20 Time in the Classroom by Sydney Smith

20-Time in Education

ssmith216 — 2015-09-29 03:11:34 UTC

http://www.20timeineducation.com/

History

ssmith216 — 2015-09-29 03:12:33 UTC

3M started it in the 1950's with their 15% Project. The result? Post-its and masking tape. Google is credited for making the 20% Project what it is today. Google asks its employees to spend 20% of their time at Google to work on a pet project...a project that their job description doesn't cover. As a result of the 20% Project at Google, we now have Gmail, AdSense, Google News, and my favorite, the Google Teacher Academy. Using 20 Time in the workplace allows innovative ideas and projects to flourish and/or fail without the bureaucracy of committees and budgets.

ssmith216 — 2015-09-29 03:15:16 UTC

"One way to teach autonomy that is quickly catching fire throughout education is the concept of 20-Time. The concept is simple. Allow students 20% of class time, or one hour per week, to work on and explore one topic of their choice."

20time.org

ssmith216 — 2015-09-29 03:20:41 UTC

http://www.20time.org/how/

20-Time in the Classroom

ssmith216 — 2015-09-29 03:21:39 UTC

The students will be allowed 20% of class time a day to foster new ideas and explore concepts that they are interested in. By following these five steps:

1. The bad idea factory

2. The proposal

3. The blog

4. The elevator pitch

5. Final Presentations

#20time

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