Genius Hour Confusion

This week after discussing with other students in the class, I discovered that my Genius Hour Question did not actually fit the requirements. I misunderstood the question and assume it was an activity for just your students to complete. This is an example that collaboration, exchange of knowledge, and group work is successful, because otherwise I would have not done well on the assignment because it was misunderstood!
Anyway, now I have to start from scratch, but I have no idea what I want to research that I could also bring to use in the classroom. Maybe I could investigate how to incorporate dance and movement into other subjects to help children remain engaged, focused, and alert. Or maybe I could just research if using movement to teach lessons or break up learning subjects will foster more engagement. This could be researched online by reviewing other people's research on the topic. This could also be researched through actual experience, documenting whether students seem more engaged after or during the movement exercise.
However, I recently attended the Art Matters workshop that was held at the Hamilton Brock University Campus and one section of the workshop was Dance and Movement. The woman taught us group movement games that involved team building and fostered inclusion. When children feel included in their environment, they are more likely to be motivated to learn. The lady also showed us that when students are moving throughout the day, it wakes them up and re-engages their brains. She also showed us ways we can connect movement to many other curriculum subjects to aid in learning!
Obviously, because I had to think of a new idea, much more research is required!

Digizen Badge: Copyright

1Bradshaw, R. Nial. (June 11, 2014). “Boy on Laptops in a Classroom” (Photograph). Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/zionfiction/14229163349/in/photolist-nFobwz-q3K1zE-62Y6XP-9ayqsd-Curwec-8vBVVr-8vEXcj-ehBnRE-pRr7ZD-4JX9-5jXnpB-a91qfY-e3Zz1-5j

2Seyfang, Mike. (November 11, 2008). Copyright Symbols (Image). Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeblogs/3020966582

What I learned about Copyright laws, especially with regards to posting things on the internet:

- That copyright notices are not required. The act of creating the work enables the copyright, assuring that only the author of the original work has the right to use the work. Others must obtain permission. This means that the copying, distributing, performing, displaying, or adapting of digital media found online is prohibited. However, there are ways around it. You may use and share media if it has a creative commons license that allows for distribution. But we must be aware of our restrictions, which are dependent on the type of creative commons license attached to the media. There are four types of Creative Commons licenses and each has a certain set of rules and allowances you must follow to use the author’s material. To find images that are available for use, Google advanced image search may be used to find only the pictures with the proper licensing.

Most important thing to teach kids about Copyright:

- Encourage students to investigate and use some of the sources listed on the Copyright Friendly Wiki or the Creative Commons Chaos page from the Clever Sheep Blog, teach students how to properly use an image created by someone else, and how to locate creators who provide Creative Commons licenses on their products, and most importantly teach students how to cite properly.