Nearpod Professional Development

Nearpod Professional Development equips educators with the skills to transform their classrooms using one of the most widely adopted interactive teaching platforms in education. Nearpod enables teachers to create and deliver lessons that incorporate real-time formative assessments, interactive activities, and multimedia content — turning passive screen time into active, engaged learning experiences for students of all ages. Nearpod's professional development offerings include free public webinars, structured training courses, and a Certified Educator program that provides up to 3 hours of accredited PD. Training sessions cover the fundamentals of the platform — navigating the interface, finding and customising lessons from Nearpod's extensive library, creating original lessons using existing resources, launching lessons in both teacher-paced and student-paced modes, and reviewing student learning data through built-in reports. Beyond platform basics, Nearpod PD also models how to use interactive features like Drag & Drop, Draw It, Time to Climb, Matching Pairs, Collaborate Board, quizzes, polls, and open-ended questions to maximise student engagement and gather meaningful formative assessment data. What makes Nearpod's PD particularly effective is its emphasis on modelling: when educators experience Nearpod as learners during training, they're far more likely to integrate the platform into their own teaching practice. For schools and districts already using or considering Nearpod, this professional development ensures that teachers can leverage the platform's full potential to create the kind of active, participatory learning experiences that research consistently shows lead to better student outcomes.