Genius Hour

"If students leave school less curious than when they started, we have failed them." #InnovatorsMindset

Genius Hour is a movement to prevent students from losing their curiosity! Millard Public Schools is privileged to have an early pioneer of Genius Hour teaching at Russel Middle School. Jen Schneider has been implementing, sharing and writing about Genius Hour. Below you will find the complete Chasing Innovation interview and other links to help you become familiar with Genius Hour.

In this video Jen Schneider explains, in depth, how she has integrated Genius Hour within the Millard Public Schools language arts curriculum.

How to Build Community Leaders of Today—and Tomorrow—Through Student Genius Hours - EdSurge News When it comes to personalized learning in the classroom, no single thing has been as powerful as Genius Hour for my students. Genius Hour has ...

EdSurge News recently published an article Jen wrote about utilizing Genius Hour in the classroom. She has also presented at NETA (Nebraska Education Technology Association) on how to implement Genius Hour.