Genius Hour

Reigniting Your Passion (Even If You’re Not Sure What It Is Yet)

Reignite Your Passion (Even If You’re Not Sure What It Is Yet) I’ve been doing some thinking about passion. Not the swoony, heart-thumping romance novels my teen is devouring these days (although I do love a good twisty love story). I mean the kind of passion that lights you up. The kind that makes you […]

Benefits of Genius Hour for Adults

Benefits of Genius Hour for Adults I talk a lot about using Genius Hour in the classroom with students, but what about the benefits of Genius Hour for adults? Focusing on your own passion project is not only a perfect model for students, but it will also give you a sense of purpose and help […]

We Need to Talk About AI in Education

We Need to Talk About AI in Education If you’ve heard about ChatGPT or any other chatbots or AI content generators, your students have too. It’s nothing you can hide. We need to talk about AI in education because it’s not going away, it’s only going to get better, and AI could potentially change our teaching […]

Why You Have Time for Genius Hour in Your Classroom

Why You Have Time for Genius Hour in Your Classroom (This post contains affiliate links. I make a small commission when you buy from the links.) You do have time for Genius Hour in your classroom. In the nine years I’ve been using Genius Hour in the classroom in some shape or form, I’ve heard […]

What’s New with Flipgrid

How do you get input from your students? Do you use a “Fist to Five”? Do you use a discussion board on Google Classroom? You may have read about Flipgrid, my favorite tool to collaborate, communicate, and give and get student feedback! How I Use Flipgrid Flipgrid gives students the opportunity to respond to a […]

Reaching Future Goals through Genius Hour in the Classroom

The most sobering response to one of three questions I ask my students before we start Genius Hour: (What bothers you? What do you love? What do you wonder about?) was this. . .
“It bothers me that I am not learning things in school that will help me become what I want to be.”

Ways to Use Flipgrid in the Classroom

Creative Tech Teacher is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. One of my favorite tech tools to use in the English Language Arts classroom is Flipgrid. What is Flipgrid? Flipgrid is […]

Finding My Purpose as an Educator

This post contains some affiliate links. Purchasing from these links helps me keep this blog running to share education ideas with this community. Thank you for supporting teachers! The path that lead me to teaching was a twisted one. I didn’t set out after high school to get a degree in education, mold young minds, […]

How to Start Genius Hour in Your Classroom

How to Start Genius Hour in Your Classroom When it comes to personalized learning in the classroom, no single thing is as powerful as Genius Hour for my students. Learn how to start Genius Hour in your own classroom. Genius Hour History Genius Hour has its early foundations at companies like Google, which gave their […]