Taking Off with a Bang

Genius Hour

So as part of my Pinnacle responsibilities, I am supposed to showcase for my peers, great things that are happening in my class with the iPads.  This is where Genius Hour comes in. I really and truly did not know anything about Genius Hour when I began Pinnacle training. Through my summer training, I learned some about it and thought this might just be what I wanted to showcase.   I have done a lot of research about Genius Hour.  Honestly, and I am not ashamed to admit it, I have found tons of information of Pinterest, my guilty pleasure.  

To begin Genius Hour, I started by launching some videos that gave an oversight.  I then gathered information about interests of the students, as well as informed parents of what we were doing in class.  At this point, we are in various stages in Genius Hour.  Some students are still researching and some have begun to create their products.  We have many different apps that are being utilized at this point.  The kids are loving Genius Hour and so is their teacher.