4/19/13

1) What made for a good presentation?
An organized set up and good preparation made for a good presentation. I made notecards to guide me through what I wanted to say about my project. These helped organize my thoughts and make my presentation clear and concise.
For my set up I had my poster, laptop with my website, curricula, and my capstone essay. These helped attract spectators. Also, my judge was able to flip through my end product and see what I created.

2) What problems did you experience?
Prior to my presenting to my judge, I got really nervous and left some information out as I presented to some juniors. However, after some practice I was able to clear my thoughts and get everything under control.

3) How can Capstone be improved?
Some improvements that can be done to Capstone are:

• Reduce Stress - Students get put underneath a spotlight to write the essay, while they deal with their other classes, and many other issues students our age have to deal with. 
• More clear communication between the capstone professors because one will say something one semester and the other semester another professor say something else. It confuses the students and adds more stress.
• Prepare us for the actual presentation more, including the end product, instead of emphasizing so much on the essay.

4/12/13

My physical presentation will include my poster, a copy of my curriculum, my pamphlet, and my laptop displaying my website. All of these components will be placed on top of a table cloth, except the poster which will be hung at the front of my table.
The website and pamphlet will contain similar information about my project.
The poster brings people in and hopefully will encourage them to ask questions.

Friday 4/5/13

My third tech piece will be a pamphlet that goes with the information within the website.
This pamphlet will help parents know exactly what their kids are learning at school about psychological and physical child abuse.
Creating this connection between the guardians and the school is necessary for the learning experience to go smoothly.
If the children feel comfortable talking to their guardians at home it will make them more comfortable.

End Product

The end product for my capstone project is a website, brochure and curriculum. I am currently working on the website in class. The links in my website include my introduction, 15 page capstone essay, my solutions to the issue, and the works cited.
The brochure will include  a brief summary of what my capstone project is and what my solutions are. My works cited will also be included in my brochure.

Website Screenshot 1

Website 3/15/13

Slides

The color scheme fits and the font is appropriate.

White goes with my color scheme. The picture depicts my project.

The picture goes hand in hand with my capstone subject.

The picture shows a happy family and the font is not too overbearing.

PSA Script

Physical and psychological child abuse is often a secret hidden within families. For children, especially under thirteen years of age, it is difficult to comprehend what abuse is and how wrong it is. Educating children within the age range 4 – 13 with facts and “red flags” to detect child abuse and how it should be reported will end in larger amounts of child abuse cases reported, and therefore decrease number of child abused children. Help us prevent and report cases before it is too late.