Celebrate your Nearpod journey
Explore the timeline to share out the Nearpod features you can't live without!
Nearpod gets its start
2012: Nearpod is born
Nearpod launches in the app store! The first teachers bring Nearpod into their classrooms.
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2014: Key Partners
Nearpod teams up with partners like Readworks, Learnzillion, and Classroom Complete Press to bring their lessons to the Nearpod Library.
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2015: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media's award-winning Digital Citizenship curriculum comes to Nearpod.
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2016: Virtual Reality
Virtual field trips bring the ability to take a field trip to anywhere in the world from the comfort of your classroom, on any device.
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Collaborative teaching and learning
January: Collaborate boards
Collaborate boards are introduced, allowing for whole-class interaction that quickly becomes a student and teacher favorite.
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May: School Library
School and District Libraries make lesson sharing among teachers quicker and easier.
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September: PhET Simulations
PhET Interactive Simulatuons bring hands-on math and science to Nearpod.
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More interactivity for students and teachers
February: Search by Standards
Teachers can filter the Nearpod Library to find content for the standard they're teaching.
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March: Student Notes
Students can take notes directly on a teacher's lesson, and access a copy with media and their activity responses included.
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August: Matching Pairs
Teachers of all grade levels start launching matching pairs activities that allow students to show their knowledge and get instant feedback.
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The family grows
April: Flocabulary joins the family
Nearpod and Flocabulary team up to bring joy and engagement to every classroom! A new collection of lessons featuring Flocabulary videos enter the library.
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June: Time to Climb
Time to Climb is added to the family of Nearpod activities, allowing teachers to easily create and launch quiz quiz games.
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July: Immersive Reader
Immersive Reader for Nearpod activities introduces a new way to offer support for every student including text-to-speech, real-time translation, parts of speech, and more.
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October: Google Slides Add-on
A new way to create Nearpod lessons arrives! Teachers can now create lessons directly in Google slides, adding Nearpod activities along the way.
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New ways to teach with Nearpod
March: Student Audio Submissions
Students can now respond to Open-Ended Questions with recording audio, allowing for accessibility and even more assessment options.
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August: Interactive Video
Make any video interactive! Nearpod launches the ability to add questions to any video along with a Library of interactive Videos.
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December: 1 Billion interactions
With a record-breaking 1 billion activity submissions this school year, Nearpod keeps students and teachers connected in new ways across in-person, virtual, and hybrid classrooms.
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The journey continues
Explore more Nearpod updates and stay up to date on the latest and greatest on the blog.
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What year do you want to explore?
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Nearpod gets its start
2012: Nearpod is born
Nearpod launches in the app store! The first teachers bring Nearpod into their classrooms.
Tweet
2014: Key Partners
Nearpod teams up with partners like Readworks, Learnzillion, and Classroom Complete Press to bring their lessons to the Nearpod Library.
Tweet
2015: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media's award-winning Digital Citizenship curriculum comes to Nearpod.
Tweet
2016: Virtual Reality
Virtual field trips bring the ability to take a field trip to anywhere in the world from the comfort of your classroom, on any device.
Tweet
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Collaborative teaching and learning
January: Collaborate boards
Collaborate boards are introduced, allowing for whole-class interaction that quickly becomes a student and teacher favorite.
Tweet
May: School Library
School and District Libraries make lesson sharing among teachers quicker and easier.
Tweet
September: PhET Simulations
PhET Interactive Simulatuons bring hands-on math and science to Nearpod.
Tweet
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More interactivity for students and teachers
February: Search by Standards
Teachers can filter the Nearpod Library to find content for the standard they're teaching.
Tweet
March: Student Notes
Students can take notes directly on a teacher's lesson, and access a copy with media and their activity responses included.
Tweet
August: Matching Pairs
Teachers of all grade levels start launching matching pairs activities that allow students to show their knowledge and get instant feedback.
Tweet
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The family grows
April: Flocabulary joins the family
Nearpod and Flocabulary team up to bring joy and engagement to every classroom! A new collection of lessons featuring Flocabulary videos enter the library.
Tweet
June: Time to Climb
Time to Climb is added to the family of Nearpod activities, allowing teachers to easily create and launch quiz quiz games.
Tweet
July: Immersive Reader
Immersive Reader for Nearpod activities introduces a new way to offer support for every student including text-to-speech, real-time translation, parts of speech, and more.
Tweet
October: Google Slides Add-on
A new way to create Nearpod lessons arrives! Teachers can now create lessons directly in Google slides, adding Nearpod activities along the way.
Tweet
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New ways to teach with Nearpod
March: Student Audio Submissions
Students can now respond to Open-Ended Questions with recording audio, allowing for accessibility and even more assessment options.
Tweet
August: Interactive Video
Make any video interactive! Nearpod launches the ability to add questions to any video along with a Library of interactive Videos.
Tweet
December: 1 Billion interactions
With a record-breaking 1 billion activity submissions this school year, Nearpod keeps students and teachers connected in new ways across in-person, virtual, and hybrid classrooms.
Tweet
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The journey continues
Explore more Nearpod updates and stay up to date on the latest and greatest on the blog.
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