Global+Genius+Hour+Project

I believe that we need to inspire passion in our students. I believe that students need to begin to learn to take charge of their learning; Genius Hour Projects are a means to accomplish this.
 * The Global Genius Hour Project **

__ **Goals of this project: ** __

*to promote, support and model creative, innovative thinking and inventiveness *to allow students an opportunity to discover/investigate one of their passions and reflect on/share their learning with others *provide students and teachers an opportunity to develop skill sets that are valuable in any learning situation (research, experimentation, collaboration, creativity, problem solving and critical thinking) *to provide an opportunity for classes to share their Genius and Passion Projects with others

__ **Project Duration: ** __

April 2013-December 2013

__ **Target Grade Levels / Age Group: ** __

This project is open to all grade levels

__ **How this project works: ** __

*teachers can contact Robyn Thiessen by e-mail here or [|@robynthiessen] on Twitter to have a class Passion page created. *classes create their Passion page as they wish using a variety of Web 2.0 tools *classes use their page to share Passion Projects that they are doing within their classrooms *classes may want to share their Passion Projects with other classes using Skype or Google Hangout

== I am very excited to take the Passion Project/Genius Hour idea to the global community and I look forward to working with you! ==

For more information please visit The Global Genius Hour Wiki