Adventures in HyperDoc World

This week we explored the world of HyperDocs and I really enjoyed it! I had already heard about HyperDocs during a PD training, but never really had the time to learn, explore and apply it to my lessons. I would love to implement these into my lessons but, I'm an Art teacher so I did not find as many examples I would have liked too. I did think about using a history template and using it for a biography or Art History lesson. There is a lot of information out there and may be a little overwhelming, but I will continue to explore all of the avenues and maybe watch a few YouTube tutorials (I'm a very visual learner). Gotta wrap my brain around it lol

Some of the websites or blogs I explored had plenty of information, templates, and HyperDocs. For example Teach it with Tech had some great guidelines to be sure and use when creating your HyperDoc. This ensures the students will stay engage in the lessons you create. The guidelines are below:

These guidelines came from the Teach it with Tech link above.

Another good site is  SFUSD . Diana Mancuso has a very helpful visual of what a HypeDoc is and what it is not. See below:

Another good one is Ditch That Textbook which has several HyperDoc templates. While I was exploring his website, I came across his podcast. I subscribed to it so that I could continue learning of all the possibilities of implementing HyperDocs and other Google ideas.

I guess the main one I received the most information from were the HyperDocs website with gurus Lisa Highfill, Sarah Landis, and Kelly Hilton. There may be more, but these are the ones I could find on the website. So much helpful information on this website.

A couple of  tools I explored to help create HyperDocs is Smore and Wakelet. 

I like that Smore is a free platform for creating newsletters, interactive assignments and you can sign in anywhere and start where you left off. It is simple to interact with so younger student will fill comfortable using it. 

Wakelet is a free platform as well. I didn't create anything with it, but went through it to see what it had to offer. I will definitely have to watch some videos to learn how to use it to it's full extent. I did notice that Wakelet seems a little bit like Padlet in the way it is laid out. 

While all of this was great information and helpful ways to engage student learning. It was a little overwhelming. When I have a break from college and work, I will have to explore into all the avenues of these platforms.

I did find one Art HyperDoc assignment which is the subject I teach. This is the link to explore it. I thought it was pretty cool.