ABSTRACT

Classroom management is about the relationships. With one classroom blog, commenting and posting all happens easily, on one dashboard, for the teacher and all students, which is a great ­community-building experience. Some teachers find it helpful to have students submit a proposal form before getting started on their Genius Hour projects. Jill Canillas Daley has brilliant solution for managing Genius Hour students, especially those younger learners who are not used to the freedom, or organized chaos, found in Genius Hour learning. Read all about the Solo Cup Solution in Jill’s words. Students began to be known as experts at certain things and other students would reference it. Many students don’t know what they are passionate about because they haven’t been given the opportunity to explore ideas or understand issues in our world that they might want to address. Students love the concept and opportunity to have the freedom to create.