Imagine a school day in which students spend a chunk of time studying and pursuing a topic or project they’re passionate about. That’s the premise of “genius hour,” a growing trend in which teachers ...

“It bothers me that I am not learning things in school that will help me become what I want to be.” This is the most sobering and common response to one of three questions I ask my students before we ...

When it comes to personalized learning in the classroom, no single thing has been as powerful as Genius Hour for my students. Genius Hour has its early foundations at companies like Google which gave ...

Genius Hour is a classroom concept that originates from Google’s practice of allowing employees to devote 20 per cent of their working time to pursuing their own projects. Employees were shown to be ...

What are you passionate about? What do you want to do more than anything in the world? Well I hope you said what you are doing right now. This is not always the case. Some people hate what they are ...

Genius Hour is a combination of inquiry-based and passion-based learning. It is a time (usually one hour per week, but sometimes more) when students are able to learn about something they wonder about ...

Personalised learning is the latest of trends in the global education industry, including the UAE. Educators are willing to allow students to focus on their passionate projects for at least an hour on ...

As the end of the school year approaches, finding motivation for both in-person and online schooling can be difficult for young students. According to parenting expert Sunny Verma, implementing a ...

1:40 Canadian teacher inspires kids to explore learning in ‘Genius Hour’ Aaron Warner buzzes around like a child anticipating a big surprise. He may be the teacher of École Wascana Plains’ Grade 7/8 ...