Wow, Hisham made a children’s book about our galaxy for his Genius Hour project. You can pause between pages to read it all. Congratulations, Hisham!
May 13, 2020
by Denise Krebs
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May 13, 2020
by Denise Krebs
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Wow, Hisham made a children’s book about our galaxy for his Genius Hour project. You can pause between pages to read it all. Congratulations, Hisham!
April 26, 2020
by Jerome W.
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Today I made Gourmet Goulash
This is a picture of me stirring all the vegetables and the beef until it is cooked
You will have to cook the beef first and in the meanwhile cook the pasta then drain the pasta and add the cheese packets once drained. Then in the same frying pan cook up the vegetables and then mix the pasta and the vegetables together.
I will be making another post for all the recipes I cooked this week
See you next time,
Jerome W.
April 27, 2013
by Denise Krebs
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Here’s what we worked on during our latest Genius Hour.
April 21, 2013
by Denise Krebs
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We’ve had a busy spring. Because of snow days, Easter break, and TSA, we’ve not had genius hour for three weeks. We’ll be back at it this week.
Here are our March updates:
Cool Shot Basketball – Cooper Brian Dustin
Hula Hoop Rugs – Jade Kaylee Anna
Ripping Phone Books – Thomas and Lucas
Stop Motion with Race Cars – Deven and Joey
Sounds 0f the Planets – Jared
Dodge cars – Jason
Writing another novel – Anna
Cross-stitching with love – Lauren
Teaching Piano – Atze
Rainbow Cake – Kennedy Sierra MaKenna
Stop Motion Animation Mini Farm – Jordan Mason David
Sewing slippers – John
April 8, 2013
by Denise Krebs
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Angela Maiers has inspired me lately. She does that quite often. Now it’s about scaling up Genius Hour. It’s taking “You are a genius, and the world needs your contribution” to a new level.
LOVE 4U to share/be involved w/Quest2Matter http://t.co/icBgKHLgq1 @mcdclassroom @mrsdkrebs @Kirrclass @MrsZvisClass #geniushour scaled!
— Angela Maiers (@AngelaMaiers) April 8, 2013
You can read more at the link above and at Choose2Matter.org, and be sure to read the You Matter Manifesto.
Do you believe it? Yes, I hope you do!
Here are some questions to ask yourself as you plan your next Genius Hour project:
What matters to you? What breaks your heart about it?
What matters to God? What breaks God’s heart?
Consider issues like pollution, endangered animals, slavery, drug abuse, suicide, global climate change, poverty, disease, illiteracy, injustice, intolerance, abortion, bullying, what else?
What are you going to do about it?
How can you join God in working to solve that problem?
Are you willing to suffer for it?
Can you build grit, determination, perseverance, stick-to-it-iveness during your Genius Hour project?
I want you to consider some of these questions
for your next Genius Hour!
We have already had good examples of this kind of genius at work. Like when Jade and Kaylee made many scarves and then sold them at the benefit for Laurel.
March 1, 2013
by Denise Krebs
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We’ve been taking two periods a week, about 85 minutes, to learn what we are passionate about. Students reports on their latest learnings are here.
January 31, 2013
by Denise Krebs
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We had an opportunity to have genius hour for a three-hour block on Wednesday. Students thrive on long periods of time to learn. The bells are ignored. The learning sets in. The projects improve. The questions deepen.
January 24, 2013
by Denise Krebs
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Here are the questions our learners are answering today in genius hour:
August 25, 2012
by Denise Krebs
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This year, the teachers at our school will be studying Rigor and Relevance in professional development.
I love my students for many reasons–one is that they are problem solvers and they notice real problems that need real solutions.
This week, the first week of school, a few eighth graders saw two problems and worked to fix them. We have a ten foot long and four-inch wide PVC pipe that has been capped and sawed in half lengthwise to make a trough. When we fill the rounded pipe with water to test boats, it’s unstable. We had quite a spill in our classroom on Wednesday. Then when we wanted to remove the water that had not spilled, we had to bail the water out and into a bucket.
Geniuses know how to criticize by creating. And I have those geniuses in my classroom! First, Thomas and Dustin began designing a stand to get it up off the floor and less wobbly. After some discussion with a larger group, Joey is working on a revised design at home. (Update on Monday.)
On Friday morning before school there were eleven people watching the hoopla and contributing to the process of the next step, which was to solve the second problem–emptying the trough. They decided to create a drainage system so when we put water into the soon-to-be sturdy container, we will be able to drain it instead of bail it out.
Look at that hole they are drilling in our trough. Yes, they are risking failure. The problem is challenging, complex, demanding, requires authentic work and “the ability to develop and express ideas and findings through elaborated communication.” (rigor and relevance). (I haven’t done a thing except give them permission because the project is beyond my abilities.)
What kind of learning is better than that? That’s why I’m trying to make school more like genius hour. Real problems, real solutions, real learning.
March 5, 2012
by Denise Krebs
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