Tai Bailey Capstone

For my capstone I did a book club. I’ve always loved to read. Growing up, I’ve been in many book clubs at school where we had to read an assigned book and do activities based on that book.I felt like we were forced to read books that aren't that interesting and in result it wasn’t an enjoyable experience for my peers and I.  Nevertheless for my capstone I did research to see what types of books people enjoyed, once I did that I then created a survey for the people in my book to see which types of books they would enjoy reading. Once I compared everyone's responses I then chose my favorite book “Lessons From a Dead Girl”. The people in my bookclub wanted books that they could relate too, with characters like themselves. They love teen drama and suspense books, which describes “Lessons From a Dead Girl” all the way. My book club lasted for 5 weeks, 2 meetings per week. Each book club meeting consisted of us reading 2 chapters and discussing and analyzing what we read. In our second to last book club meeting we finished the book and I created an activity where we would say which part of the book we would alter to conclude a better ending, since the main character in the book faced numerous adversities. It was interesting because each person had a very different outlooks on the book. I can conclude that everyone really had a great time reading "Lessons From a Dead Girl" and most importantly I had fun being able to read and analyze a book that I love.
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1)Thesaurus.com

This source will help me with writing my novel because it’s basically a website that helps you figure out better word choices . In my novel i can use this website to find words that will fit my dialogue and the tone of story. Also it will help me use better vocab. Some of the characters in my book will need an advance vocab and that will help me.


2)https://authority.pub/steps-to-writing-a-book/

This source is basically a guide to writing and completing a book.  It will give me

Ideas on how to write it and  give me writing strategies to finish the book efficiently and make it actually good .


3) Figment.com

This source is basically a way for people to read what i written and give me honest feedback on it .they can rate each parts of my novel as i continue writing. It’s safe and efficient.


4) Wattpad.com

This source will help me because it’s basically another way for readers internationally to read each part of my

Novel that i have written and give me honest feedback on it.  


5) writingprompts.com

This source is helpful to me and my novel . It’s helpful because whenever i get writers block or stuck on any piece of my writing i can use this site for ideas or whenever i'm unsure about an idea or feel like changing it.


6) https://www.infoplease.com/popular-kids-names

This source will help me decide names for the characters in my story. Since i have to focus on the actual writing part i don’t have time for the names and minor parts such as that . The source will easily give me names and help me not stress .


7)https://www.bookbrowse.com/bookclubs/advice/index.cfm/fuseaction/moderating_meetings


This source basically gives me tips and advice on how to have a productive book club. Sometimes book clubs can get boring or people don’t comfortable enough to share at first but there are so many things I can do to prevent that.


8) https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/teen-book-club

This source helps me because it gives me a million different books that I could use for my book club. Each book they have is very different, which expands my variety on books I can pick for my book club. It gives me the overview and genre of the book and tells me what age groups would best fit this book.


9)https://www.janefriedman.com/writing-ya/

This source helped me figure out which types of books fits best for each age group. Since my book club is going to be sophomores in high school, who are mature for their age I needed to find a balance for them to enjoy and be really interested in.


10)https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/advice-book-groups

This source gives me fun activities to do in my book club. Since just reading for the entire book club meeting could be boring or too tiring, this source gives me fun ideas and activities to do during breaks to wake up the readers in my book club and keep them refreshed and attentive.


Tyreek Speedwell: My Youtube Channel

For my capstone, my goal is to expand my passion of having fun with sports across social platforms/media. I made a Youtube channel and will be uploading videos. In each video, my peers and I will play sports games/challenge. The challenges will definitely showcase our humorous personalities as we perform theses games/challenges. They also help me make the edits to ensure that the videos are even more entertaining. Also, I will use social media such as my instagram account and informing others to post shoutouts on their social media accounts in order to promote the Youtube channel to get more viewers to watch my content. I’ve learned from this experience especially that it takes practice to get the videos the way I want to please the viewers who will like them. I’m very hopeful that the process of expanding this Youtube is a huge success for me in the long run since it is something I want to personally do even after high school.

