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With only six Fridays left I'm going to use my time in Genius Hour to keep improving my groups idea. Six Fridays is plenty of time to keep working on our project
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The article I read was about a group of students that made a micro-generator. Their self lead project helped them because they didn't have to follow any barriers or guidelines set by the teachers. They also had a whole year to get it done by themselves. They got entered into a contest that could win them up to $200,000.
Cloud's purpose in writing the article is to show that anyone can be a genius in. Genius also isn't determined by everyone the same way. I can apply this information when I learn. In our Genius Hour project we can use this information to help us achieve our goal.
We have raised $50 and will be purchasing the agility ladders from Dunham's Sports.
The 3D printer is very similar to most genius hour projects. Mr. Cowen explained to us how he had to research to get the printer. We have to research to get the information on how to conduct our genius hour project.
The author describes geniuses as people that are creative. Most people think of geniuses as people that get great grades. The author’s geniuses think differently. They think of ways to innovate. My genius hour project motivated me to try these strategies because I had to think of different ways to earn and create for our projects.
You can learn a lot from failure. You can learn how to fail without being in a negative move. You can also learn how to avoid failure in the future. Failure can be a good thing as well as a bad thing.
Our Idea for Genius Hour was to raise money for new weight room and football equipment. We will have to contact Mr. Unger to find out exactly what we can give to help.
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