Top Hat Vs. Nearpod

Top Hat Vs. Nearpod

If Top Hat and Nearpod were people they would be siblings. Top Hat would be the brother, and Nearpod would be the sister.  I  was first introduced to Nearpod in this course. Last month, I attended a professional development that showed the benefits for the classroom. Top Hat and

Nearpod are mirror images of themselves. They both allow the teacher to conduct a lecture from the classroom, while students  follow along on their own digital device.  Both applications require student engagement  by requiring the students to  record responses to academic questions on their digital device.  The only difference that I noticed between Nearpod and Top Hat was that Top Hat will allow students to record their attendance.  While Nearpod records data that allows the teacher to determine the students who were present for the lecture. This missing feature in Nearpod can easily be corrected by the instructors simply adding an open ended question that ask them to record their name.

 I give both Tophat and Nearpod two thumbs up.  The determining factor would come down to which application Top Hat or Nearpod would fit within the school districts budget for academic resources.