During this tutorial, I had the opportunity to learn more about the mentimeter platform as a slide deck, rather than just an audience pulling system. Experiencing the use of this technology throughout this semester in various courses also helped me see its value in gathering information from the class through word clouds, surveys, and polls. The ability to engage students in real time is a great tool for attention retention, and a great way for students to feel that they can impact the course of their learning in real time. The distance learning capabilities offered by this platform as a slide deck and polling tool are such that students who are not present for class in person can still contribute to the learning process. I am considering using mentimeter as an alternative for google slides or canva in my classroom as something to keep in my toolkit as a way to engage my students in a slide deck medium.