TPSP/Genius Hour Product Workshop
*for GT interventions purposes only
Workshop Purpose:
1. to ensure your Genius Hour final product accurately and authentically shows mastery of the goals of Genius Hour/TPSP
2. to ensure your Genius Hour final product reflects the complexity of your research questions and exhibits the suitable level of difficulty for a seven-month study
Goals of TPSP/Genius Hour
- G/T instruction that is rigorous, relevant, and appropriately challenging and that includes; options in the four foundation as well as enrichment subjects;
- growth in student content knowledge and confidence;
- student skill development in oral communication, inquiry and research processes, and analysis and synthesis;
- preparation for advanced courses
AND
- develop confidence in their abilities to complete an independent research project;
- use their own research to produce an innovative, discipline-based product;
- are stretched to discover what they are capable of doing academically;
- learn to accept challenges in order to perform at a high academic and intellectual level;
- explore an area of interest and passion;
- perform research outside of the traditional curriculum; and
- improve communication and presentation skills.
Product Exemplar #2
YOU BE THE JUDGE
*all videos have been approved for viewing/sharing
Example 1
Example 2
Topic: Elon Musk
Product: models (she calls them artifacts)
Communication tool: video presenting product
Example 3
Topic: Alzheimer’s
Product: interviews/survey results
Communication tool: video sharing results found