Podcast: Vrain Waves: Teaching Conversations with Minds Shaping Education (LS 44 · TOP 1% what is this?)Episode: AJ Juliani on Genius Hour, PBL, Design Thinking and Student InquiryPub date: 2018-06-11Connect with Vrain Waves
Twitter: @VrainWaves | Becky Twitter: @BeckyEPeters | Ben Twitter: @mrkalb
Connect with AJ Juliani
Twitter: @ajjuliani | Website: http://ajjuliani.com/ | Books: AJ Juliani on Amazon
Links & Show Notes
Skip to Minute 9 to get to the Interview with AJ Juliani
What is Genius Hour? (01:33)
Out of Our Heads and Into the Classroom (02:07)
Structure (02:30)
Getting Started with Genius Hour
Genius Hour Blueprint
Numbers app template
Inspiration (03:45) | Kid President on Empowerment | Jack Andraka TED Talk | Caine’s Arcade | Genius Hour Examples
Authentic Audience (05:17)
Three N’s (06:46) - What did you learn that’s new, what do you need from me, what are you going to do next?
#20time / #geniushour
AJ Juliani Intro (9:07) - Director of Technology and Innovation at Centennial School District
Genius Hour, what it is, how AJ started with it (10:40)
Read Daniel Pink’s book Drive - Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose
The 20% Project blog post | #20Time
Joy Kirr, Gallit Zvi, Hugh McDonald, Denise Krebs
The Genius Hour Manifesto
Examples of Genius Hour projects (15:28)
How Genius Hour works (17:42) Planning → Topic Selection → Pitch → Research → Making → Presentations → Reflection
Topic Selection: March Madness Bracket for ideas
Shark Tank Pitch - 1 minute
What they’re going to learn / make
Why