The 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.
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!
The 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.
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