[aisle] Genius Hour

[Mrs. Hamernick]

This is the format we followed:
Topic You Decided on ___________________!
Plan Ahead What do you want your audience to know about your topic? KWL -
create questions, list of things to learn
How will you get there Where will you get your info? Gale, Follett, web
sources (1 of each, more if needed)
First Search What's your query? Keywords and evaluating results
Second, Third and so on Searches So many sources to choose from! Narrowing
down your choices with web evalua

tion
Teaching my topic Notetaking to become the expert.
Giving credit Citing my sources.
Creating Project How will you display your learning? Introduce Slides of
Power Project options!
Presenting Practice your presentation. Circle Presentation,
Self-record/critique, Life Skills?
Power Project Day! Dress to Impress!




On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 9:43 AM Jeanne' Aken via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Have any of you held a Genius Hour in your library?  I am looking for help
> in organizing 15 different library classes and not being overwhelmed with
> multiple assignments, but I want a weekly check in something along the
> lines of Plan-Do-Review.
>
> Any hints, suggestions on managing such a large crowd (250 kids)?  We are
> using Google Classrooms as a school, and we do have Meets, but I was a bit
> surprised yesterday when I had to walk my students through creating a
> folder in Google and creating a Google Doc for Brainstorming.
>
> If any other library has done a Genius Hour, I would love to hear how you
> scaffolded learning for your students.
>
> Thanks for any information you can provide.
>
>
> Peace and Blessings,
>
> Jeanne' Aken
> District Librarian
> Beach Park CCSD #3
> 40667 N. Green Bay Road
> Beach Park, IL 60099
> 847-596-5880
> jaken at bpd3.org
>
> "What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks
> about education."
> Harold Howe, Former U.S. Commissioner of Education
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-- 
Sincerely,
Amy Hamernick
Media Specialist
Apple Teacher
Century Jr. High
@AhamernickCJH
#CenturyWildcats


"If we always do what we've always done,
we will get what we've always got."
~Adam Urbanski~
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