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Genius Hour Personalized, Passion-Based Learning

@LeeAraoz thegoldenageofeducation.com

goo.gl/zZSrJc

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My Goal

By end of this session, you will have at least three takeaways for immediate deployment in your classroom.

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Genius hour

Participant survey

Open a browser and visit:

menti.com

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What is genius hour?

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@ajjuliani

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Do what you can’t

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“When students are given the freedom to choose, teachers are often surprised by what is produced.”

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Genius hour = Choose Your own adventure

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Four Pathways to Genius

Create: You want to make/invent something new and share it.
Change: You want to start a movement and make a difference in the world.
Expert: You want to share something you are great at with the rest of the world.
Inquiry: You are curious about a topic and want to learn more about it.

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Create Pathway examples

RPG Video Game
Open Source/Component Vehicle
DJ/Lighting Business

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Change pathway examples

Bully Prevention Campaign
Litter Clean-Up Campaign
Ending World Hunger
Finding Housing for the Homeless

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Expert Pathway examples

Joey's Lacrosse Project
Oscar's Empanadas
Gabby's Guitar Playing and Singing Performance
DIY Upcycling Clothing
Forms of Dance

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Inquiry pathway examples

Lisa's Milky Way Galaxy Project
Alex's Lucid Dreaming
Xian's Air Jordan Collectibles
Hoverboards - Why do they explode?
Fashion Then and Now
What are Black Holes?

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Anyone can

consume content.

We must teach our students how to

create content!

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Inquiry-based learning

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Tell us about yourself

Open a browser and visit:

answergarden.ch/305790

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Tools for brainstorming

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Topic selection

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How to find your passion

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Six Simple Strategies to Help Find Your Passion (and Purpose)

http://ajjuliani.com/passion-strategies/

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Tools for Brainstorming

m indmeister

coggle

padlet

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What are you Passionate about?

Open a browser and visit:

padlet.com/mraraoz/g

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Genius Hour Brainstorming Form

Genius Hour Topic Selection Form

Steps of the Innovation Cycle

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Research

and

curation tools

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Curation tools

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Students choose how they will share their project with the world!

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Multimodal presentation

tools

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Choice

in genius hour isn’t just about the topic of study, it’s about the evidence of learning students produce.

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Genius Hour

Project

Presentation Requirements/

Tech Tool Options

2017-2018

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assessment

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Assessing Genius Hour projects is an important component of the learning process. This can be done in a variety of ways including:

Teacher Assessment with a Rubric and/or a Project Checklist/Grading Criteria Form
Peer Conferences with a Rubric and/or a Project Checklist/Grading Criteria Form
Student Self-Assessment DURING project process and AFTER project completion.

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edtechnologyspecialists.com

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Student Self-Reflection Questions: DURING The Project Process

Looking at my work so far, how can I keep focusing on answering my essential questions?
When I learn something new from a web page or book, do I make a note of where I got my information so I can cite my sources?
Am I careful not to plagiarize?
What have I done well so far?
What do I need to do to move forward? (Gather supplies? Ask a friend or a teacher to help me evaluate the next step? Revise my one of my essential questions?)
What will completion of my project look like? How can I take the next step toward completing it?