Book Circle #1: Genius Hour: Barham

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  1. Hello, I am super excited.
  2. Talk about the first half of my book and hear
  3. about all of yours.
  4. I read genius hour by Andy Mcnair In Chapter one.
  5. McNair gives an overview of what passion projects are and
  6. why they are beneficial to students.
  7. Passion projects are projects where students choose a topic, passion
  8. or interest to learn about.
  9. They then spend time in class learning about the topic
  10. of their choice.
  11. Passion projects are all students to learn by doing this
  12. allows students to become creative thinkers, Cloud of classmates, ambitious
  13. dreamers and confident learners.
  14. Okay, okay.
  15. Chapter two introduces how Mcnair organizes passion projects in her
  16. own classroom.
  17. She was something she calls the six peas Passion.
  18. What do you want to learn about?
  19. What do you think?
  20. It's interesting, What can you get excited about planning?
  21. Who will be your outside expert?
  22. What materials will you need to complete the project?
  23. What will you need to do each day to reach
  24. your goals pitch, How will you share your ideas with
  25. the class?
  26. How will you get us on board project?
  27. It's time to dive in.
  28. What do you need to do today to move forward
  29. with your project?
  30. What are you creating, making or designing product?
  31. What did you create?
  32. What can you show us to demonstrate your learning and
  33. then presentation?
  34. How do you plan to share your learning?
  35. Can you share your idea, project with others?
  36. What tools we use to make your presentation engaging to
  37. the audience?
  38. Yeah, Chapter Three is about the first of the six
  39. piece passion.
  40. It can sometimes be difficult for kids to identify their
  41. passions. Mcnair emphasizes relationship building between teacher and student to
  42. help identify students passions.
  43. She also gives a few fun ways for students to
  44. self identify, such as March Madness style bracket and interactive
  45. websites. Chapter four is all about the planning process.
  46. Teachers often make decisions for students, but passion projects are
  47. all about students making their own decisions.
  48. Students have three main questions to answer for themselves in
  49. this stage.
  50. What are they trying to accomplish?
  51. Who is their audience and can help them as they
  52. work towards their goals?
  53. And the answer to number three often is not you
  54. as the educator.
  55. Outside experts can fuel a student's passion much more than
  56. you can, depending on your interest in a topic.
  57. Chapter five talks about students, pitches to the classroom, collaboration
  58. is an important skill for people of all ages to
  59. have. During the pitch stage, students present their ideas to
  60. other students and receive constructive feedback.
  61. This also allows students the opportunity to gain interest in
  62. other students ideas.
  63. Thank you for listening to my presentation on the genius
  64. hour by Andy McNab.