Innovative educators and students alike understand that genius can’t be measured by a bubble test or a writing exercise that has no audience or purpose. Now that the standardized tests are over for the year, students no longer are confined to hours of reading and answering questions about stuff others find important. Out with the test prep and in with experience. Invite your students to get out of their chairs, break their silence and liberate their genius.
Not sure how to get started? No worries. Educator, author, and speaker, Angela Maiers has a book available called Liberating Genius.
The book is an interactive guide that brings you on a journey via 20 lessons which you can do daily, biweekly, weekly or whatever works best for your student’s learning environment. Lessons address topics such as how to find your genius, how to connect with others to help you build your genius, how to collaborate effectively, and how to share your genius with the world.
The lessons are beautifully created in a state-of-the-art presentation platform called Sway. You can see what each lesson topic is below this paragraph or just click here. And guess what? You don’t have to spend a fortune to bring this to your students as the book is available to download for free! You can download the book here.
So what do you think? Is this something you can do with your students? If not, why not. If you are considering it, share what you’re most excited about or what questions you may have then come back here and share the results.
Lisa Nielsen writes for and speaks to audiences across the globe about learning innovatively and is frequently covered by local and national media for her views on “Passion (not data) Driven Learning,” "Thinking Outside the Ban" to harness the power of technology for learning, and using the power of social media to provide a voice to educators and students. Ms. Nielsen has worked for more than a decade in various capacities to support learning in real and innovative ways that will prepare students for success. In addition to her award-winning blog, The Innovative Educator, Ms. Nielsen’s writing is featured in places such as Huffington Post, Tech & Learning, ISTE Connects, ASCD Wholechild, MindShift, Leading & Learning, The Unplugged Mom, and is the author the book Teaching Generation Text.
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