Summarize the article and explain how what you’ve learned in the article can be applied to how you approach your own Genius Hour project.The article starts out with explaining a little bit on what Genius Hour is about and similar programs. With an account from a teacher using the program, he explained how the project uses Google's 20% time initiative, and how he set up some guide lines for students to follow. The article continues by saying that failure is an option during these projects even in a school filled with standardized tests.
The next section of this article, Selling the idea to parents, uses two examples of different young girls and their genius hour projects. One project was reading a book of her choosing every week instead of a teacher assigned book, and the other project was the other girl research different running shoes. Both girls had to learn and adapt to the different styles of learning and make something special with each of their projects. Selling the idea to students is the next section of the article explored by several more students and their genius hour projects. One student had the motto,"I will learn, I will work, and I will share." The article tells of how the hardest part for genius hour is coming up with the initial idea and continuing on with it. Creating a list of ideas was one way a teacher and students could pick an idea. The last part of the section states about an example of a young girl and her project. She had to draw fifty pictures in fifty days and write a story about what she drew at the end. This boasted her confidence, and the message at the end made it clear that this freedom from normal classroom work is the central idea of genius hour. Everything I have learned in this article can be beneficial to me in my Genius Hour project and how I approach this project. From the start to the finish of the article, I have the impression to take risks and not be afraid to try different ideas. Also from the next section, I feel I know how to best teach myself on my project and how to go about implementing it that will make my project most successful. Coming up with the initial idea, I realized how hard finding a topic was and how hard it is to meet deadlines. However, I feel that because I am passionate about my project, I have already gained confidence and some measure of freedom from starting. Throughout this project, I know I will not be afraid to try something new, and I will not be afraid to fail.
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Detail exactly what you intend to accomplish with your Genius Hour Project in the month of October, November, and December. This is your itinerary for completion of your Project by January 10, 2017.For my Genius Hour Project, my goal is to create multiple stories that are all linked together from one character to the next. Every story will be set during World War II, and it will start from a short period before the war and continue until the end of the war in the Pacific. By January 10th, I hope to have created every story and posted them onto my Stories page.
To accomplish my goal, I will first collect various resources from different websites and books I own on the subject. My plan for October is to have multiple stories written and posted from the rise of the Third Reich and the start of the war in 1939 to just before the United States entered the war in 1941. How I will do this is by reading a short span in history, taking notes on the important events, and writing a story centering around a character as though he or she lived through the event. Every Friday, I hope to have completed two or more stories to be added onto my page. During the month of November, I wish to complete the time period of the United States entry in 1941 to just before the major campaigns in Western Europe and the Pacific theater in 1943. With the entry of the United States, I will also start to create stories centered around characters in the Pacific, but I will also continue with stories from the European theater. Because of the increased events from a two-front war, my goal is to write three or more stories to be posted every Friday. Having completed at least two-third of my stories for December, my next goal is to finish all the other stories from the major campaigns on both fronts in 1943 until the ending of the European war in 1945 and the dropping of the atomic bombs later in 1945. The war is heightened in this time period with longer lasting events than the previous year, so I will make the stories longer per event. Also, I plan to decrease the amount of stories I need completed by each Friday to two or more, but I plan to be more flexible as I come to an end. I wish to have every story posted by the end of December and proofread for the deadline in January. |
AuthorMy name is Heather Harris and I am a senior at Kingsford High School. Archives
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