Your next assignment is based on you!
What do you like?
What have you always wanted to know more about?
Over the next 8 weeks you will have one hour each day to find out!
Your assignment is to create a project during...
Genius Hour!
Image from:
https://www.haikudeck.com/genius-hour
Introduction:
According to Chris Kessler (2013), “Genius hour is a movement that allows students to explore their own passions and encourages creativity in the classroom. It provides students a choice in what they learn during a set period of time during school". (geniushour.com).
What exactly is Genius Hour?
Process:
Now that you know a little more about Genius Hour, it is time to create your own project!
Over the course of the next 8 weeks each of you will create a Genius Hour Project. Each day you will be given one hour to research a topic of your choice! When you are done, you will post about your project on our classroom blog, so that you can share what you have learned with the class!
Over the course of the next 8 weeks each of you will create a Genius Hour Project. Each day you will be given one hour to research a topic of your choice! When you are done, you will post about your project on our classroom blog, so that you can share what you have learned with the class!
That’s right! During this assignment you will get to pick what you want your project to be about!
At the end of the lesson you will be able to complete the following tasks:
- Log into the classroom blog.
- Post on the classroom blog.
- Describe your project to your classmates during group discussion and/or speech therapy.
- Answer questions about your project during group discussion and/or speech therapy.
- Ask questions about a classmate's project during group discussion and/or speech therapy.
Standards Addressed:
Comprehension and Collaboration:
Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).
Continue a conversation through multiple exchanges.
Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
Ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood.
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas:
Describe familiar people, places, things, and events and, with prompting and support, provide additional detail.
Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to provide additional detail.
Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly
* All of the common core state standards addressed in this section were copied directly from corestandards.org.
Task:
Now let’s get started!
Each of you will be put into a team that includes you and an adult helper. You are the team captain and the helper is only there to assist and guide you! You get to pick the project and you are in charge of what you do during Genius Hour! Each day for the next 8 weeks you will be given one hour to work on your Genius Hour Project. At the end of the 8 week period you will share you project with the class. You must post about your project on our Genius Hour Classroom Blog to earn credit for your project. To post in the blog you need to complete the following steps.
Steps:
- Create a gmail account so that you can log onto the classroom blog.
- Email Ms. Chavez from your new account (the subject should be your name).
- Ms. Chavez will then send you an email stating that you have been added as an “author” to the classroom blog (http://drillerproject.blogspot.com/).
- Accept the invitation.
- Post about your project
- Include at least one image in your post.
After you have posted about your project you will talk about your Genius Hour project during speech therapy (or during group discussion if you don’t receive speech therapy).
What if I still don’t know what to do?
This YouTube clip about Genius Hour will give you some ideas, but this project should be about something that you find fascinating!!
Resources and Helpful Links:
These links will help you with your project:
6 Tips for Getting Started with Genius Hour
Genius Hour Resources
50+ Topic Ideas for Genius Hour
Pinterest: Genius Hour
How to create and publish a blog post
https://knowledge.hubspot.com/blog-user-guide-v2/how-to-create-and-publish-a-blog-postRubric:
The grade for your blog post will based on this rubric (created using rubistar).
Conclusion:
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Image taken from: https://www.smore.com/ht6gn-genius-in-training-innovation-class
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References:
Kesler, Chris (2013). What is Genius Hour? Retrieved from: http://www.geniushour.com/
