{"id":327,"date":"2014-05-07T20:43:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T00:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-np.nearpod.com\/?p=327"},"modified":"2023-06-27T08:18:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T12:18:10","slug":"nearpod-featured-as-an-essential-app-for-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nearpod.com\/blog\/nearpod-featured-as-an-essential-app-for-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearpod featured as an &#8216;Essential&#8217; App for Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Hello Nearpod Community!<\/h5>\n<p>Once again, we want to thank each and every one of you for all the support and&nbsp;the&nbsp;positive feedback we get from you every day. &nbsp;Thanks to our users\u2019 recognition,&nbsp;Apple &nbsp;has included&nbsp;Nearpod&nbsp;in an exclusive list of \u2018essential\u2019 apps for education: The compilation is &nbsp;entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/appstore.com\/teacherstarterkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Teacher\u2019s Starter Kit\u2019<\/a>. &nbsp;We are&nbsp;extremely&nbsp;honored to appear alongside some \u201cedu-awesome\u201d tools such as Evernote, Edmodo, Brainpop, ClassDojo, and WolframAlpha.<\/p>\n<p>As a way to thank you &#8211; and in celebration of teacher\u2019s appreciation week- we\u2019ve made some of our <a href=\"http:\/\/html.nearpod.com\/#\/?library_folder=526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">most popular paid presentations <strong>FREE as a gift for the week!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/e6d7e26b547635efa5be9d2a4ccb4d07\/tumblr_inline_n584lslgGI1syjobe.png\" alt=\"image\"><\/p>\n<p>Also, we thought we\u2019d&nbsp;compliment&nbsp;Apple\u2019s compilation with a \u201cStarter&nbsp;Kit\u201d of our own, which&nbsp;you can share with your colleagues and students (yes,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/18YNWFu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">students are creating Nearpod presentations,&nbsp;too<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>So here goes our<strong> \u201cNearpod Starter\u2019s Kit\u201c&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If this is your first time using Nearpod, this quick&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nearpod.com\/join#PIHGR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tutorial<\/a>&nbsp;will introduce you to the basics of our platform.<\/li>\n<li>When you\u2019re ready to get creative with Nearpod\u2019s interactive features yourself, <a href=\"http:\/\/nearpod.com\/join#EKFJY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this guide<\/a>&nbsp;will teach you everything you need to know to start creating your own presentations.<\/li>\n<li>And when you\u2019re ready to dig a bit deeper, you can incorporate some other powerful educational tools and resources as part of your Nearpod presentations. 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