The 6 Steps to Genius Hour

Genius Hour

with the 6 steps

INSPIRE

WONDER

LEARN

QUESTION

SHARE

REFLECT

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What is Genius Hour? What are you passionate about? What do you want to learn more about? What are you interested in on this topic? Provide links to valuable resources (videos, websites, articles, etc.)

What do you wonder? What do you want to learn more about? What are you interested in on this topic? Provide a wonder wall (individual or class) using some applications such as FlipGrid, Padlet, Jamboard, LMS Forum Discussion (Schoology, Moodle, Canvas, Google Classroom, Edmodo), Socrative

What do you want to make or create for the final project? Students complete a Genius Hour Plan and Work Log (Google sheet) The teacher provides a platform for Individual or Class Genius Hour Questions (Flipgrid, Padlet, LMS Forum Discussion) The teacher provides feedback (Video, Audio, Comment)

What did you learn? What assistance do you need? Students complete research and documentation through a Genius Hour Plan and Work Log (Google sheet) The teacher provides a platform for Individual or Class Genius Hour Questions (Flipgrid, Padlet, LMS Forum Discussion) The teacher provides feedback (Video, Audio, Comment)

What have you learned? How are you going to share your product?

• Students prepare a presentation (writing, video, audio, slides) using supporting applications such as Blog posts, Powerpoint, Google slides, Powtoon, Genially, Canva, AnyFlip, FlipGrid, iMovie, and podcast)
• Students provide peer feedback (Video, Audio, Comment)

What have you learned?

• The teacher provides a survey for student self-reflection using survey applications such as Google Form, Survey Monkey, Typeform, Jotform, SoGoSurvey, SurveyPlanet, Zoho Survey, Crowdsignal
• Students complete a self-reflection