Want to start Genius Hour in your classroom but not sure where and how to begin? Already started Genius Hour and need a bit more guidance? I hosted this 25 minute webinar to jumpstart Genius Hour in your classroom.
Watch the short video and then check the resources below that I mention in the webinar. Also, any questions you have please put in the comments section. We’ve got a fantastic community of teachers that have supported me and each other along the way!
Resources Mentioned:
- Genius Hour Journal: An interactive notebook and PPT for Genius Hour
- The Complete Guide to Genius Hour and 20% Time Course
- What to do when Genius Hour fails? (How to handle those students that aren’t sure what to do their project on)
- 6 Simple Strategies to Find Your Passion
- The Research Behind Choice and Inquiry-Based Education (includes connection to State Standards)
- Genius Hour Wikispaces
- Joy Kirr’s Genius Hour LiveBinder
Books Mentioned:
- Pure Genius by Don Wettrick
- 20Time Project by Kevin Brookhouser
- The Genius Hour Handbook by Gallit Zvi and Denise Krebs
- Inquiry and Innovation in the Classroom: Using 20% Time, Genius Hour, and PBL to Drive Student Success (by me!)
- Learning by Choice (by me!)
- Drive by Daniel Pink
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I’m three sessions in with my kiddos, but I am so excited to use some of the items in the your journal. I am a big idea teacher and struggle with the details sometimes of how a project should come out. This journal is going to give me those details and guide our Genius Hour path. Thanks.
A.J.,
Your quick 21 minute sum up was just the confidence boost I needed to tackle GH with my 175 5th graders! Thanks so much. I just paid for the Interactive Journal on TPT and am so excited to have such a great resource.
Thanks so much!
Jason Hubbard, STEM Instructor
Thanks AJ I’m a school leader in the process of trying to seed GH into some of our Yr 2-6 classes in 2016. I found this webinar a really interesting place to start. I have run one ‘pilot’ day so far, and while I would consider it a success, there were a few issues I will foresee next time, and I’m learning to better understand now how to expand this into a better program.
Thanks again
I am presenting the idea to my students for our final term at school. Students were intrigued by the thought of being able to choose a project they were interested in and learn more on their own. Did I mention we are grade 2 students and French Immersion? It’s exciting for sure.
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