Hello world,
My name is Raffaele, like the ninja turtle, the arch angel or the tennis player. Have you heard of this "Genius Hour" phenomenon going on in classes today? I haven't. But now, I have! It's a very cool concept that deeply resonates with me. Basically, you devote class time to developing a project that the students come up with their selves. It's brilliant. The students get to work on their own passion project and learn along with way. The entire time they are developing skills and learning about what's important to them. Here's a quick video on Genius Hour by Chris Kesler.
How was it? Does it get you excited? It gets me excited. I didn't really get to have this experience in school. You probably remember the days of sitting in class sifting through the seemingly endless pages of a dusty textbook. I never liked how they smelled.. This sort of project really breaks from the mundane routine that I remember growing up. It gets me excited because as a Teacher Candidate I will eventually be able to implement this in the classroom. I feel like it's a great way for the teacher to get acquainted with the student, to find out what really interests them and be able to develop a positive relationship based on what's important to them.
This whole Genius Hour concept was brought up in our tech class here at Brock. Along with Genius Hour we learned that social media is actually useful for more than posting pictures of your fabulous meal or sharing minimal thoughts. I must admit I judged various forms of social media before exploring them and that was wrong. I think it is an important lesson to learn from; no matter how old we get we should avoid taking things for their face value.
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