I am excited. Okay, excited is an understatement. Today at my Technology Conference I attended a session on the 20% Project that Google runs with its employees. Google Employees are given 20% of their PAID work time to work on and research ANYTHING THEY WANT! Some INCREDIBLE Google projects have been created during this time. So you're asking, Mrs. McElroy, why are you putting this on your Teacher Blog? Well, we are going to implement this in my classroom this year.
Another name for this time in education is "Passion Projects." This will be a project in which each student get to choose exactly what they research and report on. It could be your favorite movie star, your favorite book, a problem you want to solve, the history of a particular event you are interested in, and the possibilities are endless. I am so very excited to implement this time in 5th grade this year!
SO PUMPED!
Another name for this time in education is "Passion Projects." This will be a project in which each student get to choose exactly what they research and report on. It could be your favorite movie star, your favorite book, a problem you want to solve, the history of a particular event you are interested in, and the possibilities are endless. I am so very excited to implement this time in 5th grade this year!
SO PUMPED!