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Denise Krebs, Gallit Zvi, Hugh McDonald and Joy Kirr came together to discuss "Genius Hour". Each of these teachers has been running Genius Hour in his/her classroom and writing about their experie... 
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Slower and shorter version here: http://goo.gl/P6crc Passionate Teachers have passionate kids...don't they? I know this seems like a small nit picky thing...but…
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Great video that challenges us all to pursue life and learning with passion. If this doesn't break the mold...
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Reflections from a teacher after her first year. Great suggestion on how to get those started that seem to struggle to begin.
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Document with various links to support a genius hour including a rubric.
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Denise Krebs, Gallit Zvi, Hugh McDonald and Joy Kirr came together to discuss "Genius Hour". Each of these teachers has been running Genius Hour in his/her classroom and writing about their experie... Via Katrina Viloria
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Reflections of those who are considered experts with the genius hour.
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This has some great links to others that are doing genius hours plus the opportunity to take it beyond the forum walls of your classroom.
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"How To Do Research" game is presented by Kentucky Virtual Library. It's designed for kids to learn how to do research independently with kids-friendly user experience. Did you know that you can ac... Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
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Fun tool to build into the start of a genius hour.
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Great website just created by fellow Twitter colleague Chris Kesler who also moderates an ongoing Teach Like A Pirate by Dave Burgess after-the-book-has-been-read PLN Monday's at 8:30pm CST.
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Video supporting idea that time is an important and valuable component of creating something and a must for genius hour... Cannot be limited.
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I have a lot of people ask me (well, usually tweet me) this very question. And I realized that I talk about it, blog about it, and tweet about it all the time, but I have not actually put out a...
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Gives history of the concept and brief explanation of what it is.
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Lots of people believe that a single individual can’t make a difference in an organization. Lots of people, it turns out, are wrong. Take the case Via Katrina Viloria
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How this is being done in real world settings. It's not just occurring in education.
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Blog post about the genius hour journey from one teacher who, through twitter, became an advocate and implementer of the #geniushour revolution.