Pear Deck for Language Class – Let’s Share!
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Pear Deck is an awesome option for 2020 (and even before this!) because students can engage and interact with your presentations from within your classroom or at home! You start the presentation and they join with a code – very similar to how Kahoot or Quizlet.Live have students join!
Once they’re in, you move through your Google Slides. On the Slides you can add questions and different ways for the students to interact with the information!
Want a quick peek at setting up a Pear Deck activity? Click here to watch a SUPER short video!
New to Pear Deck?
If you’re new to Pear Deck, here are some great tutorials to get started with it!
- Creating Pear Deck (IGTV video)
- Pear Deck Student View (IGTV video)
- Pear Deck Teacher Dashboard (IGTV video)
- Walkthrough from Maris Hawkins (blog post)
Add Movement with Drag and Drop Prompts
If your students are dragging their feet (literally and figuratively), try adding drag and drop prompts into your Pear Deck. You can create slides where they match vocabulary words to pictures, organize phrases in the right order, or group items by category. It is a super simple way to get students moving their brains and their fingers at the same time.
This works especially well for beginner students who need more visual supports, but it is also fun to use for review with upper levels. It turns a grammar check into a quick challenge, and your students will be too busy racing to the right spot to even notice they are practicing.
You can even add these prompts as warm-ups, brain breaks, or end-of-class check-ins. Low stress, high engagement. That is what we like.
Build Class Community With Real Responses
Another reason I love using Pear Deck for Language Class is how easy it is to build community and connection with just one slide. Try this: start your class with a “would you rather” question in Spanish. Keep it silly. Keep it simple. Let them answer in Spanish or with images, and take a moment to talk through the responses together.
These moments create language practice without pressure. Plus, they give your students a chance to see that Spanish is not just a subject, it is something they can use right now, in their real life, even to say that yes, they would absolutely rather have a pet llama than a pet crocodile.
When we use Pear Deck to create interaction and laughter, students learn. Period.
Let’s Share!
Pear Deck is one of the few, consistent things I’ve been hearing is a WIN for teachers this year. I know there are quite a few teachers who are using it with their classes and loving it, so I thought you know what? LET’S SHARE!
If you have a Pear Deck that you’ve used and are willing to share, please add your info here.
CLICK HERE TO SHARE YOUR DECKS
From grammar to games to goofy class polls, Pear Deck for Language Class brings your lessons to life in a way that gets students involved and actually excited to participate.
So go ahead and try something new this week. Drop in an image, ask a silly question, or build out a slide deck you can use all year.
And hey, do not forget to share what you create. Because teacher magic is even better when we pass it around. If you are looking for decks to use, please click here to check out the spreadsheet of responses.
