Learning Log November 14

What we did in class :
Today in class we worked on our genius hour projects the whole first block. Mrs. lees at break decided that we were working really hard so we got to work on genius hour for the whole two blocks! in my opinion I think everybody got a lot done in those two blocks, after we looked over our planning many genius hour groups got a peer review to see how there progress was going .Genius hour is where you find a group (usually 2-4 people ) and you think of a question that you have always wondered like why do people sneeze differently .Then with your group you plan out the question, how you are going to answer it, your timeline that you are hoping to get it done by, and why you are doing this question. genius hour is a fun project, well for me at least. I really enjoy working on it and it really keeps you focused because you have a very open  opportunity to figure out answers for questions that  you have had. 

Learning intentions :
We do genius hour to work on our planning skills and our time management. I also think that genius hour gets your brain juice flowing because lots of people enjoy it and you have a really big variety to do whatever topic you want! genius hour keeps us focused and you can really choose what you want like some groups are making apps! genius hour helps us in the future by giving us skills for team work and making a good team, also splitting work evenly which is a part of team work skills. These projects also help with presentation skills and group and interdependent planning!

homework : 
Work on your genius hour projects not just in school but out of it too so you don't have to rush both of them when Mrs.Lees wants us to present them! 

tips : 
Go over the criteria for posts  hand out sheet that we got on Tuesday! genius hour - watch your timeline, you will need to get peer review feedback before presenting.
Read your novels Mrs.Lees is expecting us to be done in around 2 weeks
Respond to the Australian reply's if you didn't get a reply click the link here you will need to comment on the link i attached above to notice Mrs.Lees the sooner the better!
Remember to comment on posts that your blog members posted!
Bring your HACE assignment to class on Friday