Genius Hour

Genius Hour Reflection #3

1.  Describe your project in 2-3 complete sentences.
2. Explain why you chose to do this demonstration.
3. Using the feedback from your classmates, what is one thing you think you could improve for next time.  Explain how you would go about doing that.
4. What is one thing you really liked about your project and why?
5. Attach a link or a picture of your poster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDaHNdsQ1vM

Genius Hour Reflection #1

Through reflection we can continue to grow and get better at what we do.  I would like you to take time to really reflect on what you have been able to accomplish with your project and think about ways that you can improve and make things better.

1. Briefly describe what your project was.

2.  Why did you want to do this project?

3.  What was the biggest challenge you had when you were completing your project?  Why?

4. What was your biggest success? Why?

5.  Now that you have received feedback, what would you change when working on project #2? Explain why.

Include a link to your presentation.

Genius Hour is the opportunity to learn about and share about something you are interested and passionate about. It is not a research report, but it might involve research.

Check out the following links and read the blog posts:

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/how-half-an-hour-a-day-can-increase-your-intelligence.html

http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2011/10/5-steps-to-becoming-an-expert/

http://www.creativitypost.com/create/how_geniuses_think#.T5yDi5rO9gU

Some of the questions you might ask yourself are:

1. How can we make it /each other better?

2. How do we know this to be so?

3. Is this what is needed most?

4. What is it we hope to accomplish and what’s stopping us?

5. What are we most proud of?

6. What is possible?

7. When can we start?

8. How will we prevent failure?

9. Who/how can we make this happen?

10. What do we regret most?

11. How can we make the best use of…?

12. What if we…(Dream big!)

I would like you to consider some possible ideas you could tackle for your first Genius Hour project.  You might want to do a little preliminary research at this point.  When you have some ideas, please use the following form to jot down at least 2-3 of  your possible ideas and email your form to me.

Genius Hour Planning