Start

What do you want to learn?

a topic

an art technique

a what if?

experiment?

history?

how to search?

poetry?

How will you learn it?

How will you share it?

Be prepared for: Genius Day Period Review

A quick share-out of your plan, actions, next steps.

1. Focus: Is it so big you cannot finish it by the end of the class? Narrow it.

2. Resources: Besides hardware, what resources are needed to complete the project?

3. Subject: On what academic area is your topic based? Bummer? Yes, but think about all of the topics studied in middle school that only get a couple of days.Take this opportunity to explore a topic further.

4. Think about Google's Mission: "Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful." Is there something that you could create that would make information accessible and useful to students in our school, county, state, county, world?

A few ideas

Competitions

• Cardboard Challenge

• National Geographic Photography Contest for Kids

• ThinkQuest

Blogging

• • Micro Blogging

    • • App, Song, Movie or Book reviews

      • NSD Sports highlights

  • Photo Blogging

  • Video Blogging

    • • How about a weekly iOS tip show for students? - iFive

      • What about a weekly Minecraft tip show for noobs, advanced players, parents ...? - Minecraft Tutorials

Crafting

• • Learn to make paper

  • Learn to make piñatas

  • Learn to make soap

  • Learn to make baskets

  • Learn to make a drum

  • Learn to make...

  • Ideas: Craft

Be a Teacher

• • Create learning resources for classmates or younger students

  • Curate resources related to curricular topics

Internet Safety

• • Create a blog collecting and commenting on internet safety resources

  • Create a Public Service Announcement (PSA) on one part of internet safety

  • Start a campaign to educate and get classmates to stop cyber-bullying

  • Combine with Internet Searching & Producing - NetSmart - use Howard Rheingold's book as a starting point for a student created media campaign (see Engage project page for more resources)

Internet Searching

• • Become a google genius - practice on school topics and your own areas of interest

    • A Google A Day

    • SearchReSearch Challenges

  • Create a weekly Google/Bing challenge/brain teaser

• Create Internet Search Stories

• How To Search Resources:

  • SweetSearch

  • Basic Search Info

  • Key Words

  • Search Toolbox

  • Basic Tips

  • Which link to follow?

  • Can you believe it?

Photography

• • Digital Photography

  • Make your own iPhone or iPad microscope/camera - pdf & video

  • Photo Editing

• Photo Essay

Podcasting

• • Create and maintain an iTunes podcast channel on a topic that interests you

    • • GarageBand (or other recording/editing software)

Screencasting

• • Create a howto wiki or wiki page on a technology of interest to you

  • Tools:

    • • QuickTime

• • • Screencast-O-Matic

Videography

• • Commoncraft style explanations

  • Documentary

  • Flipped Video for Core Curriculum Class

  • Green screen video

  • News Interview

• Stop Motion

Web Design

• ThinkQuest

  • Google Sites

Writing

• • Create a poetry portfolio

  • Create a digital story

  • Make an informational wiki on a favorite topic

  • Blog - see blogging section above

  • Write a novel, play, nonfiction book

    • • Publish an iBook ( later in the year)

  • Create a writing portfolio

  • Design an eBook

If your passion is ready, get started. If you need more guidance, click HOW.

Many ideas from BalanceEdTec