How Can Teachers Use It?
Check out the Education page on the Hypothes.is site, which has resources for teachers and students. To get started, teachers should sign up for a free account and review the suggested lesson ideas. The tool can be used across all subject areas to develop close reading and analytical skills. In English, teachers can pre-highlight a text to emphasize specific content for future discussion, ask a question, or point out a difficult vocabulary word. In a social studies course, teachers can share current events articles and have students share their opinions online. In a Visual Arts class, students can add multimedia to a discussion. The opportunities for learning are endless. Teachers may want to create groups for their classes by sending out an invitation with a secure link. The groups allow teachers to more closely monitor student activity.
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What's It Like?
Hypothes.is is a free Chrome extension that lets users add annotations to websites and have discussions on websites. While it's not specifically targeted at school use, the developers have encouraged educators and students to adopt the tool. Users can register for a free account and begin using the site immediately. Enabling the extension adds a layer to any content on the web wherein users can highlight, take notes, ask questions, and integrate videos and images. The annotations are available to the public, although groups can be created for more privacy and security. There is a page for educators full of resources for how to get started using Hypothes.is with students. The resources include guides for teachers and students, sample classroom projects and testimonials, and a YouTube channel with tutorials. A search feature can be used to find already-annotated web content.
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Is It Good For Learning?
Hypothes.is makes it easy for teachers to guide students through the active process of engaging with what they find on the web. Annotating pages will help students develop their digital literacy skills and to cultivate their own voices as they engage critically with what they consume. Hypothes.is can also be used as a note-taking and research tool, allowing for more collaborative and dynamic study strategy, or as a critical-reading tool with which teachers assign websites and readings to students and have them answer questions or highlight and describe concepts. Note that there's no assessment built into the tool, however, so teachers will need to develop rubrics and/or systems for assessing students that are transparent and consistent.
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Annotations can be made on any online content.
Ten ideas to get started using Hypothes.is with students.
Quick guides available to both students and teachers.
Online tutorials help users get started with the annotation tool.
