Welcome to my blog! Today we learned about this cool thing called genius hour, which is where students get a period of time throughout the day to create an article of work - whether it is a report, project, speech, or piece of art - about something that interests them which they want to explore further. It stretches students' creativity and engages them to master certain skills and challenge themselves in different ways.
Chris Kesler, in "What is Genius Hour" calls these projects "passion projects", which I think is a great name because students have the freedom to choose something that they are truly passionate about to work on and working on something you are interested in, in itself is motivating.
I want to share a few resources with you...
- First is an article by Lifehack called "How 30 Minutes a Day Can Increase Your Intelligence", where Zoe B shares that you should do doing one small thing every day for a half hour - such as reading a book or researching something that interests you on the Internet - and after a period of time you will expand your intelligence and truly improve your life! Learning new skills and keeping yourself up to date can have such a positive influence on you, and it's critical that we recognize this opportunity and encourage kids to do the same in the classroom.
- To get some ideas of how you could engage your class with genius hour, here is a video on SchoolTube, called "Genius Hour: Follow your Passion" - which encompasses a number of different genius hour projects kids have done, from cooking to basketball tricks to robotic arms. The video is a clear demonstration that there is no absolutely shortage of creativity with these projects and the sky is the limit!
So... what will YOUR genius hour project be?
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