| | If you have read this blog in the past, you know that we are fans of Pear Deck, and so are our students! Pear Deck introduced their Flashcard Factory a few years ago, (read Garth's blog on it here) and it is a great review tool for students to illustrate and give examples of terms, or if you don't follow instructions like I do, have students define the term. During this process of remote teaching I have learned many things and the self paced Pear Deck Flashcard Factory has been the best one so far, and my students agree. They love doing this in class, they call it "playing Pear Deck". Not much beats having fun and learning at the same time! |
Usually, the Flashcard Factory will pair students up so they can work together, but working and learning remotely can make that quite difficult to accomplish. With the help of @PearDeck, my students were able to work independently on their flashcards, illustrating and defining them on their own. You can set this up in a few minutes by following these seven steps.
1) Log In and Select Pear Deck Vocabulary
2) Title Your Set, Enter Your Terms then Select Play Flashcard Factory
3) Get Code and Select Clock In
4) Let's Play!
Even though no students are registered, select "Let's Play" anyways so it is self-paced
5) Watch the Terms Roll In
As soon as students begin submitting completed terms, you will see boxes falling from above. Check out the video at the top of this post. Students like to see their work fall from above when you are live in a classroom.
6) Quality Control
In this stage of the Flashcard Factory, you select and approve which cards are the best and you will eventually make a game out of them
7) Shipping. Export to GimKit
Now you are ready to allow your students to have fun and learn at their own pace, remotely. Below is a gallery of some of the work that my students have submitted. I have found that the drawings are much better because they are taking their time working remotely and not rushing to fit them all in, in a 40 minute class. Enjoy the Experience, Everybody. -J. C.
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