Hyperdocs in Elementary - TechNotes Blog - TCEA. Looking for a way to organize content for student learning, collaboration, and creation? Try a hyperdoc with Google Docs. At a recent TCEA Google Certified Trainer Bootcamp, I had the opportunity to introduce participants to Hyperdocs, a new way to house tools and resources. Purpose of Hyperdocs A hyperdoc scaffolds student communication, heightens inquiry, and structures student exploration of a topic. The purpose of hyperdocs is to bring all types of multimedia resources under one roof. Hyperdocs may sometimes be compared to Multi-Media Text Sets (MMTS), a term coined by Lisa Highfill. Elements of a Hyperdoc Hyperdocs take advantage of tables in Google Docs. Shaded cells and rowsInstructions students can followFormatted spaces for students to respond to questions or promptsHyperlinks from YouTubeImages from Google Image SearchCitations and links to articles in Google Scholar Sharing Your Hyperdoc with Students Create a Google Drive folder with a copy of your hyperdoc for each group.
Lesson Ideas. These lesson plans were perhaps the most popular activity for last year's Digital Learning Day. The links provide a ready-made activity that you can use with your students on Digital Learning Day and beyond. You will see that each lesson includes a full lesson plan and a short video introduction from the Digital Learning Day teacher who submitted the lesson. If you plan to use a lesson on Digital Learning Day in your classroom or school, make sure to add this activity to our map. Visit the toolkits for more lesson plans, tools to use, and tips from teachers in specific areas!
I Am Malala In this innovative lesson plan, students explore the power of social media in calling for change, while also improving their understanding of various cultures and social issues that impact other parts of the world. Video Introduction Lesson Plan Activity Rubric Inquiry-Based Research This great lesson has students practice online research skills by playing timed trivia games. Video Lesson Plan. Simplystem.wikispaces. Common Core Classrooms: Common Core Standards. Global Community. Project: Literature Circles Students work in small groups reading a novel and assuming various roles in the Literature Circle in order to demonstrate their understanding of the novel and share...
Project: Email Exchange Students will engage in an ePals email exchange, practicing the skills of collaboration and communication while building friendships and learning about the daily lives and cultures of others around the world. Collaborative Detective Story Students will compose a collaborative narrative short story while creating international friendships and a great story to share. 21st Century Learning Tools Project When students are a part of an online collaborative learning community, powerful learning takes place. Monster Writing Project Students attempt to recreate the monsters based on the description they received from other ePals.
Project: Theme Detectives Is it just a funny talking spider or do his antics serve a deeper cultural purpose? Project: Biographies: Explorer Expedition. Xolp - home. Create Your Own Interactive Primary Source Document Activities. I've written about many resources from the U.S. National Archives in the past. Until today my favorite of their offerings was the National Archives Experience Digital Vaults.
This morning I spent some time exploring The National Archives Experience's Docs Teach interactive tools center and it is my new favorite tool from the National Archives. Docs Teach offers seven free tools that teachers can use to create interactive learning activities based on primary source documents and images. The seven tools are Finding a Sequence, Focusing on Details, Making Connections, Mapping History, Seeing the Big Picture, Weighing the Evidence, and Interpreting Data. To get a sense of how each of these activities works you can view existing activities made and shared here by other teachers.
I used the Docs Teach activity creator to create a Weighing the Evidence activity this morning. Applications for Education You could create some great primary source evaluation activities on Docs Teach. Common Curriculum -- Collaboration & Publishing Made Easy. Instructional and Educational Videos, Animated Explanations, - Explania. Project Based Learning | BIE. Have Fun Teaching. Free Technology for Teachers.
Web Activities/Resources. Graphic Organizers Etc. Thematic Units. Help with Research Projects. Learning Centers.