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What is Pear Deck?

Create beautiful interactive lessons, presentations, and assessments to engage every student.

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Create beautiful interactive lessons, presentations, and assessments to engage every student.


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Year Founded
2014
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Miriam C.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"I love Pear Deck"
I can see live if my students are working in class, I can display it on the classroom screen or board to the class for others to see.
Veronica J.
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Veronica J.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"User friendly deck sharing"
I like how easy it is to create a presentation which other people can interact with. The variety of slide types are diverse but not too many to loo...
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3.0 out of 5
"Once great, now subpar"
Immediate, interactive student responses.
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Pear Deck Pros and Cons

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Instant engagement for students and easy to tell who is and who is not engaged Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

Inability to export answers while a session is still alive. But I often need to keep sessions live for absent students or people who have not yet finished. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Until they update some functionality and features it’s honestly pretty limited in terms of what It can do. It only does one thing and it does it pretty well, but until there are more granular controls over student pacing and the ability to better export student data and answers I might look elsewhere Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Distance learning in education. The benefits I have realized are an easier ability to pinpoint students who are engaging versus not engaging and students who are understanding material versus not understanding material Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Pear Deck is a great interactive tool that is very easy to use with Google Slides. Students are engaged with the content area being taught and it enables higher level thinking skills. I recommend using it with Grades 4 and up, but it's possible to use with younger grades with well-taught routines and expectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

It can be difficult to use with younger children because they can be easily distracted, but Pear Deck has the capability to lock screens which will solve the problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Students are more engaged than in a typical lecture or slide show. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Pear Deck is super easy to use, just like a powerpoint but so much better! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

It sometimes wants to be with Google tooooo much, I love just Pear Deck! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Pear Deck:

Use it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Classroom management, student engagement, it works for all! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Peardeck is an amazing tool for keeping students focused and engaged during a lesson. Teachers are able to control the screens in a 1:1 classroom, students can see the material clearly on their own screens without being near the board, and students and teachers can interact via the spot check quizzes and polls. I love that it is integrated with Google Slides! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

If your school isn't 1:1 it could be an issue. Also, when you are 1:1 it is hard to find an alternative for those that have forgotten their device or let it die. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Peardeck allows easy formative assessments along the way during a lesson. This allows teachers to have data on the exact effect of the lesson. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Interactive PowerPoint for kids to follow along with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

I have to open it on Google Drive for my district. It sometimes blocks me from doing so at home. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Pear Deck:

Use the guide PowerPoint templates Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Student engagement. Students are excited and feedback is immediate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

I came upon paired that quite accidentally. I used to make kids copy my power points before class so they would get the notes then I had a parent complain about taking notes so I need to come up with an idea for the kids to be involved in the notetaking. Pair deck was introduced to me to do just this. I put my slideshow right on to the pear deck website and it allows students to be very interactive with the notes so as I’m lecturing representing a new concept to them they will be able to use different tools on their own chrome box as they sit there to listen and make sure that they get all of the notes plus they’re adding in their learning as we’re going through it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

The one thing or the one negative thing I have to say about pair that is sometimes it can be a little distracting sometimes the kids are a little off balance and they may start drawing on it or do you laying on it and I don’t want them to do that so it’s more of something I have to keep a track of that and just to let them kind a have three years as were learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Again I use it to solve problems like being able to have access to my notes and the students are interactive and learning as were going through a PowerPoint on a specific concept usually it’s a grammar concepts or something like that that they can grasp through the PowerPoint. I have not used it in the terms of with my other colleagues however I have shown it to my other colleagues and they are adapting to it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

I like how I can assess my students knowledge immediately with feedback to students. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

I wish on projection view when students comment I could see who is commenting, or delete comments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Pear Deck:

Great interaction with students and great formative assessment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using everyday in my classroom! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

I like the ability to lockdown the browser so students can't surf around on their computer. I also like the features that allow all students to submit answers to the same question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

It's time-consuming to create presentations in Pear Deck. PowerPoint and Pear Deck don't always interact very well, and making a presentation from start to finish in Pear Deck can take an incredibly long time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

At school, Pear Deck helps to keep everyone focused. In addition, Pear Deck makes it so that students are following along individually, holding them accountable for their learning. Students are more actively engaged because there are questions and small activities throughout the presentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

What I like best about Pear Deck is the many options I have as a presenter in my classroom. I can present information at my place or I can allow students to control the pace individually. Additionally, I can insert survey or multiple choice questions for real time feedback! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

Many of the question choice options were preset and didn't allow me much creativity. It may have been a a bandwidth problem but there was lagging issues during the presentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Pear Deck:

If individual student interaction is what you are looking for, Pear Deck is for you! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Pear Deck allows me to push a presentation to each of my students which removes the need for close proximity to the front of the room for visually impaired students unnecessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Pear Deck?

Pear Deck allows teachers to display multiple student responses which support facilitation of open-ended conversations. You can also share your presentations (or notes) with students, so they have instant study guides. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Pear Deck?

Only one or two student responses show up at a time, so it's challenging to discuss more than one student response at a time. The equation editor is lacking. It's not easy to use Pear Deck in math classes (especially Geometry). It's also difficult to construct shapes with the current drawing tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Pear Deck:

This is a great product to use in your classrooms if students do not need to create diagrams or use much mathematics notation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Pear Deck solving and how is that benefiting you?

Pear Deck is a tool that supports open-ended student discussion. It also allows students to interact directly with mathematics tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.