Capstone Website AudienceHaving 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.
After reviewing several capstone websites on Learning Innovations Lab site I’ve been both inspired and a little overwhelmed by the rich content of each page. As I work on my capstone website, I see the importance of keeping the audience in mind when designing and adding content. My audience will be primarily elementary teachers, third through fifth grade but I also want it to be beneficial for primary teachers as well as middle school teachers who have an interest in introducing their students to blogging as a way to increase student engagement in reading and writing. Maybe expanding the audience is too ambitious in the early stages of my understanding of the capstone website. I want my site to be easy to use and navigate with relevant information as well as support those who wish to learn more about the benefits of blogging in the classroom, what considerations to take into account, how to get started, lesson plans, and student examples.
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2/17/2017 11:14:22 pm
Like you, Jenny, after analyzing the assigned websites and my attending the December TU-CA "Poster Celebration," I was thinking about having my capstone focus on blogging. In my case, the capstone focus would change again because of additional information we given to ponder (first-the benefits of threaded discussion; second, how-to video resources; third, blogging for reading and writing engagement). Because I see that others in previous cohorts and now you are considering it, too, makes me think I need to do something else to "add to the body of knowledge in education." So, I now have to wonder what my capstone could be about ...
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Florencia
2/19/2017 02:22:40 pm
Blogging is a powerful tool and once that at some point I considered for my Capstone. I can see the benefits of blogging in language learning. However, the very limited vocabulary of my students would probably make the blogs less interesting and very difficult to read. As you probably saw, Lisa Gottfired also did her project on blogging. I'm thinking that you can get some ideas from hers and enrich yours by adding new and unique ideas of your own. Sounds like fun!
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