WIDE RECEIVERS BE LIKE PT. 2 (W/DOCKERY). April 10,2019 Deestroying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syJaheh9MPM

This source features a humorous impersonation among two friends who play football. They are impersonating how football wide receivers stereotypically act on the field when they play a game of football. They act out things like spitting on their gloves, getting in position, and other things , but at random times which makes the video funny. Each person shows how common it is for a wide receiver to do these things. The video’s purpose is to be entertaining. This video is really good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

THEY GOT EXPOSED!! WR VS DB 1 ON 1’S. February 12, 2018 Deestroying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB-r7Z4WFWM&list=PLgNLjf4v-4NjlJqwhG70-FzPd5VG4_IWD&index=15

This video shows how four friends who play football want to play a game on video. The rules are that it is a two versus two game. Each team will have opportunities to to score. They can only score by catching a pass that their teammate throws. The other team defending has to stop them from catching it. If the other team ends up catching the ball instead, then that is a point for their team. The four friends are shown having fun doing this despites being very competitive with each other. The video’s purpose is to be entertaining. This is good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

BIRD BOX BASKETBALL 1v1!! COMPLETELY BLIND-FOLDED. January 2, 2019 Marcelas Howard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTs091gusz4

This shows two a few friends involved in a game of one on one basketball. The only rule is that the two players play the entire game blindfolded. The ball is rolled in every each made basket. The two players have to feel around to find the basketball and score it, but if not then try to prevent the other person from scoring. This was inspired by the movie called “Bird Box”. The video ends up being very humorous due to certain contents in the video. This is good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

Kyrie Be Like.. . April 7, 2016 Marcelas Howard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oXK1PVvilw&list=PLg1XMjQapwIwUm-e6x3kskgYIqGqz7Al7&index=1

This source features a humorous impersonation among friends who play basketball. They are impersonating how NBA all star Kyrie Irving stereotypically plays on a basketball court when he plays in a game. They act out things like his nasty crossovers, crazy layups, and other things , but they make the video funny. They show how common it is for Kyrie Irving to these things on numerous occasions which in which he is famous for . The video’s purpose is to be entertaining.This is good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

A Day At SKY ZONE With 2HYPE. March 9, 2019 Tristan Jass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z8Re-r_7ig&list=PLh6LJ2eht_DYoszfhHBEJvmyMsC0oz7vn&index=7

This video shows a few friends playing numerous games of basketball at Skyzone. The first game is basically a shootout. Each person takes a shot on a court and it’s the one person to make it to 3 points wins. The second game is D.U.N.K. This game is basically a game where people take turns dunking the ball and each made dunk is worth a letter in the word itself if you miss. The overall objective of this game is to not miss enough dunks ro spell out the word D.U.N.K. This is good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

Spiderman Basketball Episode 2. August 27, 2013 Professor Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6EtRWdsdbI&list=PLIQmmo64PhpbbsXKyGVmeX3oNPBARuGQB&index=2

This source features a humorous impersonation of man who is great at playing basketball. He impersonates spiderman being an elite basketball player on the streets. He goes to multiple basketball courts to play random people in basketball and beating them while keeping spider man’s actual timeline as a part of the video. He acts out things like his crazy ball handling, crazy layups, and overall just how quick and agile spiderman would be if he played basketball in real life. The video’s purpose is to be entertaining. This is also good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

How to Motivate Kids in Sports. Accessed January 25, 2019 Kaylynn Bardolph https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/sports/youth-coaching/motivate-kids-in-sports.htm

This source is about how to motivate kids in sports. It starts off telling that how much fun kids can have playing. There are reasons behind it. They love playing because they get to play with their friends and build bonds. Also, they love to wear the uniforms because they think it is cool. They can get influenced by a popular athlete and idolize them following into their footsteps to become great as well. It goes on with tips to help them continue the path and not give up on it. This source is useful for my capstone because it provides information on how to help the youth stay on the right track with being motivated by videos and look up to me as a role model.

