Description
Being an educator for G/T students takes heart and hard work; but no matter how much work you put in, the real key is to make it meaningful to your students. If students can’t connect with what they’re learning, you’re wasting your valuable time and theirs. Genius hour is a creative, hands-on project that is guaranteed to make that connection! Learn how genius hour can get even your most reticent student excited and engaged.
This course will give you:
- Key elements of a dynamic genius hour
- Examples of genius hour projects
- Helpful resources for you and your students
- Tips to set up your classroom for genius hour
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
Olga – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Great insights to how to cycle through GT hour.
Dora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent ideas to be implemented in a classroom
Graciela – PROGRESO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed that the presenter had a passion for what she was doing and it came across in her presentation. I can see myself already setting the foundation for Genius Hour.
Sara – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Megan – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It was great and I liked the ideas.
Jessica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about this new tool.
Monica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting topic
Eliza – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great information that I will be sharing with others!
Natalie – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
There are a few great ideas here for secondary too, but it is geared toward primary grades.
Lilia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas
Lee – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
The ideas are solid, but this is labeled for secondary and it feels much more like an elementary/middle school idea. Make no mistake, it has high school applications, but I do not feel like the presentation was geared that way. Still has some solid ideas to take away.
Juan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas and direction.
Lindsey – FORT BEND ISD (verified owner) –
I took away many new ideas for genius hour
Julissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Highly recommend this course for GT teachers.
Cassidy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was really good information
ANA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
I like the idea of incorporating digital apps to help my students learn.
Merary – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Informative and attainable.
Alan – EANES ISD (verified owner) –
Presenter offers innovative ideas and practical advice, complete with actual examples.
Jaylin – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
The course was recorded in 2015, are there any updates on resources we could use?
Juanita – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very interesting approach
Jose – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Rogelio – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Nice.
eduardo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with new ideas. This course is a great guide to changing some of our outdated teaching methods
Elizabeth – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great information
Michelle – LEANDER ISD (verified owner) –
Would love to see this updated with some current tools. Whether that means re-filming some parts of it or just segmenting what is filmed and adding in the tools.
Abbey – ST MARYS CITY (verified owner) –
This course provided good detail into Genius Hour.
Brandon – Yellow Springs Exempted Village (verified owner) –
Had lots of practical tools
Rhonda – ROSCOE ISD (verified owner) –
I love it! I’m going to share Genius hour with others.
Elizabeth – NEW KNOXVILLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
This is a fantastic resource for implementing the use of Genius Hour in the classroom.
Stephanie – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This was one of the best online courses I’ve taken! I can’t wait to bring the Genius Hour idea back to my classroom with both GT and non-GT learners!
Julia – Yellow Springs Exempted Village (verified owner) –
It helped me understand Genius Hour more and had lots of websites and apps included.
Audrea – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Such a cool idea and step by step process
Sarah – VAN WERT CITY (verified owner) –
Useful for some new ideas.
Miranda – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative and interactive course.
Erin – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great Ideas! I love that there are downloadable resources to help implement in your classroom!
Brian – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Genius hour sounds like a great way to give students choice and ownership over their learning.
Katina – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting course, I have not heard of Genius Hour before.
Vanessa – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting.
Ashley – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course that had a lot of great ideas and examples for Genius Hour. Very easy to follow
Monica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is something that students would enjoy doing while learning.
Jaclyn – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
It gave many great resources to use with gifted or any student to add technology or make planning easier.
Cheryl – MAYFIELD CITY (verified owner) –
This course gives a great overview of how to implement Genius Hour in your classroom.
Olga – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very good information.
Paula – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting. I liked the passion the presenter had for the Genius Hour.
Juan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Yes!!!!!!!!!
Lapidario – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great resource to to guide the students in project-making
Monica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
This was a very interesting topic that truly is making the wheels in my brain turn. I want to implement this and figure out a way to do it.
Timothy – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
Loving
Delia – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
It was innovative and full of resources to use in class.
Carlos – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
agree