My topic for my Genius Hour is learning American Sign Language (ASL). This has been of great interest to me recently however I had never quite found the time to pursue it...what better way than Genius Hour! My goals for this project are to become more proficient in conversational ASL. Seeing as I only have 7 weeks to complete my project, I have narrowed down my goals to learning 30 new words overall, and creating 5 new sentences with these words.
I am very excited to incorporate a passion with school work, I think it is a really great way for students to engage with creativity and critical thinking which are two very important 21st century skills. This is definitely something that I can use with my future students. Seeing my colleagues get so excited about pursuing their Genius Hours project is really authentic and amazing!
My experiences leaning sign language so far have been very positive. I seem to be picking it up fairly quickly so far, however I am nervous for understanding the grammar and syntax of the new language! My next steps are to begin learning new words, according to my timeline, and to continue considering how I will be recording my progress of learning ASL!
Stay tuned for more updates on my Genius Hour project by checking out the different pages on my Blog for different types of information regarding my project!
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Parhamr. (2007, September 17). “A-S-L” signed with American Sign Language. Retreived from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:American_Sign_Language_ASL.svg
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