Wednesday 20 September 2017

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!

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