Imagine if there was tool that

could engage every student in

your class. What if you could
see instantly who’s with you and
who’s struggling to keep up?
Would you use it?
Using Pear Deck

Presenter: Katie Godinez

Audience: Sonora HS Math Department
Date: April 27, 2022
Objectives/Essential Questions

-What is Pear Deck?

-How would incorporating Pear Deck into my lessons benefit me and my students?

-How do I create a lesson using Pear Deck?

Standards Addressed

● Teacher Leader Standard (TLS) Domain 2: Accessing and Using Research to

Improve Practice and Student Learning
● TLS Domain 4: Facilitating Improvements in Instruction and Student Learning.
● International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) 2.1: Educators
continually improve their practice by learning from and with others and
exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve
student learning.
● ISTE 1.1: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing,
achieving, and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by
the learning sciences.
How Much Do You Know About Pear Deck?
 What Is Pear Deck?
Pear Deck is a free digital tool in Google Slides that can be used to create interactive and engaging
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presentations.

TEACHERS CAN… STUDENTS CAN…

● Design, assign, and deliver lessons
● Choose instructor or student-paced
mode
● Monitor student participation
● Use real-time formative assessments
to adjust instruction
● Provide real-time feedback
● Connect and actively engage in lessons
● Respond to interactive prompts and
activities
● Complete student-paced, remote
assignments
● Participate and communicate with
teacher and peers
Benefits of Pear Deck for Students

● Students Engage & Build Confidence

○ Have time to retrieve and process information for
themselves
○ See and discuss anonymous peer responses
○ Receive feedback and correction from their teacher
● Improved School Climate & Culture
○ Low stakes retrieval practice reduces anxiety in
students
○ Students feel supported and connected to their
teacher and classmates
Now, a quick lesson on plotting points
on a coordinate plane…
 To the right is a
Coordinate Plane
Coordinate planes are created by an X-AXIS
(horizontal line) and a Y-AXIS (vertical line).

Where the two axis intersect (or cross) is called the

ORIGIN.

The coordinate of the ORIGIN is ALWAYS (0,0)

When the X and Y Axis intersect, 4
sections are formed…these are
called QUADRANTS

Quadrants are numbered in a

counterclockwise direction
Drag your dot to how you are feeling about the
Coordinate Plane:

Keep going, I understand I’m a little confused Stop, I need help!

 The locations on the
coordinate plane are
written as ORDERED
PAIRS. We write the x value
first, and then the y value
Ex. (x,y)
The point (3,5) tells us to
travel 3 spaces to the
right, and 5 spaces up.
BEGINNING AT THE
ORIGIN
 To plot the point (-4,3)...

1. Begin at the origin

(center)
2. Count 4 spaces LEFT
3. Count 3 spaces UP
 REMEMBER
(X,Y)
● If the X-VALUE is POSITIVE, we move to the RIGHT
● If the X-VALUE is NEGATIVE, we move to the LEFT

**THE X-COORDINATE ALWAYS MOVES HORIZONTALLY (LEFT-RIGHT)**

● If the Y-VALUE is POSITIVE, we move to the UP

● If the Y-VALUE is NEGATIVE, we move to the DOWN

**THE Y-COORDINATE ALWAYS MOVES VERTICALLY (UP-DOWN)**

You Try! Plot the point (2,-4).
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-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

-1

-2

-3

-4
Use the green dot to plot (2,4)
Use the red dot to plot (-2,-4)
Use the blue dot to plot (2,-4)
 Let’s see if you can name the
quadrants on the coordinate plane.
Drag the green dot into Quadrant 1

Drag the blue dot into Quadrant 2

Drag the red dot into Quadrant 3

Drag the orange dot into Quadrant 4

Which ordered pair is not in its corresponding quadrant?

(-4,-5) (4,5)

(-4,-5) (4,-5)
TEACHER’S POV
FEEDBACK
Okay, now it’s time for you to create
your own Pear Deck lessons!
Now that we’ve played around with
Pear Deck, please fill out the Google
Form I shared with you, and let me
know what your thoughts are.