WHAT
What is it?
Contribute Genius is your opportunity to choose to develop a goal related to our CCSS that is what YOU want to learn. Choose something about which you are passionate, and something others would want to learn. Your work contributes to others' learning when you share the "genius" of your final project. Here's how another class learned about Genius Hour.
History
In the 1950s 3M started a 15% project from which Post-Its and masking tape developed. Google took it further with the 20% project time, asking employees to spend 20% of their time at work developing a pet project that their job description did not cover. From that developed Gmail, AdSense, and Google News.
Innovate ideas flourished and even failed, but the benefits brought success.
Genius Hour in education extends those ideas to foster creativity, innovation, and intrinsic motivation while learning the cross-curricular skills important to today's learning and tomorrow's future.
How have others added to the genius of the world? What contributions have other kids made? Check it out: Others' Contributions
What if I fail?
It's About Error Recovery
NOT
Failure Avoidance
"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. I cannot accept not trying."
~ Michael Jordan
Genius Hour is designed for investigation: a topic of your choice in which you experience critical learning outcomes and apply the content standards and the Common Core State Standards. Your evaluation will be based on rubrics, depending on the type of project chosen.
Envision
Explore
Exhibit
Evaluate
Exhibit & Evaluate:
Blog Format -- your documentation
Create -- an informative presentation for others to learn from you
Need more guidance: Go to How?