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Just Give Me the Swedish Meatballs So I Can Call it a Day

January 8, 2015 by Terri Eichholz

If you ever really want to quiet a room full of 5th grade students, try telling them this: “I’m going to let you spend 1 hour a week studying whatever you want.  Now pick a topic.” That was, in essence, the way I introduced Genius Hour to my class for the first time many years … Read more

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Categories Apps, Education, K-12, Philosophy, Teaching Tools Tags Barry Schwartz, choice, education, Genius Hour, Multiple Intelligences, Smart Stars 1 Comment

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