https://padlet.com/CHouserSTEM/oa93qlo99az2 Genius Hour is... the ability to dive into a topic of your choice working to understand it, creating a representation of it, and presenting it to your school community. students working independently or in pairs. weekly lessons using Kuder Navigator and/or Project Wisdom. en-us 2017-08-22 01:00:15 UTC 2023-12-06 18:30:42 UTC hello@padlet.com CHouserSTEM https://padlet.com/CHouserSTEM/oa93qlo99az2/wish/181985360 School professional development was led by 4 teams.  Each team were focused on a Fundamentals:
Fundamentals of Instruction
Fundamentals of Learning
Fundamentals of Relationships
Fundamentals of Planning
Our team's goal was to provide information and guide teachers to form understanding of the characteristics of a middle school child; and understand the framework of Genius Hour using Kuder Navigator, Passion Projects, and Project Wisdom.
Our the key purpose of our professional development session was to promote student voice, creativity, innovation, and digital age learners. 
The lesson plan used to conduct the session: Fundamentals of Learning
The powerpoint we used to present the information and research behind student voice: Professional Development 2017-2018
Description of Genius Hour

Genius Hour: Passion Projects by Andi
The structure of Genius Hour will be formatted according to Passion words and Passion Projects.  ALL teachers were given a copy of the book and are asked to read through the text so that they can mentor the students as the create their passion projects.
Slide Deck with Summarized Chapter notes

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