Nearpod: An Effective Interactive ICT Tool for Teaching and Learning Through Google Meet

Abstract

In the digital era of education, the use of ICT tools is important for all human activities. School children, college students, graduates of various streams, and teachers are dependent on digital technology for teaching and learning. Student interaction and engagement is one of the challenging tasks in an online classroom for teachers of various streams to deliver the knowledge efficiently. An interactive Web-based platform improves the learning experiences of students and reduces the teacher effort. The transition from traditional lecture-based teaching methods to interactive learning can be accomplished by using various interactive tools such as Nearpod, Kahoot, and Socrative. Nearpod is a Web-based tool that allows the teacher to engage students during the online virtual sessions by creating contents with the addition of video, slide, Web content, Nearpod 3D, slideshow, audio, PhET Simulation School-level mathematics concepts, VR field trip, and Sway and also to create interactive lessons by including various activities such as Time to Climb, Quiz, Flipgrid, Poll, Fill in the Blanks, Memory Test, Matching Pairs, Collaborate Board, Open-Ended Question, and Draw It. This paper describes the various features of Nearpod and content creation, using Nearpod for effective teaching and learning.