order to increase engagement. Through Pear Deck, there are a variety of features designed to make learning fun for students including: - Open-ended questions - Multiple-choice polls - Draw and drag-and-drop activities - Anonymous student participation, reducing fear of judgment And so much more!

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Research Highlights

How can active learning be incorporated into the classroom?

Multimedia Learning

Acording to a report from Bonwell and Eison, active learning in the classroom can increase engagement by students, and one way to do this through "the modification of traditional lectures (Bonwell & Eison, 1991, p.7)". Pear Deck is an awesome tool to modify traditional lectures and make them less boring and more interactive.

Through much research, studies (e.g., Mayer, 2020) have shown that ed-tech tools like Pear Deck can increase classroom engagement by up to 75% when used effectively. My focus for this session will be to help my mentee boost their studnet engagement through ed-tech tools to try and see a change in class participation.

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References:

Bonwell, C., & Eison, J. (1991). Active learning: Creating excitement in the classroom. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education.

Mayer, R. E. (2020). Multimedia Learning.

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