Nearpod Closes the Distances in Education.
January 08, 2025

Nearpod Closes the Distances in Education.

Peter Hemingway | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Nearpod

We use Nearpod to effectively deliver classroom lessons to students and for professional development sessions. Nearpod allows us to provide lesson information and activities while enabling the presenter to monitor the progress of his/her audience during the presentation. Nearpod improves the classroom management abilities of every presenter while providing a record for review and tracking lesson effectiveness after concluding the presentation.

Pros

  • Nearpod is excellent for providing control during presentations.
  • Nearpod creates easy-to-use analytics both in real-time and after a presentation has concluded.
  • Nearpod is a wonderful engagement tool to help increase group participation during a lesson.
  • Nearpod helps provide data for improved presentation refinement.

Cons

  • The notes feature in Nearpod sometimes has bugs that can be bothersome.
  • The free version of Nearpod is limited, and missing some of my most favored features.
  • Becoming proficient at lesson creation outside of Google Slides can take some time until you have mastered the learning curve.
  • The number of teachers in my school who regularly use Nearpod has tripled this school year.
  • Teachers have found a noticeable increase in student engagement during classroom lessons.
  • Using Nearpod has helped teachers track student performance during lessons instead of having to give tests and quizzes to gauge student understanding accurately.
While there is some learning curve to fully understand and know how to lead a lesson with Nearpod, once mastered successfully, Nearpod lessons are simple to create and deliver. When leading a lesson, it is relatively simple to see how everyone in the class performs and how well they participate and understand.
Outside of Miro, Nearpod is my favorite program for leading a lesson. If I am presenting, and not requiring my students to perform any activities, then I really like Miro for presentations. If I have a large class, then I still prefer Nearpod to all others. Additionally, the more certain I am of what I want to do when, the more I like using Nearpod for lessons.

Do you think Nearpod delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Nearpod's feature set?

Yes

Did Nearpod live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Nearpod go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Nearpod again?

Yes

Nearpod is great for teachers who want data to help gauge how engaged students are during lessons. Additionally, teachers in one-to-one schools can better use these tools with a lesson delivery system like Nearpod. Nearpod is especially effective when a presenter has to deliver information to a large class.

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