Nike Dream Crazy. Accessed January 25, 2019 Nike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq2CvmgoO7I

This is a Nike commercial about dreams. It involves some of the top athletes of today. They all want to be the best ever. They demonstrate all of the obstacles that they face. The purpose of the video is that whatever your dream is, you just have to aim higher than just that. Hard work has to be done in order to get closer and closer to that goal. Your dream has to be something that you are willing to put effort into. In conclusion, the people in the video all exceeded expectations that others who didn’t believe in that said. This is useful for my capstone because it provides a perspective of not just the causes and effects of setting a goal and doing something to achieve it, which is why I’m doing videos involving my interest in sports .

Nike OBJ Don’t Stop. Accessed January 25, 2019 Nike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqyjKK371vs

This is a Nike commercial about an NFL player named Odell Beckham Jr. The commercial follows each step in OBJ’s football career and all the hard work he put in to get to each step. It starts out with his high school games and how good he would play there. It transitions to his college football career where he continues to play at a high level. Then, it transitions to his pro career in the NFL. It shows how great he has become. It also shows how much fun he has doing what he loves which is football. This is useful for my capstone because it provides an example of someone who achieved their goals and what he had to go through to get there to do it his own way.

The Professor vs Pro Competition at Venice Beach.. DESTROYS 6’3” hooper. October 24, 2018 Professor Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KBzT4WLmWM

This video shows a numerous clips of a famous basketball player playing one on one basketball. He goes to a basketball court to play random people in basketball and beating them like crazy. He uses moves like his amazing ability to dribble the ball, shoot crazy shots, and even overall just display how good of a player he is. No one is able to stop him and just end up looking silly doing so in the first place. The video’s purpose is to be entertaining. This is also good for my capstone because it gives me ideas in which I can get creative with my videos.

