Engage
Engage
To engage students at the beginning of a lesson, insert a video, image, quote, or another inspirational hook in this box.
Sample HyperDocs: ENGAGE
First impressions matter, and using a HyperDoc to engage your class as you begin a lesson can be the key to capturing their attention, inspiring their curiosity, and building their excitement. This is the piece of the HyperDoc that gets your students walking into class asking, "What do we get to do today?" And whether you're planning a whole-class experience or an individual task, clearly label your expectations at the beginning of the HyperDoc to add structure and accountability and set the tone for the rest of your lesson. This doesn't have to be complicated or time consuming; rather, it can be as simple as "Turn and Talk" or "Share your thinking with the person sitting next to you."
ENGAGE TOOL: YOUTUBE
YouTube is an incredible sharing platform for video and multimedia. Videos can engage students in learning by introducing an idea or concept and promoting curiosity and questioning while building the student's background knowledge of the topic.
21st Century Skills
Communication
Critical Thinking
ISTE Standards
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking
Research and Information
Communication and Collaboration
SAMR
Augmentation
Sample HyperDoc
How to Design
Find a video that inspires you and fits your lesson's objectives
Link the video in the HyperDoc
How to Deliver
Videos can be shown to the whole group or packaged in a HyperDoc for each student to view independently. Choose parts of the video on which to pause and promote student thinking
How to Collect
In a blended learning classroom, students can record their responses in a writer's notebook or on paper.
ENGAGE TOOL: Podcasts
When you introduce a concept as audio during the engagement phase of a lesson, students improve their listening comprehension skills while gaining important background knowledge about the topic. Use our favorite podcasts or check out Listenwise which features free podcasts focused on social studies, science, ELA, and current events. You can link to any of these podcasts in a Hyperdoc.
21st Century Skills
Critical Thinking
ISTE Standards
Critical Thinking
SAMR
Augmentation
Sample HyperDoc
How to Design
Explore the topics on Listenwise's website that best align with your lesson's objectives.
Link to a podcast in the HyperDoc and state your expectations for listening
How to Deliver
Students can listen to a podcast during class time individually, in small groups, or as a whole class. A benefit to linking to a podcast is that students can access the content and listen again at any point in the lesson.
How to Collect
Give students a prompt to consider while listening to the podcast so they can prepare for the subsequent class discussion and debate.
ENGAGE TOOL: Images
Engage students in a topic by using images to build curiosity, share background information, and generate lists of questions. Students practice their visual literacy by viewing images and answering basic questions about what they see.
21st Century Skills
Communication
Critical Thinking
ISTE Standards
Critical Thinking
Communication and Collaboration
SAMR
Augmentation
Sample HyperDoc
How to Design
Choose an image that relates to your HyperDoc's topic.
Add the image to a Google Form and prompt students to answer questions.
How to Deliver
Students view the form and complete the questions.
Share students' responses from the Sheet linked to the Form.
How to Collect
Students engage in sharing their ideas, prior knowledge, and questions about the topic during the class discussion.
ENGAGE TOOL: MEMES
A meme is an image, video, or piece of text that has been imitated and then tweaked to be humorous. Using humor in the classroom is a great way to connect with students and engage them in a topic that might not be inherently interesting to them. It is also important to be culturally responsive to our learners, and memes are a fun, trendy way to communicate an idea. Meme Generator (MemeGenerator.net) is one tool you can use to create your own memes, although it is certainly not the only one.
21st Century Skills
Communication
Critical Thinking
ISTE Standards
Critical Thinking
Communication and Collaboration
SAMR
Augmentation
Sample HyperDoc
How to Design
Once you are at MemeGenerator.net, upload your own image, search pre-made memes, or use a template to create a meme.
Add text to your image, whether you have uploaded your own image or used a template.
How to Deliver
When used an an engagement tool, you will often see a meme at the beginning of a lesson.
How to Collect
You can choose to collect the student thinking during class discussion or through comments written on a Google Doc.
ENGAGE TOOL: Quotes
Sometimes we want to spark our students' curiosity and engage them in conversation. One way to do this is by putting a catchy or thought-provoking quote on a Google Slide and then soliciting your students' thoughts through AnswerGarden.
21st Century Skills
Communication
Critical Thinking
ISTE Standards
Critical Thinking
Communication and Collaboration
SAMR
Modification
Sample HyperDoc
How to Design
Choose a quote.
Copy the quote onto a Google Slide.
From the slide, link to a reflective question posed to AnswerGarden
How to Deliver
Share the slide and invite participants to respond to the quote using the AnswerGarden web tool.
How to Collect
As the responses are posted, watch the AnswerGarden word cloud grow. Words or themes used most often stand out in a larger font, which can be a starting point to understanding the group's thinking or the content's theme.