HyperDocs Using OneNote

 

A OneNote HyperDoc is a student facing digital lesson plan that allows you, as the teacher, to craft and package learning opportunities right within OneNote.  The focus of a HyperDoc should be pedagogy and meeting the individual needs of each of your students.

They are both student and teacher friendly and remove the teacher from being the “sage on the stage,” and more of a facilitator in their student’s learning. OneNote HyperDocs could include instructional videos, articles, audio, text, diagrams, etc. If you are using a touch screen device, you and your students could also incorporate the digital inking feature as well. Another unique feature of using OneNote to create your HyperDoc is that you and your students can use the audio feature. With this, you can insert audio instructions and feedback to your students for those that may need to hear your voice. Your students are also able to insert audio to leave you comments. Another positive thing about engaging your students in the use of OneNote HyperDocs is that they will always have access to their content within their OneNote notebooks.

OneNote makes creating a HyperDoc super simple by making sure that all of the information is easily accessible for your students. Your OneNote HyperDoc should include the fundamentals of effective lesson plan design as stated by our HyperDocs friends (Lisa Highfill, Kelly Hilton, and Sarah Landis). These fundamentals include:

• Engage-Share an inspirational hook with your students.
• Explore-Share a collection of resources with your students to explore the topic.
• Explain-This section allows for your direct instruction to teach the content.
• Apply-Create an assignment for your students to show you the application of their knowledge.
• Share-This is where your students will share their work with an authentic audience.
• Reflect-This section allows your students the opportunity to reflect on their learning.
• Extend-In this section you will provide extension resources for your students.

I recommend 2 options to consider for setting up your HyperDoc within OneNote:

Create a “section” for your HyperDoc and title it. Then create a “page” for each of the fundamentals of effective lesson plan design.

Create a “section” or “page” within your OneNote and insert a table. Each row or column of your table could be a section for your fundamentals of effective lesson plan design.

Click here to view an example of what a OneNote HyperDoc might look like:  Animal Cell HyperDoc 

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Teacher Tip: Have you ever considered using a OneNote HyperDoc with your substitute teacher?

No need to leave a physical handwritten or typed up lesson plan for your substitute teachers. You can create a HyperDoc within your Class OneNote notebook and students can access it from there! The substitute teacher becomes a facilitator of the lesson and encourages students to make progress as they move through the HyperDoc. Students are still able to continue their learning, even in the absence of their teacher.

Have you tried using OneNote to create your HyperDocs? 

44 Things I've Learned at 44

 

Hey friends!  How are ya'll doing?  Are ya'll hanging in there?  I know it's been a while but just as I'm sure has been the case for all of you, life has been crazy!  I pray that you are all staying safe and taking time to take care of you, your loved ones and your mental health!

For the month of March, I've been participating in a "list maker challenge" that I stumbled across on Instagram.  The challenge, created by @bookstaandbujo is a means of getting out of a creative rut and simply making some sort of a creative list in a journal every day for the month of March.  The creator of this challenge found that when the pandemic first began, her life, schedule and structure were turned upside down.  She went from creatively planning in her planner every day to all of a sudden, not having anything to plan and no set schedule, not to mention, no "to do" list.  In an attempt to dig her way out of that funk, she created the "list maker challenge" and this March marks the second go 'round of it!  Search the #listmakerchallege on IG for inspiration.  

One of the lists that I was excited to create and that challenged me was a list of 44 things that I've learned at the age of 44.  I thought I'd share it with you here.  

1. God is always first.

2. Don't put your faith in people. You will always leave yourself open with room to be disappointed.

3. Everything and everyone that glitters ain't gold.

4. You don't need a lot of friends.

5. You don't need a lot of things.

6. Faith over fear.

7. Don't beat yourself up for your past. Pray about it. Ask for forgiveness. Move forward.

8. Learn from your mistakes and don't make the same mistakes over and over again.

9. Always pay yourself first.

10. Make time for what makes you happy.

11. Live for something bigger than yourself.

12. What is for you is for you.

13. Never question, "why you." Why not you?

14. Always pull up a seat to the table.

15. You have a story to tell and it deserves to be told.

16. Look up at the clouds sometimes. You'll learn to appreciate the small things.

17. Money comes and goes.

18. Enjoy the journey. It's not always about the destination.

19. Travel often.

20. Life's too short to not eat off of the good plates, use the good silverware, wear the red shoes, etc. What are you saving those things for?

21. Practice some form of gratitude every single day.

22. Pour into others as much as you can.

23. Don't wish ill will upon your enemies. The universe will take care of what it needs to.

24. Surround yourself with things and people that make you happy.

25. Let go of people and things that drain you of your peace.

26. Make time to get lost in a good book.

27. Always learn and grow.

28. Pay for the people's food/drinks in the car behind you in a drive through. Anonymously pay for someone's food in a restaurant....just because.

29. Send handwritten cards or letters to people, just because.

30. Once you've achieved something, you have a responsibility to pull others up behind you.

31. Pay it forward.

32. Don't be afraid to seek professional help.

33. Advocate for yourself and for those that you love.

34. Take care of your physical, spiritual and mental health.

35. Other people's opinions of you are not your business.

36. Just be kind.

37. Everyone is fighting a battle, some kind of battle that you know absolutely nothing about.

38. You can't change people. But you can change the way that you deal with people.

39. When you know better, do better.

40. Always always always listen to your spirit of discernment about people and situations. That little God whisper, 10 times out of 10, it's always right.

41. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. That's where the growth happens.

42. Somewhere between the ages of 40-45 you realize you are on "the other side of life" and things begin to matter either more or less. People begin to matter more or less. What you're willing to spend your time doing, things you're willing to tolerate, etc change, because you understand the value of time and peace of mind.

43. There is something so powerfully freeing when you find the courage and power to tell people, "no."

44. Always know and remember your "why."

Do any of my 44 resonate with you? What would you add to this list? What have you learned in your years here on earth so far that have stuck with you the most?