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Benjamin Seing Capstone

Abstract:​
I questioned for weeks about what my capstone should be and it came to my attention that I have learned a lot about filmmaking and identity. As a cinematographer at Rebel Ventures, I have decided to create videos for the organization about fruits and vegetables that are not quite common on a daily diet. One of the issues that I see in the community is that people believe fresh produce is expensive or not tasty to their palate. I went around the city to buy fruits and vegetables such as snow peas, napa cabbage, and aloe vera. Most of the items I bring to Rebel Ventures’ commercial kitchen were cheap and affordable. I used the space to demonstrate what the produce is, how to cut and eat, and talk about the facts of the produce. 
A few schools in Philadelphia had a program to taste test a variety of vegetables and fruits every other day. I had the opportunity to produce a video for the students to watch before they tried out the produce. They were trying dragon fruit, however, it was quite expensive compared to other fruits. I took a step further to purchase all three different kinds of dragon fruit to be able to showcase in a video. Reflecting back, I have struggled being in front of the camera and doing voice-overs, but I stood up and went out of my comfort zone to produce the videos. I was happy that I showcased healthy options to the media.
Annotated Bibliography: ​
Cochran, W., MD. (n.d.). Understanding the Childhood Obesity Epidemic. Retrieved from https://www.obesityaction.org/community/article­library/understanding­the­childhood­obesity­e pidemic/ This site talked about obesity in ways of how someone can be obese to how it can be treated. The article gave information on how it can be treated. There is a description of the BMI and what each number means and how it is calculated. Although, there isn’t a lot of data that is given, such as giving statistics with dates and factual numbers. However, the author wrote about what the major causes of obesity are, such as how much activity a child is getting and what a child would eat in their daily diet. This is source helps me understand that children eat and how it affects the obesity rate. Default ­ Stanford Children's Health. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=persuading­kids­to­eat­nutritious­meals­1 ­1175 This source explored how to persuade children to eat healthier. Part of my goal is trying to get children and young minds to get in the habit of eating more nutritious food. The website is talking about the ways that adults can use to get their children to eat the fruits and vegetables served to them. It has a lot of tips and ways that can help me with what I need to say in my videos. Though the source is not very long, it holds a lot of good information. They go from what kinds of things parents should make their children try and explore what they like, such as texture, sweetness, etc. Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010. Retrieved from https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2010/DietaryGuidelines2010.pdf This source is a guideline for Americans trying to eat healthier. It takes on a book similar to a textbook format and listing information with pictures and figures. There are a ton of information with statistics. They used the status of 2010 and calculated how many calories the average teenager consumes as a daily diet per day (1785­2640 calories). There is a detailed chapter on what it means to consume a certain amount of calories and how long we need to be active. This source has a lot of information that I might consider using it more often than most other sources. 1/25/2019 Untitled document - Google Docs https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S1j1S4I0MowLkA_UGemPx90yvYgNFuiEroX_bysTVwo/edit 2/3 H. (2017, August 07). By the Numbers: Why Video Is Effective. Retrieved from https://digital.gov/2017/08/07/by­the­numbers­why­video­is­effective/# This source talked about communication skills. With a bunch of info listed and elaborated, it talks about the how videos can be used to provide information on anything. There are tips about what makes a good video and what my audience would like to see and know who my audiences are. There is a lot of information that I can use to make my videos better., Maintaining a Healthy Weight on the Go: A Pocket Guide. Retrieved from https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/heart/AIM_Pocket_Guide_tagged.pdf This source talked about how to change your daily diet to something healthier. One page eight and nine, there is a list of things that an average American would eat and what we can replace in our meals. They also talked about portion sizes, so even though we are eating healthy, sometimes too much of it can harm us. This is quite useful for learning what it means to have a well­balanced diet and how not to overeat the food we have every day. There is also a list of things that we can consider when it comes to looking at the number of calories that one object has. Mandal, A. (2018, August 23). Obesity and Fast Food. Retrieved from https://www.news­medical.net/health/Obesity­and­Fast­Food.aspx Organic Foods: What You Need to Know. (2019, January 15). Retrieved from https://www.helpguide.org/articles/healthy­eating/organic­foods.htm/ This source is so useful because I can learn the difference between organic and genetically modified foods. There was a difference between the benefits and health hazards. I get to understand what a a GMO food is and it affects how people eat. It is a good way to mass produce food but the number of chemicals and genetics dysfunctional. There are pesticides that play along with the unhealthy side of food. Overweight & Obesity. (2018, March 05). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/adult/causes.html This source was created to give information on diseases. They wrote articles about adult obesity and how it can cause and affect other diseases such as Type Two Diabetes, strokes, high blood pressure, etc. The best part about this source that it lists all of the sources they used to create the article. They briefly talked about how it can also be genetics, diseases, drugs, and mental health 1/25/2019 Untitled document - Google Docs https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S1j1S4I0MowLkA_UGemPx90yvYgNFuiEroX_bysTVwo/edit 3/3 that affects the chances of obesity.  They even dove into social economics and how the amount of income one family could have can affect what they eat and how they are able to afford health care. 8 Amazing Tropical Fruits: Health Benefits & Nutrition Facts. (2017, August 31). Retrieved from  https://www.organicfacts.net/tropical­fruits.html This source talked about the tropical fruits and the benefits of it. I find it useful that I am going to explore the different things that can be eaten. It even lists some of the different tropical fruits and also provides the nutrients facts and the health benefits. I wished that they listed more than eight fruits but some of the fruits are useful to use. The positive part of the source is that it lists the vitamins and minerals that benefit a human being. 10 Tips: Kid­friendly Veggies and Fruits. (2017, July 25). Retrieved from https://www.choosemyplate.gov/ten­tips­kid­friendly­veggies­and­fruits This source stood out to me because of the innovated ideas that I didn’t think of. This site has recipes and ideas that can help me elaborate on. The fruits and vegetables that I use can be turned into something different and unique that I can persuade my audience with. The con about the site is that it falls a little bit short. I wished there were some nutritional facts about some of the things that are listed. There are other links in the website that I can browse through to continue my research.

