What was the process like? How did you learn? What will you take back into your classroom with you?
My Genius Hour project was to research weight loss methods and to document my endeavor to lose weight. My process included tracking my personal data and keeping a food journal. The Genius Hour project taught me about how I lose weight and how I learn.
My smartwatch measures my steps, calories burnt, and time spent exercising. Initially, I pulled this and other data from my fitness application and put it in a spreadsheet. I spent considerable time each day on data entry and data analysis as I searched for a weight loss solution in the numbers. In the end, it was easier to create good data (ie, to exercise) than to look at the data, as I would rather exercise than look at a spreadsheet.
Fortunately, I had another way of tracking my progress: my food journal. As part of my Genius Hour process, I have been journaling my meals and my snacks. This process has helped me observe and correct imbalances in my diet. Journaling has been more helpful to me in losing weight than data tracking.
I believe that keeping a journal will be helpful in the classroom, just as it has been in my Genius Hour project. Data tracking is necessary but not sufficient for knowing the whole student. To be a better teacher, I will now keep a journal on every one of my students.
My Genius Hour project was to research weight loss methods and to document my endeavor to lose weight. My process included tracking my personal data and keeping a food journal. The Genius Hour project taught me about how I lose weight and how I learn.
My smartwatch measures my steps, calories burnt, and time spent exercising. Initially, I pulled this and other data from my fitness application and put it in a spreadsheet. I spent considerable time each day on data entry and data analysis as I searched for a weight loss solution in the numbers. In the end, it was easier to create good data (ie, to exercise) than to look at the data, as I would rather exercise than look at a spreadsheet.
Fortunately, I had another way of tracking my progress: my food journal. As part of my Genius Hour process, I have been journaling my meals and my snacks. This process has helped me observe and correct imbalances in my diet. Journaling has been more helpful to me in losing weight than data tracking.
I believe that keeping a journal will be helpful in the classroom, just as it has been in my Genius Hour project. Data tracking is necessary but not sufficient for knowing the whole student. To be a better teacher, I will now keep a journal on every one of my students.
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