Directions: Copy these questions into a Google Doc and respond to them in full. Then either copy and paste the completed reflection into your Genius Hour website, or link this document to your page.
Summarize the purpose of your Genius Hour project in 140 characters. Making items and using them to raise money for the local cancer closet in our town to help people who need it.
Explain the process of your Genius Hour project. Be reflective. Be contemplative. Explain and describe your journey. (No Less Than Three FULL Paragraphs.)
I began this project at the beginning of the year, when doing this I thought of ideas that I could do to help better the community. When thinking I thought of places in our town and what had came to mind is the cancer closet. I looked up ideas on pinterest of things that I could do to raise money regarding cancer. There were so many creative ideas that came up when I searched this. After taking money and time into consideration I had came up with the idea to start this project in the summer when I have time to make this project go smoother. The best idea I had found was the idea of bake sales, and small items in the shape of the cancer awareness symbol.
After I had came up with ideas I calculated out some information and thought about the best ways that would help this project became successful. I have my plan set out for summer and am extremely excited to get this project going because I think that the cause I am trying to help is very important to our community. When I first began this project I did not realize how greatly people are affected when someone in their family is battling cancer. I knew that it was hard for families, but since I had not personally went through the situation I could never say I truly understood it.
Recently, My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. I started this project before I had any idea that my mom was going to have to go through this. When we found out and my mom asked about my project it really hit me that I want to get this project going. I feel that now I understand how hard it is for people and their families to have to go through this. Helping each little bit for this project will help a lot. I am excited to begin this in the summer.
The intention For Genius Hour is NOT only to learn, but ALSO to share your knowledge with others who can and will benefit from your learning. How did you share your learning? What do you hope the result might be? (No Less Than Two Full Paragraphs.)
With the start of my project I worked on my weebly page so that if you were to read it you could get a clear understanding of what my goal is for this project. I put a lot of information, as well as links and ideas of my project since I do not have pictures of my projects I used pictures that I had. I have showed my weebly page to the people in my family and have also talked about my genius hour project to my surrounding family and they all have thought it was a cool idea and said they would like information on it when I get it started during the summer.
I hope that people became more aware of how cancer affects so many people in so many different ways. Even if you are not personally affected by this, you can feel the hurt that families feel when they find out that someone close to them is battling cancer. Cancer is a common disease, thankfully it is treatable but I want people to become more aware of what help the cancer closet does in our community and the different way that we can all help and contribute to people who may be dealing with cancer.
If you could do anything different with your Genius Hour project what would you do differently and why? (No less than two full paragraphs.)
There are not many things that I would change about my project if I had the chance to. Although, there are some slight adjustments that I believe would have made my project better. If I were to start this project over I would have began my project ideas sooner. I planned to accomplish my project during the summer. I still plan to start and finish in the summer, but I feel that if I started sooner I would be able to go through with more ideas.
During summer I have much more time to do things. I hope to be able to accomplish everything throughout the summer because I did not get as much of a jumpstart on the project as I would have liked to. Starting earlier with the making projects and raising money is the only big change that I would have made to this. There are some minor things as well such as working with a partner, and using more technology to spread the word.
Reflect on what you did well during this Genius Hour process? Note your successes and accomplishments. (No less than two full paragraphs.)
During my Genius hour project getting everything ready and prepared to begin was something that I did well. I put a lot of time and effort into planning this so that I could make sure it turns out the way that I want it to and I also want it to be a successful project. Whenever we were given time or assignments that had to deal with genius hour I would always make sure to accomplish it as soon as I could doing the best that I could.
I have only made a few major accomplishments toward my project because I have not had the chance to really begin my project. Because I have everything planned out well and made as much progress as I had planned to make during the school year, I believe that I have accomplished quite a bit and have been successful in doing so. My project is going to be something that I really feel like will mean a lot and If i get it to go in the way that my plan is set, I believe it will be all worth the project planning that I put into it.