Senior Capstone Project
The purpose of my project was to gain a better understanding of the Common Core State Standards and to develop my own opinion on them before applying them in my classroom as a second grade teacher in the future. To help me with my project, I contacted Holly Norlin, my former second grade teacher from Soaring Hawk Elementary, and I worked with Rebecca Elmshauser, a teacher at Lutheran High School. I also conducted a survey that went to the staff at Lutheran High School, Soaring Hawk Elementary, and Academy Charter School. This way I was able to receive information directly from professionals from the field of education. To see some examples of the Common Core State Standards, the results I achieved from my research, and to discuss the pros and cons of this topic, please open the document below.
DOCUMENT
"Large Projects"
This is my project on tourism in Denver, Colorado. I wanted to learn about how tourism affects the economy of not only this city, but cities around the world. There are three different parts to this project: a prezi, a handout for my audience that explains the slides further, and a document with all research and works cited.
HANDOUT
DOCUMENT
PREZI
This is my "TED Talk" speech about the importance of early education and strategies that can be used to make early education programs more effective. On the document, you will find my speech and a work cited page. The Google Presentation includes the slides of pictures that go along with my speech.
DOCUMENT
PRESENTATION
This is my project on how people impact people. I am interested in psychology and sociology and wanted to do some research in one of these fields. I researched and put together categories of levels of impact that go from unintentional things to intentional things. On the document, you will find my speech and a works cited page. The Prezi has pictures and slides that go along with my speech from my presentation.
DOCUMENT
PREZI
WORKS CITED
I worked on this project with Taylor Budnack. It is about how concessions benefit baseball stadiums in the United States. Not only do concessions help the stadium financially, but are also a major part of the atmosphere of the game. We had the chance to interview Albert from Coors Field and that is where most of our research came from. Below I attached our Prezi, an infograph that shows stats from a small survey we made, and our script.
SCRIPT
PREZI
INFOGRAPH
For this project, I researched the three main types of learners- auditory, kinesthetic, and visual. I found some information onlice, but was able to get most of my research by observing a class of my former second grade teacher, Holly Norlin (Soaring Hawk Elementary), and then interview her. This project was very interesting to learn about and will give me a head start in my teaching career.
Research
Script
Prezi
"Mini Projects"
For this project, I focused on how to handle a child who is going through the divorce of their parents. I was able to write and provide examples and methods from my life because of my personal experience with this subject, but I also provided links with similar ideas. I connected this topic with child psychology at the end of the paper. After college, I would like to become an elementary school teacher. I have strong beliefs that teachers are not only meant to teach kids, but also support them in the troubles they are facing in life. This is because early childhood development is the foundation to the rest of your life. Doing this project benefited me in long run by provided me methods and resources that I can use when facing a situation in the classroom. These strategies could also translate to parenting in the future.
DOCUMENT
For this project, I researched different types of schools. My list included traditional public schools, charter schools, Montessori schools, and religious schools. I chose these because I have attended each type throughout my life. I went into pros and cons of each type and what each school entails. I believe it's important to know these things for my future career as a teacher.
DOCUMENT
For this project, I chose the topic of procrastination. Personally, I have struggled with procrastination some and wanted to learn how to beat it. This project is unique because I didn't use that many sources to write my paper. Instead, I felt that it was more important to come up with methods myself so that way I know that they are doable and personalized for me. In this paper, I summarized what procrastination is and also gave examples of how one can beat this habit. I believe that studying this can help me in my future, especially college, to manage my time more wisely and get things done more efficiently.
DOCUMENT
The purpose of my project was to gain a better understanding of the Common Core State Standards and to develop my own opinion on them before applying them in my classroom as a second grade teacher in the future. To help me with my project, I contacted Holly Norlin, my former second grade teacher from Soaring Hawk Elementary, and I worked with Rebecca Elmshauser, a teacher at Lutheran High School. I also conducted a survey that went to the staff at Lutheran High School, Soaring Hawk Elementary, and Academy Charter School. This way I was able to receive information directly from professionals from the field of education. To see some examples of the Common Core State Standards, the results I achieved from my research, and to discuss the pros and cons of this topic, please open the document below.
DOCUMENT
"Large Projects"
This is my project on tourism in Denver, Colorado. I wanted to learn about how tourism affects the economy of not only this city, but cities around the world. There are three different parts to this project: a prezi, a handout for my audience that explains the slides further, and a document with all research and works cited.
HANDOUT
DOCUMENT
PREZI
This is my "TED Talk" speech about the importance of early education and strategies that can be used to make early education programs more effective. On the document, you will find my speech and a work cited page. The Google Presentation includes the slides of pictures that go along with my speech.
DOCUMENT
PRESENTATION
This is my project on how people impact people. I am interested in psychology and sociology and wanted to do some research in one of these fields. I researched and put together categories of levels of impact that go from unintentional things to intentional things. On the document, you will find my speech and a works cited page. The Prezi has pictures and slides that go along with my speech from my presentation.
DOCUMENT
PREZI
WORKS CITED
I worked on this project with Taylor Budnack. It is about how concessions benefit baseball stadiums in the United States. Not only do concessions help the stadium financially, but are also a major part of the atmosphere of the game. We had the chance to interview Albert from Coors Field and that is where most of our research came from. Below I attached our Prezi, an infograph that shows stats from a small survey we made, and our script.
SCRIPT
PREZI
INFOGRAPH
For this project, I researched the three main types of learners- auditory, kinesthetic, and visual. I found some information onlice, but was able to get most of my research by observing a class of my former second grade teacher, Holly Norlin (Soaring Hawk Elementary), and then interview her. This project was very interesting to learn about and will give me a head start in my teaching career.
Research
Script
Prezi
"Mini Projects"
For this project, I focused on how to handle a child who is going through the divorce of their parents. I was able to write and provide examples and methods from my life because of my personal experience with this subject, but I also provided links with similar ideas. I connected this topic with child psychology at the end of the paper. After college, I would like to become an elementary school teacher. I have strong beliefs that teachers are not only meant to teach kids, but also support them in the troubles they are facing in life. This is because early childhood development is the foundation to the rest of your life. Doing this project benefited me in long run by provided me methods and resources that I can use when facing a situation in the classroom. These strategies could also translate to parenting in the future.
DOCUMENT
For this project, I researched different types of schools. My list included traditional public schools, charter schools, Montessori schools, and religious schools. I chose these because I have attended each type throughout my life. I went into pros and cons of each type and what each school entails. I believe it's important to know these things for my future career as a teacher.
DOCUMENT
For this project, I chose the topic of procrastination. Personally, I have struggled with procrastination some and wanted to learn how to beat it. This project is unique because I didn't use that many sources to write my paper. Instead, I felt that it was more important to come up with methods myself so that way I know that they are doable and personalized for me. In this paper, I summarized what procrastination is and also gave examples of how one can beat this habit. I believe that studying this can help me in my future, especially college, to manage my time more wisely and get things done more efficiently.
DOCUMENT