Genius Hour
Purpose of Genius Hour
Idea is to give students time to work on an independent task that they are passionate
Give people the freedom to explore their own interests
Encourages the development of life long learners
Implementation in School
Provide students with approximately 20% of their day to work on a passion project
Inquiry-based, student driven projects
Teacher provides support by:
Monitoring
Sets loose dealines
Facilitates inquiry
Students look to the world around them for inspiration
6 Principles of Genius Hour
80/20 rule
Socialization
Create
Inquiry and navigation
Design
Sense of purpose
Important to break down the process of inquiry down for students
What is it?
Also known as a Passion Project
Believe to have been developed by Google
Approximately 50% of Googles projects have come from passion projects
Opportunity to work on an independent project that they are passionate about