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Genius HourProductive, Creative & Empowered
Students
Presented By:
Hugh McDonald
@hughtheteacher
hughtheteacher.wordpress.com
Intermediate Teacher
and
Gallit Zvi
@gallit_z
gallitzvi.com
Faculty Associate & Intermediate Teacher
STA Convention 2015
May 1st, 2015
Find the presentation:
tiny.url/STAday
Find the notes:tiny.url/STAhandout
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● What is Genius Hour
● Why behind Genius Hour
● How to get started
● Who enjoys or should do Genius Hour
● When should you do Genius Hour
● Where can your students do Genius Hour
● Genius Hour Resources
● Questions?
Our Time Today
what is Genius Hour?
hellaemo.com
Genius Hour – Productive, creative, empowered
students making decisions about what to learn, and
then passionately learning and creating.
~Denise Krebs
What is Genius Hour?
I like the idea of asking my kidlets to think about
what THEY want to learn. Kids get so used to just
spitting out answers and they stop being able to
really think for themselves. I want students to find
things that THEY are passionate about and I want
them to share these passions with our class. So
many students don’t excel in the things
schools/government decide is important. Why not
have one hour a week where everyone can feel
like they are a genius?
~Kat Ling
Genius Hour is a precious time, loved by all my
students. It is when they are allowed to develop
their own inquiry question about whatever it is that
they want to explore.
~Gallit Zvi
Genius Hour as an idea gives autonomous
personalized learning time out of every week for
students to question, think, learn, and explore the
things that they loved and were curious about.
This was something special that engaged learners
like nothing I had seen before.
~Hugh McDonald
WHY?(always know why)
Richard St. John:
The Power of Passion
Sir Ken Robinson
Schools Kill Creativity
TED Talk
Discussion Question:
Turn to the people around you and chat about
your takeaways from this video.
Genius,Latin definition:
"to bring into being,
create, produce."
Slide by Denise Krebs (@mrsdkrebs)
Imagination Foundation / Global Cardboard Challenge Programs
Caine’s Arcade
Daniel Pink
The Puzzle of Motivation
TED Talk
Discussion Question:
Major Takeaways?
autonomy, purpose,
mastery
NOT THIS
21st Century Learning Skills
creativity and innovation
collaboration
communication
critical thinking
Yocontribution.
~Angela Maiers
"You are a genius
and the world
expects
your contribution"
HOW?
Introducing Genius Hour
step 1:
Get inspired!
Youtube videos:
“Creativity Takes Time”
Get outside!
Other inspiring
Youtubes:
“Obvious to you,
Amazing to Others”
“Kid President”
The Dot inspired activities...
step 2: brainstorm!
step 3:
create an
inquiry
question
step 4 (and repeated)
self assessment
Self Assessment
Peer
Assessment
1 on 1
conferences
Start With our Passions & Wonders
By giving
them one
hour a week!
WHO?
Everyone!
WHEN?
What Works for You
● One hour per week
● One day each month
● Two days per term
● Whatever works for you!
Discuss 1 of the 2 questions with a
neighbour for a few minutes.
1. If you’ve engaged your students in
Genius Hour how do you structure
the time?
2. If you haven’t yet started and are
interested in starting then how do you
foresee Genius Hour Taking Shape in
your classroom?
WHERE?
Piano Playing for
Genius Hour
At the Piano
On an iPad
On an iPad
in the kitchen
With a camcorder
on their personal devices
Introducing others to
coding via Skype Tutorials.
In The Classroom
Discussion Question
Share some of your passions/interests/wonders
with your neighbours. Maybe some of these
things that you wish you had more time to
dedicate to?
Resources
Creativity Rubric
I have students focus on 1 or 2 elements of the Genius
Hour Creativity Rubric when working through their Genius
Hour Project and reflect on it on their blog.
Find the presentation:
tinyurl.com/STAday
Find the notes:
tinyurl.com/STAhandout
