What is Hyperdocs?

Hyperdocs are fun and engaging digital lesson plans designed to provide students with all their content and tools for learning in one organized space. Hyperdocs allows students to access content before receiving direct instruction. Students can then apply their learning using the 4 C’s: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.

Why Hyperdocs?

Hyperdocs have replaced traditional boring ways of teaching. Learners are now more engaged in fun interactive hands on learning. Here is a video to help explain why you would want to use Hyperdocs.

When creating a Hyperdoc, make sure to follow this basic template. Many HyperDocs follow this basic template that takes students through six steps of a lesson:

1. Engage: Hook your students, get them engaged, and activate prior knowledge. You might use a fun video, interactive website, or audio recording.
2. Explore: Link resources, such as videos or articles, for students to explore more information.
3. Explain: Clarify the learning objective for your students. This is where you could teach a whole group lesson with direct instruction, or add additional resources for students to explore. 
4. Apply: What do you want students to create to demonstrate their learning? Give instructions for the assignment.
5. Share: Provide a way for students to share their work and receive feedback.
6. Reflect: Pause for reflection (whole class, think-pair-share, etc.) or link them to a digital way to share their thoughts.
7. Extend: This portion is great for early finishers. Provide extra activities, additional online resources, or challenge them with an extension assignment to extend their thinking.

There are many different sites available online that offer free templates and ideas to help you get started with creating your own Hyperdocs.

In my own exploration of Hyperdocs, I found one about Pokemon Go which I feel would be super fun and engaging for kids in upper elementary age level through middle school. Being a Pokemon fanatic myself I really enjoyed this hyperdoc. I’ve enclosed a copy of the link so you can check it out for yourself.

I hope you enjoyed this weeks blogpost.

Bayta O.