(If you are unfamiliar with Genius Hour, be sure to visit my Genius Hour Resources Page.) One of my many goals for rebooting Genius Hour this year was to help the students to create more engaging presentations. Their passion just wasn’t coming through when it came time for them to share it with their peers. … Read more
One of my goals this year for Genius Hour is to guide the students into creating more dynamic presentations to share what they have learned. If you are a teacher, you have probably experienced the excruciatingly long Powerpoints proudly displayed by students to a mostly disinterested audience of their peers. A couple of my strategies … Read more
“Show What You Know” is an infographic provided by Tony Vincent at Learning in Hand. It visually represents different ways that students can present their research using specific mobile and web apps. I like the idea of offering this to your students with a rubric that outlines your expectations for the final presentation – giving … Read more
200 Ways to Show What You Know, brought to you by John Davitt from http://www.davittlearning.net, is a simple tool for generating ideas for products. In other words, it gives suggestions for different ways to “show what you know.” This allows the student to see that there are other options for projects besides Powerpoint presentations and … Read more