I appreciated spending some time this week reviewing other capstones, specifically looking at who their audience was. Of the three we looked at Preview & Critique of 3 Capstone Projects, it make me think more thoughtfully about how I will include my audience on each page. I am currently in a more unique position, primarily supporting teachers in their learning. Daily I am asking myself the question, so what do I get out of this? What does this mean for my classroom practice, and how might I use this in my classroom tomorrow? Having these questions in the forefront of my daily work will help me as I craft this capstone site. I think you have to intentionally speak to your audience. My audience will be teachers, teacher leaders, and Academic Specialist. When working with a group of ELA/ELD Lead teachers this year I worked to support them in being able to share the information they learn in digestible chunks. If you have 10 minutes at a staff meeting or PLC, if you have 20 minutes with your PLC, or if you have a more dedicated professional learning time where you can share 30-45 minutes worth of content and processing. I would like to utilize this somewhere within my capstone page, likely it will live on the Learn More page. That is the MEAT of the capstone, and I want it to be clear, concise and easy to navigate for resources. As I think about the Learn More pages, I want to break it down to the following:
If there is one thing I have learned in the past few years in working with my audience, teachers, is that less is more and we need to make the most of our learning. We as teachers have such limited time, so when we encounter new knowledge it it is important that we provide small amounts of content, and ample amount of processing and application time. How might I build in processing and application time within my capstone site? I can't necessarily, however, I can use the resources and provide reflection questions and bread crumbs to what that looks like from an application standpoint.
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Joseph Hall
6/17/2017 05:56:27 am
It sounds like you have targeted your audience and you have a good idea of how you will execute your Capstone. Some words in your blog that I connected with are: "Intentional, Clear, Concise, Easy to Navigate."
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Diane
6/17/2017 10:03:23 pm
It was interesting how you and I said the same thing about less being more. I stated how I wanted to use more visuals to engage my audience and how too much text can be burdensome.
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