Genius Hour in the Elementary Education Classroom
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This document discusses Genius Hour, an approach to learning where students choose independent projects to research on topics that interest them. It provides background on Genius Hour, which is based on Google's 20% model. The document outlines the steps for implementing Genius Hour in elementary classrooms, including using interest inventories, getting parental support, providing resources and supplies, and sharing completed student projects. Benefits highlighted are that both students and parents enjoy Genius Hour, it allows learning about students' interests and seeing their creativity.
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- 1. Genius Hour in the Elementary Classroom Presented By: Emily Schmidt & Martha Smith March 2015 http://goo.gl/upbhru
- 2. Emily Schmidt emily.schmidt@cabarrus.k12.nc.us Martha Smith martha.smith@cabarrus.k12.nc.us Who Are We?
- 3. What is Genius Hour? Genius Hour is based on the 20% model used at Google. Students CHOOSE what they’d like to study from how to bake a cake to how to program a robot.
- 4. Genius Hour Wonder Workshop Innovation Hour Passion Projects 20% Time
- 6. Interest Inventory for Students Letter to Parents
- 7. First, students pick a project and make a plan.
- 8. Then, students begin researching their topics.
- 9. Students continue researching and begin to create and build.
- 10. Students share what they’ve learned.
- 11. Helpful Hints
- 12. Time Make it a regular part of your schedule
- 13. Groups Try to group students based on their interests. It is easiest when there is more than one student working on a topic.
- 14. Supplies *Ask for donations from parents and community members. *DonorsChoose We’ve been able to fund Dot and Dash Robots and littleBits Electronics Kits thanks to DonorsChoose!
- 15. Help Enlist the help of volunteers and other available staff members.
- 16. Storage Create a space to store your Genius Hour supplies.
- 17. Create a blendspace page for each topic of study. This gives students access to credible resources to use during Genius Hour.
- 18. Expose Students to New Topics Computer Programming - Dot and Dash, Scratch, Tynker Arts - Sewing, Pottery, Knitting, Music Engineering - Goldiblocks, Roominate, littleBits Cooking Movie Making Fashion - Sewing, Jewelry Making Gardening Entrepreneurship Community Service Use Genius Hour to share with students topics that they don’t usually have the opportunity to learn about during the traditional school day.
- 19. Student Projects
- 21. Building A Robotic Car
- 22. Learning About Electric Circuits with littleBits
- 23. Learn About Programming with Dot and Dash
- 24. Learning About Computer Programming
- 25. Learning About Pottery Creating a Model of a Volcano
- 26. Learning How To Make Jewelry Learning How To Sew
- 27. Learning About Stop Animation Learning About Engineering with Goldiblocks
- 28. Why Should You Do Genius Hour?
- 29. Why Should You Do Genius Hour? Students and Parents LOVE it! You learn more about your students’ interests Engaging and Fun You get to see the creative side of students Students control their own learning. Students work with different groups because they are group by interest.