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My name is Paige Harris and I am doing a genius project on the topic of: How to travel on a student budget. This is something I am very interested in doing once I graduate from school in June and before I start my real career in teaching. Have you ever wanted to travel but do simply not have the funds? Let's work together and make this goal reality through genius hour!!
My goals for this project are:
My name is Paige Harris and I am doing a genius project on the topic of: How to travel on a student budget. This is something I am very interested in doing once I graduate from school in June and before I start my real career in teaching. Have you ever wanted to travel but do simply not have the funds? Let's work together and make this goal reality through genius hour!!
My goals for this project are:
1. I want to attain a budget and learn the cheapest and safest way to travel to a unique location in the world
2. I want to visit at least 3 different places that I have never been to before
3. My timeframe of this trip will be 2-3 months
Check in next week to see how my research is going!
Today I am going to share with you a little bit more wisdom on genius hour and virtual field trips. I took a technology course while studying at Brock University and I learned all about virtual filed trips and about a neat activity called genius hour! In the class we went through a virtual filed trip on what one would look like. This gave me a lot of insight to write this blog post so share with my fellow readers. After reading my blog today you will know what a virtual field trip is, what field trip I participated in, and what I personally have learned about genius hour. This is a great teaching tool to use in the classroom for all of you future educators! I hope you find this blog post as helpful as I do!
What is a Virtual Field Trip?
A virtual field trip is an internet-based
trip to take students individually or as a group. It brings the
world to our students in the classroom by taking a trip online and is an effective
way to expand education and save money as you can take a field trip but are staying in your classroom. The teacher is
the tour guide for their students and how they engage the students is up to them! There are four elements of a virtual field trip, these include:
1. the pre field
trip activity (introduce your students what virtual trip is and what will be exploring)
2. post trip activity (clarify, collaborate, share, discuss and give feedback on the trip)
3. made by others (maybe students missed
parts) (students share what they found/did)
4. teacher created (teacher shares their adventure with their students)
Virtual filed trips Stretch old
paradigms, as the students must use a wide range of
critical and creative thinking skills, as well as information skills to use a
virtual field trip effectively. Why should they be used in the classroom?
Consider the following
Virtual field trips allow for a variety of different points-of-view and
perspectives of the trip by every student in your class, as it caters to all of their individual needs. Students are able to explore and judge authentic information, while weighing all of the evidence presented to them to make those decisions. They can also compare ideas and views with the rest of their peers through interactions and discussions right in your own class. The teacher is able to keep an eye on every student during this time to make sure they are all on task and making appropriate decisions, unlike field trips where students can go where they please. What are your thoughts on doing a digital field trip in your classroom? Where would you take your class? What classes can you take your students on a digital field trip in?
I would take my class on a art field trip to the MET in New York City! (I've always wanted to go to New York!!) They could go to the #METkids cite and view all of the art work through the virtual museum they have on their website. There are also lots of activities and videos on the cite which my students can use their selves under my supervision. They can do all of this with no costs at all! FREE! Did you say FREE? I sure did! What field trip is free now a days? I can't think of any can you?
Have you ever wanted to go into space? HOW COOL WOULD THAT BE? Below is a great video to show more about what your students will experience!
Space Explores. (Jan. 14. 2010). Your Virtual Field Trip Begins Here! Retrieved at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYdEAXciJW8
Why call it Genius Hour?
Genius hour is an activity that allows students to
explore their own passions! Students choose the topic within reason on anything that they are interested in. This will encourage creativity in the classroom, show individuality, and you as teachers will learn more about your students. It
provides students a choice in what they learn, and is very student-centered, and hands-on learning. Students will work on passion projects, and will learn what they want to learn about. This is a dual teacher role as the teacher and students will be teaching one another. The learning therefore will be split 50/50. Students will all become genius's on their individual topics! This also creates a sense of collaboration in the classroom, as well as an interactive learning environment. The pace is built to be flexible for a variety of different learners, and the assessment is created to be authentic. There are multiple names for genius hour a few you might of heard of are: Passion Project, 20% Time, and Innovation Hour. What other activity let's you get that involved with your students and helps you as a teacher get to know each one individually? This makes learning fun, and that is a huge part of education in the 21st century!
Where can I find Genius Hour
resources?
Check out the list of resources below, as they can provide you with even more information about genius hour! You can also check out twitter and search the hash tags: #genius hour, #passionproject, or #techknowteach to see more stuff my class has done on these projects.
-> https://geniushour.wikispaces.com/Student+Resources?responseToken=0d1f64dc63979d18b5d93af8a0fb93211
Now it's your turn, what kind of genius hour project are you going to do? Can't wait to see what all of you creative people come up with!
Cheers!
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