Winslett Capstone Log
Winslett Capstone Log
Winslett Capstone Log
Date
Activity/Amount of Time
(Please total the time after the last entry.)
School/District: Colquitt
County High School
PSC/ISTE Standards
5/16/14
1.4, 2.8
6/25/14
Creating Capstone Proposal [15 hours]
8/29/14
Reflection: after completing a data analysis for a class, I saw how many students we had out every year
due to pregnancies and illness. I saw that we desperately needed some math support for these students.
The staff members that are available to help the students who leave school for an extended amount of time
do not have staff highly qualified in high school mathematics. My capstone proposal was to try and help
these students stay up to date on their work while they were out. After discussing this issue with several
other math teachers, we saw that we not only could help those students who miss school for long periods
of time, but students could use the same online materials to supplement their learning. We decided that I
would learn how to use an online platform and start with one unit in our lowest class. I would then teach
the learning system to those teachers and we would use the one unit as a trial run to see if we liked the
system and to make sure that it did what we wanted.
Desire 2 Learn (D2L) training from our school computer
3.6, 6.1
teacher who uses the system [4 hours]
Reflection: After looking at the learning management systems available in our school system, Desire 2
Learn (D2L) seemed like that best option. The computer programming teacher at our high school
currently uses this system for his entire class. I spent three hours with him on one of our preplanning days
at the beginning of the year to learn the basics and to learn how to use the learning management system
(LMS). This was very informative and gave me a good base to go and learn some of the other features on
my own to get my own handle on the LMS.
8/5/14
10/5/14
Annotated Bibliography for Capstone [5 hours]
2.2
11/2/15
Reflection: I had to find 10 resources that helped me show why my project was good or bad. I learned
how many articles are out there and how hard it is to find a relative topic. I was able to find several
articles that showed success with a LMS in math classes. Several of these articles applied to college level
courses and so I had to use what information I could apply to my project.
1/18/15
2/1/15
5.3, 6.2
3/8/15
4/24/15
Reflection: I spent a lot of time compiling resources and information to use in my capstone report. I
learned a lot during this project and I am excited to have been able to help implement a new piece of
technology in my classroom and in my school.
3/5/15
6.2
Work on video script and creating video [5 hours]
4/20/15
Reflection: This video shows how much we needed something like for our teenage girl population and
how it ended up helping so many other students in the process.
Reflection:
Total Hours: [140 hours ]:
DIVERSITY
(Place an X in the box representing the race/ethnicity and subgroups involved in this capstone.)
Ethnicity
P-12 Faculty/Staff
P-2
3-5
6-8
P-12 Students
9-12
Race/Ethnicity:
Asian
Black
Hispanic
P-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
X
X
White
Multiracial
Subgroups:
Students with Disabilities
Limited English Proficiency
Eligible for Free/Reduced Meals
X
X
X
X
X