genius hour the 20% project
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Pipe Dream Meet Robbie Maddison Watch his “Pipe Dream” Video Watch the behind the scenes footage As we watch the videos, Sketchnote a full page of your journal Image: http://www.rsvlts.com/2015/08/03/robbie-maddison-pipe-dream/TRANSCRIPT
Genius Hour The 20% Project Pipe Dream Meet Robbie Maddison
Watch his Pipe Dream Video
Watch the behind thescenes footage As we watch the
videos,Sketchnote a full pageof your journal Image: Why? Why did I
show you the two videos?
How does this link toSocial Studies? What do you thinkwell be
studying? Image: What do you want to think about?
Caines Choice What did you make whenyou were Caines age? Why did
you stop?If youcould start again, whatwould you make? Caines Arcade
is just to get them thinking about how they used to be more
comfortable living in their imaginations. Also, to think about how
kids will put a crazy amount of effort into something they enjoy,
even if other people think its silly. Why are teens and adults so
self-conscious? Robbie Maddison proves that not all adults are
trapped by doing whats normal but the scope of his project is a bit
beyond what any of us could afford/pull off. However, their Genius
Hour projects might be step 1 of a larger dream. Image:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcMv3-qtlW0 What is Genius Hour? An
idea made famous by Google
20% of an individuals work time is setaside for individual projects
In this time, you work on what youwant to work on It improves
productivity, ingenuity, grit,and performance Image:
https://blog.chinavasion.com/index.php/34673/watt-and-lumens-comparison-of-standard-and-led-lightbulbs/
Genius hour at gms Duration: Term 1 (at least)
Must be some kind of learning that you will enjoy Must be
documented regularly (i.e., blog, journal,video, podcast)
Brainstorm the different apps, websites, programsthat you could use
to document your learning Come up with your top 3 choices for
documentingyour progress Image:
https://www.meltwater.com/blog/brainstorm-blog-topic-ideas/
Brainstorm Bad Ideas : Create a list of 20 things youalready know
too much about(or really dont want to knowanything about) Create a
really, really, really badideas wall Watch this video and
considerwhat youre doing with yourtime? Image: Bad Ideas wall Get
them to brainstorm the worst ideas possible for this project and
then have them write them on the big whiteboard. Go over them as a
class and laugh at the silly ones and point out the good ones that
ACTUALLY could be used. Jelly Bean video highlights using their
time better. Despicable me: Light bulb
Image: Despicable Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZkAcKCFIVo
Lightbulb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IRdyH8fmqY Light bulb
Brainstorm Great Ideas:
Create a list of 20 things you love Create an Awesome Ideas wall
Pick a possible topic (that you planto use) and report out Image:
Passion wall Give each student a stack of sticky notes (A Genius
Hour Invention) and then have them cover the small whiteboard with
things they are passionate about. Tell them to write them on the
pad and then stick them on the wall so the stickies are more
sticky. This wall will help them in the future for brainstorming
their ideas. Jelly Bean video highlights using their time better.
Whats the point of Innovation?
What is the purpose ofInnovation? Have you ever looked atsomething
and said, thisreally doesnt work that wellor why cant this be
better?or I could make a betterversion of this! Here is an example
ofInnovation Is there anything you wouldlike to research to see if
youcould make it better? Image: Get them thinking about taking an
existing idea and making it better. Bubbas Hover is a great video
about innovation and making something better. Asking questions What
is the point of a Driving Question?
Watch this video and then tellme what is the point of
askingquestions The Driving Question is the bigunderstanding you
will have atthe end of Genius Hour Image: Construct a driving
question
The Driving Question is the bigunderstanding you will have at the
end ofGenius Hour Spend some time brainstorming your
DrivingQuestion in your Genius Hour package Remember: It needs to
be broad enough toneed a months worth of research, butnarrow enough
to be answered in thatamount of time as well Use the example
questions to help youcreate a few different questions Then choose
the best one as your DrivingQuestion Image: