Genius Hour TedTalk

Hey everyone! Here is my Ted Talk style Genius Hour video. I'm so glad I got the opportunity to do this research. I absolutely loved my topic and I really did make some great progress. This is not the end of my Genius Hour journey as I still have a lot to learn!




Throughout my Genius Hour research, I obviously learned American Sign Language! Aside from learning signs and sentences, I also learned a great deal about ASL as a language. I learned that there was a unique grammar and syntax, and that ASL is very complicated. I also learned a lot about goal setting and time frames. I can apply the use of iMovie to teaching practices by having my students use a movie maker to complete a presentation, or even their own TEDTalk after their Genius Hour projects as this is definitely something I will be incorporating into my classroom. Allowing the students time to get familiar with the software is important before they use it for a project. Lastly, iMovie can be integrated into many disciplines because students can either record themselves for a presentation, i.e. record a science lab they did and include results, they can record others, such as for a drama presentation as well as taking pictures of their art and doing an online art portfolio. These are all creative ways to incorporate iMovie into multiple disciplines.

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  1. Rachel,

    I can tell that you put a lot of effort and passion into you genius hour project. The transitions between clips were done very smoothly! I think adjusting the volume on the videos would have beneficial (the volume seemed quite quite). I also really liked how you added what you have learned at the end of the ted talk! That was very cool to watch and it shows that you have spent a lot of time working through learning a completely new language. I'm curious to know the books and some videos that you used to learn ASL. You could have added a slide at the end or when you briefly talked about the books.

    Overall awesome work on the culminating task of our genius hour assignment.

    Theresa

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