As technology is advancing, it is extremely hard to keep students engaged in lessons. Hyperdocs is a way to keep the lesson exciting and moving. Within the lesson there are links embedded into the lesson plan, which leads to different moving parts of the lesson. Hyperdocs is a great way for students to become interactive and click links that allow them to share their thoughts within the lesson. The image below is an example of what a hyperdoc is! The document is divided into different lesson plans for different subjects. The lesson I decided to use as an example is Astronomy. In this lesson there are multiple links within the slides that lead to videos and question about the lesson in Astronomy. This is a great tool to you in your classroom to keep students involved and interested in the lesson.

Have you ever heard of a HyperDoc? If not, no worries because I am going to tell you about them and how they can transform learning!

A HyperDoc is a digital document that can incorporate various multimedia elements, such as text, images, links, videos, and interactive features, to facilitate learning and engagement. HyperDocs are often used in education as instructional materials or lesson plans to organize content in a structured and interactive format. HyperDocs are designed to promote active learning, student-centered instruction, and personalized learning experiences. They provide students with access to various resources, opportunities for exploration and inquiry, and avenues for demonstrating understanding. Teachers can use hyperDocs to deliver content, guide students through learning activities, and assess learning outcomes. They are typically created using tools like Google Docs, Google Slides, or other online platforms that allow for collaboration and multimedia integration.

For example, a whole class Google Doc HyperDoc offers several benefits for both teachers and students. The first one being collaboration. With a whole class Google Doc HyperDoc, all students can access and work on the same document simultaneously. This promotes collaboration and allows for real-time interaction among students as they engage with the content. The second benefit is accessibility. Since the HyperDoc is hosted on Google Docs, it can be easily accessed from any device with an internet connection. This ensures that students can engage with the materials both in and out of the classroom, promoting accessibility and flexibility. Another benefit in using a whole-class Google Doc is customization. Teachers can easily customize the HyperDoc to meet the specific needs and learning objectives of their class. They can add or remove content, embed multimedia elements, and tailor activities to accommodate different learning styles and abilities. A whole class Google Doc HyperDoc can incorporate various learning pathways or levels of difficulty to cater to the diverse needs of students. Teachers can embed links to additional resources, provide alternative assignments, or offer extension activities to support differentiation and personalized learning. This technique also encourages organization. HyperDocs provide a structured format for organizing instructional materials, resources, and activities in a single document. This helps students navigate through the content more efficiently and stay focused on the learning objectives. Student engagement will increase with HyperDocs as well. By incorporating multimedia elements such as images, videos, and interactive features can enhance student engagement and motivation. Whole-class Google Docs can also include opportunities for student interaction, discussion, and reflection, fostering a more dynamic and interactive learning experience. Teachers can easily monitor student progress and provide timely feedback by reviewing student contributions and interactions within the HyperDoc. It can also include built-in assessment tools such as quizzes, polls, or reflection prompts to gauge student understanding and track learning outcomes.

Overall, a whole-class Google Doc HyperDoc offers a flexible, collaborative, and interactive approach to instruction that can enhance student engagement, promote active learning, and support differentiated instruction.

Watch the short video below to learn how to create and share a Google Doc with a group in order to work simultaneously!

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Hyperdocs are a great way to engage students in interactive and self-paced learning experiences. Hyperdocs are designed to engage and empower learners by combining various multimedia resources, tasks, and opportunities for collaboration. One example is Edpuzzle, an interactive video platform that allows customizable educational videos.

With Edpuzzle as we can see by embedding questions and comments within videos, Edpuzzle encourages active learning. Students are promoted to think critically, respond to questions, and actively engage with content. In addition, the above image shows how Edpuzzle customizes the videos by adding interactive elements such as questions, and comments. This customization allows teachers to tailor the video lessons to meet the specific needs and learning objectives of their students.

Overall, the concept of hyperdocs combines videos with interactive elements, customize, and assessment. It provides a dynamic and engaging platform for teachers to create video lessons that promote active learning and support student success.

Throughout this school year, I have discovered this amazing use of a hyperdoc because of my wonderful professors, which is called Padlet! Padlet is a great way to allow a virtual class discussion and to create strong posts collaborative about a certain topic. You are able to make a padlet open to the public or to make a chatroom just private to the people with whom you would like to be involved. This is a good source for not only creating good communication after a lesson, but it is also a great way to ask questions and formulate new ideas after learning. You can add photos, different links, or even share video projects that may be informative to the topic at hand. This is a cool and unique form of technology that I believe we should use more of especially when forming a discussion group with classmates. Here is a discussion board of final projects from Global Goals. This is a cool and unique way to share work!

The first time I ever heard about Starfall Education was when my younger sister went on it, probably around 10 years ago.  What really stood out to be was how a program was able to make learning feel like play.  Looking back on it now, I see that learning is capable of feeling like that always, if it is being taught in the right way.

That is the whole point of Hyperdocs!  It is a type of education that is not the typically teacher lecturing and students completing their worksheets.  It brings a whole new interactive and creative touch into the lesson at hand.  

What I really love about Starfall is the extensive learning topics and grade levels.  Each lesson being very interactive and fun for the student.

One example I found is called Unbearable Spelling Bees.  It is a spelling test game for 4th or 5th graders (you can pick the grade level).

https://www.starfall.com/h/english45/spellingbees/ This is the link.

It first starts off with a bear coming out of hibernation when he sees he has no more honey left to eat!

He then goes to a beehive to collect honey.  This is where you select 4th or 5th grade.

Once you pick the grade level, you begin practicing spelling! 

The way it works is you are given a list of words it could possibly be.  

Then you have to figure the word out by reading the definition or synonyms provided.  Every word spelled correctly, you get a new honey jar filled up!

This interactive learning tool can bring excitement to the students when practicing their spelling. This program can be a much more exciting way to spell your words rather than just paper and pencil!

Hyperdocs are documents that make extensive use of hyperlinks and its digital medium. Students click through at their own pace, answering questions and using outside resources to enhance their learning experience.

For example, this hyperdoc about electricity takes students through a lesson, step by step. Instead of a teacher showing videos to the entire class and waiting for everyone to finish completing the activity, each student can finish at their own pace. This creates less room for distraction, because students always have something new to do.

Another benefit of hyperdocs is their versatility. Digital documents can hold anything, from editable drawings to games embedded in them. The linked hyperdoc is a great example. In the lesson, students write a chart about what they know, watch external videos, and conduct their own experiment.

Hyper docs are digital lesson plans created and designed by teachers. It replaces traditional pen to paper worksheets. Hyper docs can be created through Google Slides, Google Docs and Google Maps.  They are a packaged, self-paced, and self-directed learning experience, with choices for learners to explore, apply, and do in a guided settingAnother way to explain it is an online journey, students will click on links that will bring them to interactive websites, they will answer questions directly on the doc, and overall think, listen, watch, and explore.

In high school, we were assigned hyper docs, and I always found them fun and engaging. One aspect I like about hyper docs is Ed Puzzle. Ed Puzzle is a great learning tool. You can assign students a video to watch, and add questions while they are watching.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1stWtUoV-m83UWAfDa-gmHytQ6efyhdjwIF-E9SWiqWc/edit?usp=sharing

This is a link to a hyper doc I found about the Water Cycle. It is a Google Slide that includes videos, questions that can be answered right on the slide, interactive water cycle websites, matching games, and a quiz at the end. This is an example of a hyper doc that I would assign to my students.