Hyperdocs in the Classroom
For those of you who didn't know, I taught Social Studies. One of the classes I taught was U.S. History 3070. Once second semester came, I had to find new ways to engage my students, because the course was becoming too much of the same. Let's face it. Despite our best efforts, m ore often than not, our planning can result in something that ends up being very teacher centered, because it's the easiest or we fall into the trap of teaching the same way over and over . This is where I discovered hyperdocs. If you've never heard of a hyperdoc, it is a digital document which contains a lesson or series of lessons that is very student focused. The lessons are c ontained in one document and students take part on a learning journey. Here is the example I made for my US History Course. I was so happy with the way it turned out. Here are some other examples: Cult of Pedagogy has written...