Mrs. Malone’s class has truly enjoyed having genius hour this year. In fact, the previously scheduled hour turned into a genius week! That’s the nice thing about having the students in the lab – I have much more flexibility with the curriculum.

Because of the music, computer, art rotation, last Friday was the final time that Mrs. Malone’s class came to me. So I decided another genius hour was needed!

I gave more parameters this time because I wanted the focus to be on coding. But they still had several choices:

• Khan Academy (programming)
• Scratch programming
• Any of the coding apps on the iPads (Hopscotch, Kodable Pro, Lightbot)
• Stop Motion Studio
• Makey Makey kits (linked to their instruction page from my website)

Only one student asked to do something different – she really wanted to draw and that was okay. For the others, I provided any materials they needed and let them go. They did a great job!

I was especially thrilled to watch the ones who chose Makey Makey. I was available to help but let them make all the necessary connections. The response of one student was, “I really want one of these to do at home.” That’s what makes this worthwhile! ☺