Blog: Having explored several capstone websites, write a blog about who you think the audience of your capstone is going to be and why. Also, what content do you think you will need to have on your website in order to engage and teach them about your research.
Currently I’m really thinking that my audience focus will be narrowed to high school math teachers. I know it’s a smaller, more specific group of teachers, but it feels like a more manageable way to focus and direct my capstone project. I’ve really been doing a lot of thinking about how to keep math students engaged by using technology, more specifically personal devices, and I’ve been experimenting with a stations type model during my block periods at Napa High. Content that will be on my website that will engage and teach my audience includes a list (and links) of resources that I’ve used, several of which have had kids asking, sometimes begging when we’re going to do “that” again. Here’s a short list off the top of my head, I’ll be adding more to it.
I also imagine somewhere on my capstone site will have demonstrations, video of student engagement, skeleton outlines of how to run a high school stations block day, other resources and sites I’ve found sucessful, descriptions of teaching protocols that engage students.
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Kristin Pruitt
2/19/2017 05:23:32 pm
Joe I would love to be a student in your math class. It sounds so fun! Moving up to fifth grade this year, I found using centers a great way to organize a subject. I used them regularly when I taught first grade and was happy to be able to use them in the upper grades as well.
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Kris Drew
2/20/2017 01:19:10 pm
Joe, you always have good ideas and I really like that you take the risk-revise-reflect-repeat approach and make it work for you. I look forward to your Capstone presentation and know I will be learning from you! I do want to know how you "run" your stations, are they timed?- do students do the moving or does the activity change? How many stations in one block? Thanks!
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