How can we get students to believe in the power of their own potential? How can we encourage students to become geniuses and believe that they can do anything they set their minds to? Why not give them a chance to become geniuses?
Michelle Richter of Sacred Heart has done exactly this, given her students the opportunity to explore Genius Hour within the context of Arts Education. Last Thursday, I was given the opportunity to learn how these grade 7/8 students are exploring the artistic process as they become "Artistic Geniuses". In the slideshow shown here, students were engaged in finding creative inspiration for their Genius Hour Visual Art pieces. With the tablets, students explored different works of art from online sources then captured these pieces in a Padlet and recorded how they intended on incorporating that piece into their Final creative work projects. Recording their thinking is an essential aspect of Genius Hour and padlet was an effective and great visual tool for the students to use. Can tools empower kids? No. But can they allow students the opportunity to organize their thoughts and get excited about learning as they research and reflect... Yes.
Michelle Richter of Sacred Heart has done exactly this, given her students the opportunity to explore Genius Hour within the context of Arts Education. Last Thursday, I was given the opportunity to learn how these grade 7/8 students are exploring the artistic process as they become "Artistic Geniuses". In the slideshow shown here, students were engaged in finding creative inspiration for their Genius Hour Visual Art pieces. With the tablets, students explored different works of art from online sources then captured these pieces in a Padlet and recorded how they intended on incorporating that piece into their Final creative work projects. Recording their thinking is an essential aspect of Genius Hour and padlet was an effective and great visual tool for the students to use. Can tools empower kids? No. But can they allow students the opportunity to organize their thoughts and get excited about learning as they research and reflect... Yes.
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