Interactive classroom tool Nearpod has raised $9.2 million to fund its project enabling teachers to adopt a 'best practice' approach to mobile phone usage in their classrooms. The idea behind this is that teachers will use mobile phones or other mobile devices as a form of personalised learning, delivering interactive lessons that their students will understand and instantly connect with. They will be able to determine if a student understands the lesson or whether they require additional help., making best use of their limited time. By using Nearpod a student can progress through a lesson at the teacher's pace whilst enjoying the interactive element; however, this one-to-one approach has a downside in that children from poorer backgrounds may be unable to afford this technology thereby placing them at a disadvantage.
Interactive classroom tool Nearpod has raised almost $9.2m to fund its project enabling teachers to adopt a 'best practice' approach to mobile phone usage in their classrooms. The idea behind this is that teachers will use mobile phones or other mobile devices as a form of personalised learning, delivering interactive lessons that their students will understand and instantly connect with. They will be able to determine if a student understands the lesson or whether they require additional help., making best use of their limited time. By using Nearpod a student can progress through a lesson at the teacher's pace whilst enjoying the interactive element; however, this one-to-one approach has a downside in that children from poorer backgrounds may be unable to afford this technology thereby placing them at a disadvantage.