Companion Website
Meet the Author
To the Reader
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: What is Genius Hour and Why Do Students Need it?
Chapter 2: Introducing Genius Hour To Your Class
Chapter 3: The Launch: Diving In and Letting Go
Chapter 4: Loosening Deadlines & Sharing Passions
Chapter 5: Helping Kids Make Their Learning Visible
Chapter 6: Teaching about Self-Assessment & Feedback
Chapter 7: What Can We Do to Improve the World?
Chapter 8: Adding All Our Voices to the Genius Hour Movement
Epilogue: Connecting with the Authors
Afterword by Joy Kirr
Appendix A: FAQs
Appendix B: Genius Hour Resources and Lesson Plans
Appendix C: Genius Hour Reading List for Educators
Denise Krebs teaches grade 5 English language learners in
Bahrain. She also serves as elementary English subjects
coordinator. She has had the joy of seeing genius hour work in
kindergarten to grade 8.
Gallit Zvi is a vice principal and teacher in Surrey, BC, Canada
who has taught 4th through 7th grade. Gallit has many years of
experience mentoring both Teacher Candidates and experienced
teachers and has coached many educators as they implement Genius
Hour. She has also been a Faculty Associate in the Education
Department at Simon Fraser University. Gallit blogs at
www.gallitzvi.com.
Denise (@mrsdkrebs) and Gallit (@gallit_z) are co-moderators of the
Twitter chat group #geniushour
"In their innovative book, Denise and Gallit have created a
must-read for any educator who has been wondering how to foster
creativity and increase student engagement within the classroom.
With its easy-to-follow ideas and inspirational stories, this book
will give you all of the steps you need to implement Genius Hour
right away, starting you on the path to creating schools that
students cannot wait to come to." --Pernille Ripp, Teacher and
Author of Passionate Learners: How to Engage and Empower Your
Students "Krebs and Zvi provide a step-by-step guide to Genius Hour
that will give students the quality, self-determined learning time
they deserve." --Jerry Blumengarten, Twitterbrarian, @cybraryman1,
Former New York City Teacher, and Co-author of Connecting Your
Students with the World "The concept of Genius Hour — a portion of
time that students can use independently for their own projects and
passions — has taken the world of education by storm. The Genius
Hour Guidebook is full of practical suggestions for helping you and
your students get the most out of this precious hour of autonomy.
If you take the authors’ advice, you’ll be amazed at the change in
your classroom." --Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New
Mind "Many educators are asked to think outside the box, but this
book describes how to innovate inside of it. The ideas behind
Genius Hour shared in this book help to create innovative learning
environments in all areas of the classroom. We all start somewhere,
and this book helps you to push your students to unleash their
passions. More importantly, it helps to develop students as
learners long after their time in school." --George Couros,
internationally recognized thought leader and a Division Principal
of Innovative Teaching and Learning in Alberta, Canada "The Genius
Hour Guidebook is a must-have manual for the 21st-century educator.
Want to improve student engagement? Need more STEM in your
classroom? Don't have time to waste? This book makes Genius Hour
something any school can implement successfully." --Vicki Davis,
@coolcatteacher, Blogger, Host of the Every Classroom Matters Show,
and Author of Reinventing Writing (2014) "Genius Hour is one of
those ideas that not only inspires students but also reignites
teachers who are passionate about learning but for a variety of
reasons have lost some of that spark. What Gallit and Denise do so
well is simply share their story, not as researchers or experts but
as teachers who saw a need and took advantage of an innovative idea
to change how students learn. This book provides detailed
procedures and insights to get you started on your own journey. The
best part, the part that wasn't possible in the past, is you get to
stay connected and learn from them beyond the reading of this book.
If you've heard of Genius Hour or have been thinking about it,
you've come to the right place. --Dean Shareski, Community Manager,
Discovery Education Canada and Former Classroom Teacher and
Technology Consultant
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