What is Genius Hour?
Genius Hour Project
To Students and Parents: We are introducing a new long-term project this year called Genius Hour (a.k.a The 20% Project). The search-engine giant, Google, allows its engineers to spend 20% of their time to work on any pet project that they want. The idea is very simple. Allow people to work on something that interests them, and productivity will go up. Google’s policy has worked so well that it has been said that 50% of Google’s projects have been created during this creative time period. Ever heard of Gmail or Google News? These projects are creations by passionate developers that blossomed from their 20-time projects. |
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Goals of this project:
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Brainstorming |
Websites and Blogs |
Reflection and Sharing |
Be Inspired
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