Read this article http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/09/living/genius-hour-education-schools/
Summarize the article and explain how what you’ve learned in the article can be applied to how you approach your own Genius Hour project. The article was about how students prefered genius hour over being assigned work. The students in the article said that they enjoyed the freedom of choosing which knowledge they could pursue. The article also talked about how to sell the idea of genius hour to the parents and students. It talked of how failure is an option during genius hour. From reading this article I can be less afraid of taking risks with my project. It might be hard to build a computer without using the same form factor or it might be expensive if I purchase parts more expensive than I should.
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This is my first blog entry. The day is Friday, and it is the 7th of October. I am doing a genius hour project for my senior english class. For those of you who are reading this and don’t know or don’t truly understand what a genius hour is, a genius hour is an hour of time given to our class every week to pursue something that interests you. The idea is that if you give children the option of what they want to learn it will increase and improve productivity and happiness. It isn’t only for children to learn though. I was given the task of picking my field of interest, but there is a twist; I have to find a way to spread my knowledge to others. This year I have chosen to build my own computer and to spread my knowledge of the matter to others over vlogs, or video blogs. I don’t know much about computers, and this is why I chose this field. If you knew how to fix a processor or replace a motherboard, you would save money all the time on repairs or purchases of new hardware. I want to help educate myself and others on how to build a computer that is cheap to build and easy to maintain, because I believe that this is something that everyone should know how to do. I am going to browse the internet and start from the ground and work my way to the top or finished product by buying cheap hardware and slowly replacing each piece until I have a well built machine. I am going to pay for everything from my own pocket. I have the money from working this summer, but I might need to get an additional job to pay for the hardware and protective equipment. |
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