Looks like a fantastic app! Free app for teachers and students. You can use the iPad for an interactive presentation. Upgrade free to the silver account once you create an account. School account is in the works (I'm sure for a fee). "Webinears" are very informative too.
tricia - great find! i hadn't heard about Nearpod before. we'll definitely install it on the lincoln school ipads. it looks really easy to make interactive quizzes and polls.
Doceri is a scalable suite of products that allows a teacher or presenter to control a computer's desktop, to control audiovisual technology, and to annotate any presentation in real time with the Apple™ iPad™. Doceri is an intuitive interface that can replace interactive whiteboards and expensive AV touch panels.
great, short list of, mostly, web-based tools for writing/storytelling from a masscue2013 workshop.
"For grades K-6, the Common Core requires that students use technology to produce and publish writing, while interacting and collaborating. As the students age, their level of independence increases. Each of the tools that I present to you today, allows for these 4 key actions."