Post #3: Genius Hour Goals

Welcome back everybody!

I've began my search for the ultimate question that I would like to answer for my Genius Hour. Amazingly enough I decided that I wanted to change my topic at the last minute! I will be researching how to make a vision board and the importance of implementing them into the classroom for students and teachers. During this whole process I will be making my own vision board encapsulating what I want my future to hold and how I will draw out my passions. I have always been really interested in scrap booking, collages, and making cards so I felt that a vision board would be really interesting and creative to make.

My main goal for this assignment is to complete my vision board and create a document that describes the strengths and weaknesses of implementing a vision board into the classroom. I think that each individual student could make a vision board for their year or a teacher can combine students ideas into one big vision board. I will measure my progress by taking pictures of my vision board as I piece together and also document my brainstorming process. My main motivation would be my drive to be creative and have a more hands on topic compared to what my previous idea was. I am excited to see the outcome and physically hold my vision board in my hands. I also want to educate my peers on the abilities of a vision board and how it can motivate you to reach future goals.

Furthermore, as a class we explored PowToon, which is an amazing slideshow animation that sparks creativity and captivates your audience. This was my first time using this online tool and I really enjoyed testing it out and playing around with the different characters and templates. I would definitely integrate this website into my lesson planning as a more unique way of teaching and presenting a topic. I think it is also a great tool for my students to utilize for instances when they are required to make a slideshow presentation. In comparison to Google Slides or Powerpoint it has a much more animated feel to it and some of the templates are more intricate. However, I discovered that it does have some flaws such as not being able to embed YouTube videos into the slides and the saving tool tends to glitch.

Overall, I think that this is a great tool and I highly recommend students and teachers give it a try. I would love to hear your thoughts on this online tool if you have already tried it. Feel free to comment in the section below with your thoughts!

Thanks so much for tuning in this week and until next week: See ya real soon!