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What To Do at This Station?
What To Do at This Station?
- Dig through the Explore: What are Hyperdocs section until you have a solid understanding of Hyperdocs.
- Add to the Answer Garden
- Create your own Hyperdoc
Explore: What are Hyperdocs?
Explore: What are Hyperdocs?
What is a Hyperdoc?
According to the ladies who coined the term “Hyperdoc” (Lisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton, and Sarah Landis) on the official hyperdoc.co website, a Hyperdoc is, “a transformative, interactive Google Doc replacing the worksheet method of delivering instruction, is the ultimate change agent in the blended learning classroom. With strong educational philosophies built into each one, HyperDocs have the potential to shift the way you instruct with technology.”
Here are the Hyperdoc basics:
- It is NOT just a Google Doc with links. Learners will actually interact with content and reflect on their learning within the Doc. I think this is where I missed the mark previously. Looking at some examples in Lisa’s session (below) helped me realize this.
- Speaking of Docs, a Hyperdoc doesn’t just have to be a Google Doc. In fact, building a Hyperdoc in Google Slides offers some benefits over using a Doc, such as embedded YouTube or Google Drive videos, etc.
- A Hyperdoc is a lesson within itself, and it will most likely take more than a single class period for students to work through.
- Hyperdocs are engaging, learner-centered, and most importantly, far from sit and get!
As you build a Hyperdoc, think through the following information:
- How will learners Explore the information?
- How will learners Explain their learning?
- How will learners Apply that learning? Not a worksheet! Check out my Backward EdTech Flow Chart for some ideas.
- How will learners Share it?
- How will learners Reflect afterward?
- How will learners Extend the learning if they have extra time?
Explain: Contribute to the Answer Garden
Explain: Contribute to the Answer Garden
Click the Answer Garden link to the left to answer the following question:
What is the biggest difference between Hyperdocs and worksheets? Please note, you can submit more than one answer.
After you submit your answers, you will be able to see a word cloud of other answers submitted. The larger the word appears, the more it has been submitted.
What other trends do you notice in other answer submissions?
Apply: Create Your Own Hyperdoc
Apply: Create Your Own Hyperdoc
Before you begin to create your own Hyperdoc, be sure you are familiar with these eight essential Drive elements for creating Hyperdocs.
Decide what platform you will use. Run Through your ideas with a colleague to get some feedback.
- Google Slides
- Google Docs
- Google Sites
- Google Maps, Tour Builder or Earth
- Schoology: Folders, Pages, links, etc.
- Something Else?
Don't Reinvent the Wheel!
Check out these example Hyperdocs by Subject Area
See if there is a Hyperdoc you could use or start with in the Teachers Give Teachers store.
How to Create a Hyperdoc- Hyperdoc
Check out this Hyperdoc Template with tons of ideas.
Share it!
Consider sharing your final rendition on Teachers Give Teachers!
Share it with other teachers in your building, on Twitter, and anywhere you can!
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