May 1, 2018

What could go wrong with your genius hour:

• I have a lot of photos and videos to go through to complete my Genius Hour project.
• I have about 1000 photos/videos to go through and not many Genius Hour sessions to complete my video.
• There is about ten more hours left in Genius Hour

How can I fix this:

• I can start by learning information while I am at home.
• For example, I can learn how to use Premier Pro.
• Then I can organize, or choose the pictures or videos that are most important to the project.

Do you like Genius Hour:

• Genius Hour offers a way for us to learn on our own, and choose topics that we are passionate about. 
• However, in a class, such as this programming class, the freedom to learn new things is readily available, unlike a science, English or math class.
• Genius Hour sounds like a great idea, where children learn things on their own, which will serve useful for the self-learning curriculum that university offers. 
• However, in this class, I don't find Genius Hour useful, especially when I can use these application at home.
• Instead of doing Genius Hour in the class, students can learn regularly scheduled material.
• This would result in students learning much more programming material faster, and therefore starting new material by the end of the semester, and being ahead for next year, or perhaps being ahead for university if these students were in grade 12.
• This is my honest opinion, that Genius Hour serves no real use in this class.