iSearch or Genius Hour Projects
Your senior project is different from previous English projects. This semester we will be creating an iSearch or Genius hour project. What does this mean? How does this differ from a research paper? The main difference is that YOU choose the topic, the inquiry, the research/interview, and the product. The world is truly your oyster here.
The concept of 20% time, genius hour, and iSearch projects are not my own. I learned from some of the best in contemporary education movements: Kevin Brookhouser, Daniel Pink, Sir Ken Robinson, Angela Maiers, Vicki Davis, A.J. Juliani, George Couros, Alan November and a few other idealists.
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation
Conducting Interviews
Path for Genius Project
1. Select topic
2. Create Project Planning Sheet & materials list
3. Research, investigate, create, evaluate, redo ....Blogging all the way (see blogging rubric)
4. Ted Talks plan
5. Ted Talks presentation (see presentation rubric)
How to create a stunning Ted Talk
Links to explore
difference from other presentations
The Secret Structure of Great Talks
Short Cute to Speeches scroll midway through the page to find the table with information
