My books- Learning to Go https://gumroad.com/l/learn2go & The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers http://amazon.com/The-Goals-Challenge-Teachers-Transform/dp/0415735343 Resources at http://pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/genius-hour/id12643519

1. Ideas Explored: Genius Hour & 20 % Time
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ShellyTerrell.com/webinars

2. … all children could and should
be inventors of their own theories,
critics of other people’s ideas,
analyzers of evidence, and
makers of their own personal
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marks on the world.
- Deborah Meier

3. Each week, employees can take a Genius Hour - 60
minutes to work on new ideas or master new skills.
They’ve used that precious sliver of autonomy well,
coming up with a range of innovations including
training tools for other branches. - Daniel Pink
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4. Genius Hour & 20 % Time
Students dedicate
part of their class
time to exploring an
interest in a project
they later present

5. Angelamaiers.com/2012/06/the-passion-driven-classroom-discussion-
and-study-guide.html
#GeniusHour
@mrsdkrebs Denise Krebs,
Kindergarten Teacher
@gallit_z Gallit Zvi, Grade 6/7
Teacher & Faculty Associate
@JoyKirr Joy Kirr, Grade 7 Teacher

6. Geniushour.wikispaces.com

7. Genius Hour Manifesto
Educationismylife.com/genius-hour-manifesto

8. What’s the
process?

9. Step by Step Process
Psolarz.weebly.com

10. You were born to be
awesome so get to it!
– Kid President
Youtube.com/watch?v=l-gQLqv9f4o
Inspire students with
innovators like them!

11. Mallory Fundora, 13, ProjectYesu.org

12. Filip Smolcec, 11, Youtube.com/snakegaming12

13. jefferyheil.com/2014/02/09/the-death-of-the-20-project

14. Photo by David Blackwell, Flic.kr/p/a4srHq
I am not a teacher, but an
awakener. - Robert Frost
Topic?
Exploration?

15. Paulsolarz.weebly.com

16. Students need a
place to reflect &
share the journey

17. Digital research,
bookmarking & curation
PearlTrees
Storify
Flipboard
Educlipper
Diigo
Livebinders
Pinterest List.ly

18. Educlipper.net

19. Personal Learning Networks (PLN)
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Students need
mentors!

20. Personal Learning Environments (social media)

21. Lifetramp.com

22. What does it
look like in
action?

23. Paulsolarz.weebly.com/1

24. Paulsolarz.weebly.com/1

25. More resources

26. Livebinders.com/play/play/829279

27. Genius Hour Free Ebooks
Educationismylife.com/books

28. pearltrees.com/shellyterrell/genius-hour/id12643519

29. Gum.co/learn2go
Amazon.com/Shelly-Sanchez-Terrell/e/B00L2Q8CV0
ShellyTerrell.com/webinars Twitter.com/ShellTerrell
Facebook.com/ShellyTerrell Google.com/+ShellySanchezTerrell