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Every year the 5th graders of Scarsdale participate in Capstone. Capstone is the last two months of school, post-standardized testing. Students choose a topic, research it, and create a final product. It is designed to be a self-directed, passion/interest based assignment. And it ends with a tri-fold board… For the second year in a row…
Every year the 5th graders of Scarsdale participate in Capstone. Capstone is the last two months of school, post-standardized testing. Students choose a topic, research it, and create a final product. It is designed to be a self-directed, passion/interest based assignment. And it ends with a tri-fold board… This year our school decided to turn…
Once again the 5th graders were amazing and rocked the CapCon! Capstone event. The students documented the process on their own blogs. The blogs can be accessed via the classroom teacher’s blogs (look for the “My class” menu on the sidebar). Ms. Boyer Ms Cooper Ms. Edwards Ms. Robert Check out all of…
This year 4th graders will be doing Ignite-style talks as part of their colony unit. The talks will be from the perspective of the colonist, in the voice of the times, to inform and inspire other colonist and potential colonists. In preparation for these Ignite talks, 4th graders will be reviewing a lot of Ignite…
For many years now students have been creating, collaboration, and communication using Google Drive. They’ve been making documents and slide shows, sharing files with each other, leaving comments with feedback and notes. The one thing they haven’t been doing, is communicating officially. What that means is all of the communicating has been done using workarounds;…
Once again the 5th graders were amazing and rocked the CapCon! Capstone event. The students documented the process on their own blogs. The blogs can be accessed via the classroom teacher’s blogs (look for the “My class” menu on the sidebar). Ms. Boyer Ms Cooper Ms. Edwards Check out all of their speeches…
5th graders, It is CapCon! time. Here are some resources for helping you get ready for the big event. CapCon! 2017 recap YourTube playlist CapCon! 2016 recap YouTube playlist Presentation styles Standalone presentations TED & Ignite style presentations Scott Berkun – “How and Why to Give an Ignite Talk“ 4th Grade Colonial America Ignites (only…
This year we tried something different, we decided to try the Ignite format with 4th graders. The Ignite Talks format is something we’ve done with 5th graders for a few years as part of the CapCon! capstone learning conference and this year we thought we’d roll it down to 4th grade. So, what is an…
4Ra, As you begin to embark on your Passion Project unit you will be thinking about different ways to present. Here are some PSAs made by 4Ra during the 2016-2017 school year: Ecosystem PSAs Here are some examples of TED Talks and Ignite Presentations given by 5th graders during Capstone 2016 CapCon! 2017 CapCon! Here…
One option for Capstone is to do a “stand-alone” presentation. By “stand-alone” we mean using a tool such as Google Slides to convey your information, without presenting it in person. “Stand-alone” means the presentation has to teach the viewer about your topic, convey your learning, without you there to verbalize the experience. Whereas an in-person…