Hyperdocs #4: Packaging a Hyperdoc using G Suite Apps

I am writing a number of posts on Hyperdocs. This is the fourth. Basically, Hyperdocs are a way to digitally and innovatively package your lessons. Today we look at the type o G Suite Apps that suite creating Hyperdocs.

Here are five very suitable ways to package Hyperdocs:

Examples of Hyperdocs using the above Google Apps:

Google Slides example: https://goo.gl/m1wGCx
Google Maps example: https://goo.gl/MfRtlu
Google Docs example: https://goo.gl/oANurQ
Google forms example: https://goo.gl/IsS0Kz
Google Sites example: https://goo.gl/aApwyD

In the next post we'll explore how to create a Hyperdoc: Hyperdocs #5: 5 steps to creating a Hyperdoc

Hyperdocs #3: How did Hyperdocs start?

In this post we meet the creators of Hyperdocs. Three USA teachers Lisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton, and Sarah Landis coined the term “HyperDoc” to describe what they were experimenting with in their classrooms. This idea spread like wildfire. In 2016, they published The HyperDoc Handbook to teach others their method for creating these lessons. Follow them on Twitter:
Lisa Highfill: @lhughfill
Kelly Hilton: @kellyihilton
Sarah Landis @sarahlandis

Their book explains how HyperDocs work, why they have such an impact on instruction, and their model for how teachers can design HyperDocs for high-quality instruction.

They also have a website with many free templates and ideas for creating Hyperdocs. Visit it Hyperdocs website: http://hyperdocs.co/
The three Hyperdoc Girls have also created a website called Teachers Give Teachers
http://teachersgiveteachers.net

View the following YouTube video and meet the three 'Hyperdocs Girls' Lisa Highfill, Sarah Landis and Kelly Hilton as they join Ditch that Textbook to discuss Hyperdocs -- what they are, how they can be created and how to make them the best for your students!



In our next post we'll look at the Apps in GSuite that we can use for creating Hyperdocs. "Hyperdocs #4: Which GSuite apps can I use to create Hyperdocs?"

Hyperdocs #2: What is a Hyperdoc?

In recent times the term Hyperdoc has really caught my attention. It makes sense to create digital lesson plans that are multilayered for digital lessons presented in the 21st Century - and Hyperdocs do just that. They contain multilayered learning experiences.

What are the main features of a Hyperdoc

A Hyperdoc is basically a lesson presented in a Google document o one kind or another, that adds innovative elements such as instructions, links, graphic organisers and tools required by the learner in order to complete a task. It can be used in class with a balanced flow of teacher led/student led instruction OR it can be used in a a flipped classroom environment.  

• It is easy to use individually, in pairs or in groups.  It aims to include the 4Cs:
  Collaboration
  Critical Thinking
  Communication
  Creativity.
• It gets learners thinking by focusing on ways for them to apply their knowledge. 
• It contains multimedia text sets rather than lectures.  

What is meant by a Multimedia Text Set
A multimedia text set is a collection of lessons, various texts, and resources based around a topic or theme. It can build background knowledge and shift pedagogy to an exploration of content rather than lecture. The different options of the lesson can be selected from a table.

How could we summarise a Hyperdoc?

This was shared by Lisa Highfill, the creator of Hyperdocs, in one of her presentations  

This was shared Carrie Wilson on Twitter: "What's a #HyperDoc? My 1st HyperDoc Bootcamp"
http://bit.ly/2LLU0uH 

But first, before we look depper into Hyperdocs, let's discoover something about their history. 

Who started the idea of Hyperdocs? We'll find out more about this in our next post: Hyperdocs #3: How did Hyperdocs start?

Hyperdocs #1: How do you currently design and deliver your lessons?

Now that we have more access to the Internet, and we have such wonderful tools to use in lessons - tools that can take our learners further than they ever thought they would go, it is time for us to relook at our lesson planning.

How do you currently create and deliver your content?
Do you stand in front o the class and give a lecture?
Do you use photostated worksheets?
Do you use the text books?
Do you plan what you are going to do on a lesson plan?

Perhaps you plan and write out your lesson plan thoroughly using a pre-determined template.

Teacher Toolkit designed a very effective 5 minute lesson plan that was soon used across the world because it saved a lot of time.

This is the five-minute toolkit filled in.

These three lesson planning ideas would probably work well in a classroom situation where paper, pen and textbooks are used. It is not that any of these are wrong. It is just that in this age of digital exploration, are our traditional methods of lesson planning and delivery sufficient?

• Are they easy to distribute?
• Can our learners work from themDo they create a sen?
• Do they provide how tos for new tools or links to amazing ideas?
• Do they get out learners thinking and exploring?
• Do they create a sense of excitement in the lesson?
• Can they be used at home or school? 

A consideration of all these questions has caused me to think about using Hyperdocs. We'll find out more about Hyperdocs in the next blog post "Hyperdocs #2: What is a Hyperdoc?"

Hyperdoc poetry lesson: If I were in charge of the world

I came across this lovely lesson idea on Laura Chandler's wonderful poetry page:  http://www.lauracandler.com/filecabinet/literacy/poetry.php : At the bottom of the page she has a section called:

Poetry Multimedia Project - If I Were In Charge of the World
"Idea submitted by Radene Girola
Last year one of my newsletter subscribers described a wonderful multimedia project she does with her students. She uses PhotoStory 3 which can be downloaded for free from Microsoft, but other multimedia programs would work as well. Radene has her students take the poem "If I Were in Charge of the World" by Judith Viorst and asks them to rewrite it in their own words and create a PhotoStory. She sent me a sample PhotoStory she created for her students, and I have her permission to post it online. Please be aware that this file requires Windows Media Player, and if you have a Mac you might not be able to view the file. (Download the free VLC player fromhttp://vlc.us.com and that should allow you to view it.) She also sent me her lesson overview. I have omitted the original poem by Judith Viorst due to copyright concerns, but you can order the book from Amazon.com or look for it in your library. Take a look at Radene's sample PhotoStory and prepare to be inspired! This would make a great end-of-the-year project! If you have questions about this activity, feel free to contact Radene at radene.girola@comcast.net."

I felt this would make a perfect lesson for my Grade 6 class and I decided to create a Hyperdoc lesson.

Reusing an already created Hyperdoc

I found a suitable Hyperdoc that someone had already created called "If I were President" which I copied into my own Google Drive. https://goo.gl/I87EyJ . I then changed it: https://goo.gl/zCj4QP

The original Hyperdoc:

My changed Hyperdoc:

Examples

I was really thrilled with the poems my students created. They used images and their own voice with created music. 

Example 1:

Example 2: