Now that we had all these amazing ideas we sat down as a team and looked for patterns or natural groupings that we could make. Ideally, in a maker space setting, students would independently choose their topics based on available materials but due to necessity we are starting with ideas first and bringing in materials later to support student learning. Having six teachers allowed us to group students into the following groups:
We also had a parent information evening where the classroom teachers presented the idea of 'genius hour' to the parents and handed out the letter below:
- Research questions
- Hands on crafts
- Tech toy exploration
- Coding
- Lego/science exploration
- Arts/drama
We also had a parent information evening where the classroom teachers presented the idea of 'genius hour' to the parents and handed out the letter below: