Genius Hour Challenges

Since I have decided to gamify Genius Hour, I thought that it would spice things up to give the students surprise challenges.  I haven’t designed the cards, yet, because I am hoping that some of you can give me more ideas.  Please go to this link  to add some ideas to my Padlet wall, tweet me … Read more

My Role Model

If you have students who are working on Genius Hour or any kind of biographical research, you may want to have them check out “My Role Model” from the Academy of Achievement. This tool allows the user to choose from three different categories: what you want to achieve, what kind of personality you have, and … Read more

Genius Hour Villains

Update:  *As of 1/2/14, you can now download all of my current Genius Hour resources in a bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers for $5.  Or, you can still download them separately (for free) by clicking on the links below.  You can also download (separately) a pack of Genius Hour Villain (Not) Wanted Posters for $2 here. … Read more

Genius Hour Bookmarks

IMPORTANT UPDATE – The previous Genius Hour Bookmark QR Codes stopped working, as the host site does not appear to be online any longer.  I have updated the bookmarks as of 1/1/14.  Please let me know if you have any problems! 2nd IMPORTANT UPDATE:  *As of 1/2/14, you can now download all of my current … Read more

Genius Hour Flyer

Update:  *As of 1/2/14, you can now download all of my current Genius Hour resources in a bundle on Teachers Pay Teachers for $5.  Or, you can still download them separately (for free) by clicking on the links below. I suppose you can tell that I am on a Genius Hour kick this week.  I am … Read more

What Are My S.K.I.L.L.Z.?

A few weeks ago, I posted some of my ideas for the upcoming school year.  One of my posts focused on my ideas for improving our Genius Hour, and in that post I mentioned that I would like to have a “catalog of experts” in my class.  I noticed this past year that there were … Read more