I am a student teacher who is willing to learn everything I can about, well, becoming a great teacher! As part of a class requirement, we have to start a blog, so here we go, my first Education Blog! As a general introduction, below I discuss a few of my passions in life along with some useful links to hopefully help others if they are interested. Secondly, as part of a class assignment, I will be describing what Genius Hour is and how important it is to include this in the classroom.
Generally, I am a very passionate person who loves life! I love learning everyday, and I believe in order to have a strong, healthy and productive mind, you must have a strong and healthy body; this is why I passionate about personal health and fitness. FitnessRX for Women and Oxygen Women's Fitness magazines are my go-to places for developing effective workouts, accessing healthy recipes, and getting motivated for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
I am also very much involved in Hot Yoga; it helps to calm the mind, especially for those of us who have stress and anxiety, and helps to build inner and outer strength. While there are so many great yoga studios around, my favourites are the Moksha Yoga Studios; the instructors are always friendly and knowledgeable, the studios are warm and friendly, and the yoga practice itself is awesome! Plus they are easily accessible as there are over 50 studios nation wide and various international programs. Also, if you're interested, check out Kino MacGregor's website; she is an inspirational, renowned yogi and I aspire to accomplish some of her signature moves...one day!
Along with these passions, I am generally very physically active, am an avid cook and baker (see Pinterest for thousands of ideas!), and I love participating in sports such as waterskiing and wake-surfing (yes, actual surfing is on my list of things to do!). Most importantly, however, my real passion lies within helping others, and my new teaching career is something that I am very excited about.
Now that there is a bit of a background about who I am, I will go on explaining what Genius Hour is, as I believe it is a new, important aspect of the education system.
The YouTube Clip titled What is Genius Hour? is a great introduction to the topic.
In short, Genius Hour is a classroom based activity that allows students an allocated amount of time during the school day to express their creativity and passion about a topic they choose. The only guidelines are that the student must be able to communicate the topic they want to pursue, they must do research on the topic, and finally it must be shared with everyone they can think of. That's it! An easy and fun educational tool that allows students to be creative and soar while gaining a great education! When students love what they are learning about, they become more passionate about the topic and want to continue learning about it, as with any passion in life. Too often are people mindlessly going to a job day to day that pays the bills; the goal of Genius Hour is to inspire the new generation of students to do what they are passionate about, and the bills will get paid in the end. As the famous quote says, "Do what you love; love what you do". This is my philosophy on life, and I hope to one day inspire my students to love what they do and love life.
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