I am gearing up to do some professional development sessions on Genius Hour this summer, and realized that it might be helpful to have a one-pager for teachers to refer to as they begin planning to do Genius Hour with their students. Genius Hour can come in many forms, depending on your situation, so I thought it might be helpful to have a way to look at the “Big Picture” before designing the details. Most of the planning sheets that I see when I do searches are for the students, but I’d love for you to let me know if you have seen any that are for teachers. I am in the process of updating my Genius Hour resources, including the digital ones, and will let you know when the new and improved page is posted. In the meantime, if you are thinking of doing Genius Hour next school year, feel free to download this planner. Let me know if you see anything that needs to be tweaked! Also, if you are interested in me doing a professional development for your school or district on Genius Hour, Design Thinking, Coding, or Maker Education, please e-mail me at engagetheirminds@gmail.com!
I love this one-pager, Terri! Added it to the LiveBinder under “How to Get Started.” There are so many decisions that really need to be made before setting up GH, right? Here’s my post from 2014 to help with planning: http://geniushour.blogspot.com/2014/08/passion-based-learning-ready-set-go.html
Your post is the perfect companion to this one-pager! I am definitely pointing it out in my presentations! Thanks!