In addition to doing Genius Hour with my 3rd-5th grade gifted students, I have been guiding 5th grade students through what I like to call, “Genius Camp” during our school’s weekly enrichment time for the past year and a half. For my first post on this, which explains the logistics of the time, you can … Read more
Earlier this year, I mentioned a school in Texas that does a school-wide Genius Hour and has student-led EdCamps. As an elementary teacher of gifted and talented students, I’ve done Genius Hour with my own small classes, but was intrigued by the idea of doing something school-wide. With some creative scheduling spear-headed by our principal, … Read more
The last couple of weeks have provided a few great opportunities for me to learn, and I would like to reflect on them in this week’s blog posts. Last Saturday, I attended my third EdCamp ever. It was EdCampSA, and it was hosted at Churchill High School in San Antonio by the following wonderful people: James … Read more
I’ve been using this week of my Spring Break to write about some innovative ideas in education, and a comment from a reader on my “Teacherpreneurship” post, motivated me to include the concept of Edcamps in this series. I’ve been meaning to write about the Edcamp model for quite some time now, but I was … Read more