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- 1. Changing your classroom with Genius Hour Katie Campbell Wallace Middle School Twitter: @kteachcampbell, @wmsgtt Email: kcampbell@g.hayscisd.net
- 2. Presenter: Katie Campbell • PLTW Gateway Teacher for 4 years • Teacher for 9 years • Former Science and SPED Teacher • Have been doing Genius Hour in my classroom for the last two years • Have a 2 year old daughter
- 3. So, who are you?
- 4. Are you ready? • Do you want to teach your students how to think critically and solve real world problems? • Are you ready to transform your classroom?
- 5. History of Genius Hour • Who started it? • Google’s 20% Time, Apple’s “Blue Sky”, Twitter • Can be called by many different names • 20% Time, Montessori Method, Innovation Day, Curiosity Friday, Passion Time, Makerspace, etc.
- 6. What is Genius Hour? • It is student-driven. • It is passion based time. • It doesn’t have to be an hour, but it can be anytime that you can dedicate for students to work on a project of their choosing. • Genius Hour has a driving question and requires reflection and some sort of product to be created. (Or, should.) • You can decide if or how you want to grade it.
- 7. Think about this… • “If we want students to be successful, we don’t drive them toward success by continually working on standardized tests. We can take at least some of our time to give them choice in what they are doing in school. Genius hour gives students (and educators) hope, engagement and well-being.” –Genius Hour Manifesto by Denise Krebs, Joy Kirr, Gallit Zvi and Hugh McDonald http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=8292 79
- 8. Why should you do genius hour? • “Imagine a time for students to follow their passions, become content creators in autonomous ways, create inquiry based questions, and enjoy an engaging learning experience simultaneously.” –Angela Maiers @AngelaMaiers
- 9. What will you do with your time?
- 10. Why I decided to “do” Genius Hour in my classroom
- 11. 21st Century Learning Skills
- 13. Maybe you want to try project based learning? • Genius hour could be a start? • http://www.teachthought.com/learning/mashin g-genius-hour-project-based-learning/
- 14. What do my students say about genius hour?
- 15. What kinds of things can students do during genius hour?
- 16. Reviewing Expectations for learning during Genius Hour What worked for me… • Make a T-Chart with your students after a few weeks to see what they know.
- 17. Genius Hour 1st Period What it is What it is not Time to be creative and do something unique Not free time or nap time Freedom to work with others or by yourself Not time to horseplay, not time to waste materials Time to learn something Not an assigned task by the teacher
- 18. Some kids need your help!
- 19. How can I sell this to my principal? • Compare and Contrast • Drawing conclusions with data • Research • Guiding Questions • Inquiry Based Activity • A tool to develop and achieve some overarching skills • Encourage the students to look at the standards of what they want to learn about!
- 20. Building Rapport with your students • Take what they are interested in during Genius Hour and make those connections.
- 21. How could you “do” genius hour with your content? • Do you have to do it within your content? • Could this be an opportunity to do something cross curricular with another department?
- 22. Turn to someone next to you and Discuss • What scares you about genius hour?
- 25. How can I get more information? • Join Twitter and follow some of these amazing people! • @JoyKirr • @IamKesler • @mrsdkrebs • @PaulSolarz • @teachkiwi • @gallit_z • @geniushour • Don’t forget the #geniushour chat the 1st Thursday of each month at 6pm PT or 8 pm CT!
- 26. Have you seen Crumbles?
- 27. Katie Campbell Thank you so much for coming! @kteachcampbell @wmsgtt This was one of my genius hour projects. Kids loved asking me what I was doing with my time and why I was tearing apart a book. (I did have librarian permission!)
Editor's Notes
- Librarians, counselors, teachers, principals, students?
- It is based off the Google 20% model where the employees of Google are allowed 20% of their time to tinker on their own projects. Out of this time have come popular Google applications such as Google Maps, Google Docs, and Gmail. Blue Sky" that lets employees take two weeks to work on projects outside their normal responsibilities—limited to a small group of people. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-tries-20-time-2012-11#ixzz3cTHgLfER
- You don’t have time for it? Find the time because it will increase productivity!
- Saw a lack of creativity and critical thinking. Needed something to build unity and teamwork in my classroom. Gave students the opportunity to work with others who were not in their social group. Heard about it on Twitter.
- How can you use genius hour to develop 21st century skills for your students? How can you help your students develop a driving question? Can you see how this could be used in different contents?
- “I think more teachers should do genius hour because it breaks up the monotone of the average week in school.” “My favorite thing about this class is genius hour every Friday. I have really enjoyed making many different things. I am going to miss it.” “This year I have made rockets, catapults, and helped other people with their genius. The rockets have taught me how design is of importance. The catapult taught me about speed, torsion, trajectory and durability. I recommend genius hour in all of my classes.”
- Each classroom will look differently. Depends on the technology that your students have. Depends on the supplies that you are willing to let your students use. Can (or will) they bring in stuff from home?
- They have been doing school for too long and they don’t know what they want to learn about. I had a 7th grade boy say to me, “Mrs. Campbell can you just tell me what to do? I can’t think for myself.”