Through out this week you will get to start researching your ideas for your Genius Hour Project. You can visit the "Ideas and Opportunities" Page for a list of ways to get involved in organized events that you can use for your project. You will also find springboards to help get you thinking!
Trying to come up with ideas?
Answer the following 5 questions by creating a list for each one. You may just find an idea for your genius hour!
Who am I right now?
Who do I want to be?
How do I want to be known?
When I think of my perfect life, what is in it?
What inspires me to "DO"?
It is time to keep researching your ideas for your Genius Hour Project. You can visit the "Ideas and Opportunities" Page for a list of ways to get involved in organized events that you can use for your project. You will also find springboards to help get you thinking!
You have this week and next week to get your project idea started. You should have your project ideas approved by your advisory teacher no later than Tuesday the 23rd.
Get an idea, get it approved, research what others know/have done, start creating or developing your own genius (this takes a plan). Forms for getting organized are on the "Get Started" Page!
Check out this story....It is a great example of the design cycle and of a Genius Project!
Fly your Ride Flying Car Competition - San Diego Air and Space Museum
10 Things I love to do
10 Things I am good at
10 Things I like to learn about
10 Things I wonder...
You can visit:
http://www.geniushourguide.org/preparing-for-genius-hour-the-student-brainstorming-tool/
http://www.geniushourguide.org/use-this-genius-hour-creativity-rubric-with-your-students/
Remember:
You have this week and next week to get your project idea started. You should have your project ideas approved by your advisory teacher no later than Tuesday the 23rd.
Get an idea, get it approved, research what others know/have done, start creating or developing your own genius (this takes a plan). Forms for getting organized are on the "Get Started" Page!
No School on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.