ENTRANCE TICKET:

• So, was the Renaissance “A Thing”?• Why do we study it?

ENTRANCE TICKET:• Why do we care?• Because it impacts us now

• Humanities• Science• Exploration

GENIUS HOURThe 20% Project

WHAT IS GENIUS HOUR?

• Caine’s Arcade

• An idea made famous by Google

• 20% of an individual’s work time is set aside for individual projects

• In this time, you work on what you want to work on

• It improves productivity, ingenuity, grit, and performance

GENIUS HOUR AT GMS…

• Duration: 5 weeks, Socials block

• Must be some kind of learning that you will enjoy

• Must be documented regularly (i.e., blog, journal, video, podcast)• Brainstorm the different apps, websites, programs that you could use to

document your learning• Come up with your top 3 choices for documenting your progress

BRAINSTORM / CHOOSE TOPIC

• Really bad ideas wall

• Pick your topic and report out

• What are you doing with your time?

CONSTRUCT A DRIVING QUESTION

• What is the point of a Driving Question?

• Watch this video and then tell me what is the point of asking questions

• The Driving Question is the big understanding you will have at the end of Genius Hour

• Spend some time brainstorming your Driving Question in your Genius Hour package• Remember: It needs to be broad enough to need two weeks worth of

research, but narrow enough to be answered in that amount of time as well • Use the example questions to help you create a few different questions• Then choose the best one as your Driving Question

EXAMPLES OF DRIVING QUESTIONS:

• In what ways can gaming help students learn?

• How is school different in Canada from other countries?

• How has skateboarding evolved as an event?

• It has been said that “those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” In what ways has this been true in British Columbia.

HOW WILL YOU RECORD YOUR PROGRESS?

• Decide on documentation style (i.e., blog, journal, video, podcast)

• In your Document tell me• Your Driving Question• How and Why you came up with it• Where you need to start for your research

• Contracts signed & sent home