Nearpod is a Big Hit!

"I've never seen my students so excited about working with context clues before."  This is a quote from Early Elementary Montessori teacher Maria Meyers from Murray-LaSaine Elementary.  She has been using Nearpod to help differentiate for her multi-age classroom.  This fantastic tool has allowed her to use technology to teach small groups without having to use the SMART Board.  Having the presentation and interactive components on the student iPads prevents the whole room from being distracted by the small group presentation.  Today I saw her working with a first grade group on graphing skills as well as a third grade group who were working with equivalent fractions.  Students were engaged and eager to progress to the "quiz" component to see how they did with the lesson.  Nearpod is a great tool for any classroom, but today I really saw the benefits of it for a Montessori classroom.