Genius Hour Products

The students have had such a great time with Genius Hour.  It has been an awesome experience for the students to have access to the iPads and Chromebooks.  The students have learned  much about their topic and then been able to share their new knowledge with their peers.

                Miss Gardner helps Gage and Ethan get everything just right.

                   Aymee and Chloe work together on Buddy Poke.

                 Noah is working diligently on his Haiku Deck presentation.

The students have done an amazing job with transferring the information from their research into technology products. There was definitely a learning curve for all of us as we learned the apps.  It is always amazing to me how quickly the students can learn this stuff.  Much more so than me. However, I must say that for this to be my first time using so many of these tools, I am quite proud of myself as well.

Some of the students chose to do Haiku Deck.  They integrated a Word Cloud into their presentation. Other students chose to do Buddy Poke, Slide Paper Videos, and iMovie.

Hayden's Slide, Paper Video about the origin of Video Games

Ethan's Buddy Poke about the origins of Football

                         
Andraya presented a Buddy Poke about Christmas.

                                     
 Madison uses Sticky Notes and Buddy Poke to tell about education in the US.

Khania also uses Sticky Notes and a Buddy Poke to tell about Pandas

                            Tommy tells about the origins of Pizza.

                  Chloe teaches us abut George Washington.

Kobe and Aymee's Buddy Pokes

Karlie's Buddy Poke about the California Gold Rush

Lauren integrated a Word Cloud with her Haiku Deck.



Soccer - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires

Shelly integrated a Haiku Deck and a Word Cloud to tell us all about Golden Retrievers.



Golden Retrievers - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires
Copy of Robotics - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires



Jersey shares information about Robotics in her Haiku Deck and Word Cloud.

Does it Go Away?

As the holiday season is now here I have to wonder does it get easier?  When my Daddy died 3 1/2 years ago it wasn't a surprise.  He had cancer 3 times and the doctors were very upfront that this 3rd time would kill him.  His last operation was a year ago yesterday.  I will never forget the news from the doctor that he was giving my Daddy 6 months at best.  How do you begin to deal with this type of news?

I can honestly say from experience that you learn to accept things and make the best out of every little minute that you with that special person.  You learn to cherish every little word that they say and every action they make.  You cherish the gift of every day.  I had about 4 months with my Daddy since the time he was diagnosed until his death.

I know from losing my Mother very tragically 13 years ago that this sadness will go away and things will eventually get easier, but I just wonder when?