These past few weeks have been focused on looking at capstones from previous cohorts while thinking on how I will be organizing my capstone website. It’s funny to think of who my audience is going to be for my capstone. At the beginning of the program it was my students since they are the focus and reason I am here. But then as my action research study began and the creation of my research paper came about, my audience slowly began to be teachers. And as of right now it has stayed that way. But there was an interesting capstone (Ellison’s) that I observed this week that it’s language caught my attention. It seems that even though the Ellison’s audience is educators I think that the way she presented her content was user friendly for students as well. This is something that I didn’t think about and now that I am I hope that I can portray something similar throughout my capstone.
In regards to my Learn More Page, I plan to include tools that I have used throughout the program. I think I will focus on tools that I am currently using in my classroom. I noticed other educators included this on their websites. But I also noticed that they talk a lot about their journey. Therefore I plan to include a little background of how I came to be an educator and my journey through the first couple of years of my teaching career. There will be a big focus on why I have a big passion of working with ELL’s since I was once an ELL. But how will I keep my audience engaged in my content? I am not sure how I can do this but I hope that I can make my website eye-catching and not have “too much” where it seems overwhelming. But that is where everything that I have been exposed to and learned throughout the program will come in to play. I know that the C-15 familia has my back and will give me critical feedback that will make my capstone the best it can be!
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Kendra Parsons
9/17/2018 06:54:10 pm
Well said Sam, I agree with you completely. I also started with my students as my audience but have shifted to teachers. I think that as we inspire other educators with our websites it will come back to benefit the students. I like what you said about having your site be focused on teachers but in a student friendly way.
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James "Mac"
9/17/2018 08:59:15 pm
I can see why your audience is still your students. However, you may want to consider also a new audience with your peers, coworkers, etc. By you sharing your data and teaching them your methodology and data the more likely they will in turn support and teach your way. The more people who are your side and see your view makes it much easier to reach your own students and future students.
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