Well, how could we not jump in on the awesomeness that is HyperDocs? If you're interested in reading about this educational tool, Cult of Pedagogy has written this article about the benefits and rewards of using HyperDocs in the classroom. Luckily for us, there is a central location for finding resources and templates, just go to this website to get started.
For this particular HyperDocs on sequences and series, I turned it into a game board. The "Start" stone copies the student sheet to their drive. This has all instructions and is where learners are expected to put answers. Each additional stepping stone has some sort of task that needs to be completed. Tasks include: Desmos, EdPuzzle, plain ole practice math problems, instructional videos, and games.
The "game" starts pretty basic with just identifying patterns of sequences using an online crack-the-code, then shows a video of summation notation, until finally progressing to students generating their own scenario, hopefully avoiding any "bumps" along the way. When asked to create their own task, learners could use either arithmetic or geometric and sequences or series, but I did want something fun and creative. Some hit the mark... some did not. There were some interesting practice problems that sparked a lot of discussion within and between pairs of students- what more could a teacher want?
Overall, I loved using my very first HyperDocs! I have some growing to do and I'm sure once I get a few under my belt, I'll become a pro in no time. (I mean, do you remember the first PowerPoint you created? Mine was ugly, fonts were all over the place and I didn't even know how to insert animation- I literally duplicated the slide and added text to second one!)
If you are interested in using this in your classroom, you may make a copy of the active game board by clicking here.
If you want to see the answers to all of the stepping stones, make a copy here.
~RJ and SSB
For this particular HyperDocs on sequences and series, I turned it into a game board. The "Start" stone copies the student sheet to their drive. This has all instructions and is where learners are expected to put answers. Each additional stepping stone has some sort of task that needs to be completed. Tasks include: Desmos, EdPuzzle, plain ole practice math problems, instructional videos, and games. The "game" starts pretty basic with just identifying patterns of sequences using an online crack-the-code, then shows a video of summation notation, until finally progressing to students generating their own scenario, hopefully avoiding any "bumps" along the way. When asked to create their own task, learners could use either arithmetic or geometric and sequences or series, but I did want something fun and creative. Some hit the mark... some did not. There were some interesting practice problems that sparked a lot of discussion within and between pairs of students- what more could a teacher want?
Overall, I loved using my very first HyperDocs! I have some growing to do and I'm sure once I get a few under my belt, I'll become a pro in no time. (I mean, do you remember the first PowerPoint you created? Mine was ugly, fonts were all over the place and I didn't even know how to insert animation- I literally duplicated the slide and added text to second one!)If you are interested in using this in your classroom, you may make a copy of the active game board by clicking here.
If you want to see the answers to all of the stepping stones, make a copy here.
~RJ and SSB
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