1. Fostering Creativity in the Classroom This session will begin at 4:30 p.m.

2. Things to remember We will record and archive this session. Please turn down or turn off microphones to avoid feedback. Use the Text chat window to post comments and questions at any point. Use the link in the upper right corner to maximize your screen for a larger view if needed.

3. Fostering Creativity in the Classroom

15. How to get started Educators

16. Passions Interest Surveys Wonder Walls Idea Generator

17. Wonder Walls

18. Surveys

22. Project Ideas What IF?- Students are challenged to answer the question: If you could change one thing about ______,what would it be? Non-Fiction- Read a biography, then have students re-image the person’s life by changing the setting, time period, ethnicity, or other element of the narrative. Standing For Change- After reviewing cyberbullying, students are challenged to invent new ways to prevent it. Vocabulary- Create and define a new word that could be added to the ‘Webster Dictionary. Add a picture or illustration. Examples: The Global Genius Hour Projects

23. LAUNCH CYCLE

24. Acronym Look, Listen and Learn Ask Tons of Questions Understanding the Process or Problem Navigate Ideas Create a Prototype Highlight and Fix

29. Research

30. Present & Create

31. Genius Hour in a Nutshell Students pick a topic from an essential question. Students decide how they will learn about the topic. Students blog, journal reflect about the process. Students make an artifact about the topic. Teacher provides support, mentors, and guidance. Students share their finished project reflecting the answer to the essential question.

32. Introducing Genius Hour to Students and Staff

33. Learn From Your Mistakes

34. 20% Time used to solve “Wicked Problems”

36. Resources http://geniushour.wikispaces.com/home The Genius Hour Live Binder Creativity Takes Time Ken Robinson on Passion Obvious to You, Amazing to Others The Genius Hour Guidebook: Fostering Passion, Wonder, and Inquiry in the Classroom: Denise Krebs and Gallit Zvi Sir Ken Robinson- Can Creativity Be Taught What Adults can learn from kids

37. Resources Genius Hour Makes Great Teachers Redundant (Megan Allen) Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning (Phyllis Blumenfeld, Elliot Soloway, Ronald Marx, Joseph Krajcik, Mark Guzdial & Annemarie Palincsar)

38. Genius Hour: Critical Inquiry and Differentiation (Elaine Simos) Genius Hour: A Learner Centered Approach to Increasing Rigor in the Classroom(Virginia Padilla Vigil and Rebecca Mieliwocki) genius hourgenius hour project based learningproject based learning Why I Abandoned Genius Hour More Resources