Boubou Magassa's Capstone

For my senior Capstone Project, I wanted to help the thousands of homeless people in the city of philadelphia. I had first wanted to make a bed out of something recyclable, so I had chose car tires. I had then pitched my idea to Braskem and got tons of support from the company and from family and friends, but it was a short lived dream because it was not possible to get the tires professionally cut the way that I needed. So now onto a new idea I had thought of making something lightweight and affordable so I had chose a bed made out of PVC. I had lots of trouble with getting the bed to sustain weight and also support itself and also a person. After multiple design changes and testing I had come up with a final design that met all the goals that I needed. I plan to donate my bed to a homeless shelter because there are hundreds of homeless people turned away from shelters because of lack of beds. My bed would provide another resting place, but also the ability to pack it up and make it easy for storage.

Boubou's Bed Design
Boubou's Bed Design
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“How Is the Body Affected by Sleep Deprivation?” Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/sleep/conditioninfo/sleep-deprivation.

Boone, Rebecca. “Court: Cities Can’t Prosecute People for Sleeping on Streets.” The Seattle Times, The Seattle Times Company, 4 Sept. 2018, www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/court-criminalizing-homeless-for-sleeping-outdoo rs-is-cruel/

“From My Experience, Here Is How Homeless People Live.” Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, 9 Dec. 2016, www.neoch.org/chronicle-232-articles/2016/12/9/from-my-experience-here-is-how-homeless-pe ople-live.html

Zone, Top 10. “Top 10 Best Portable Camping Bed & Cot Innovations.” YouTube, YouTube, 24 Mar. 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXwVnIEAbuY

“Know Homelessness.” Office of Homeless Services, philadelphiaofficeofhomelessservices.org/know-homelessness/

“Best Temperature for Sleep.” Sleep.Org, Sleep.Org, www.sleep.org/articles/temperature-for-sleep/

Lord, Elliot. “Making Card Beds for Homeless People.” YouTube, YouTube, 3 Sept. 2015, www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=_N5L6TDLCQA

“10 Benefits of a Memory Foam Mattress.” Amerisleep Blog, 26 Sept. 2018, www.amerisleep.com/blog/10-benefits-foam-memory-mattress/.

“The Amazing Benefits of Sleeping in a Hammock.” Mattress and Sleep Product Reviews, www.thesleepjudge.com/benefits-sleeping-hammock/.

Tommy Conley Capstone

For my capstone I wanted to represent my love for film, t.v. and video, through editing. I made a reel or ‘edit’ of shots from over 35 media sources, all of which are important to me in some way or another. I scanned through around 50 hours of films (and t.v. and videos), rewatching some, searching for shots that were either significant to me or that were visually appealing. I found the song I would use, AI by theMIND, deep within the soundcloud of a favorite artist of mine (confirming any possible copyright issues). I marked every waveform that I wanted to edit on, and then started to assemble and order clips so that the ordering conveys progression. The longest part of the process was definitely selecting clips - I was doing this for a couple weeks before I moved on to actual editing. The edit also includes a small animated bit, where I drew over top about 20 frames of a video using microsoft paint. My final product somewhat serves as a look into my life, but also contains sylization that I am proud of. It also showcases cinematography in a way that a typical viewer might not view it. 



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Marcin Czapla Capstone

​​For my Senior Capstone Project, I wanted to create something that would help me and other people living in the city using the knowledge of tools and Engineering principles I have acquired over the past four years. I knew that transportation around the city of Philadelphia was a major struggle for lot's of people, considering public transport is unreliable and owning a car isn't plausible. I also knew that as a freshman in college next year, whatever this mode of transportation would be, it would have to be campus friendly. When met with these constraints, one vehicle, in particular, stood out to me, the electric skateboard. After doing a bit of research online, I knew I could make my own board using RC supplies for around 1/4 the price of those on the market. However, as I soon found out, it wouldn't be as easy as ordering parts and putting them together. Most of the parts that I needed were shipped overseas and needed to be modified to fit my components. This lead me to use many of the tools I became familiar with through robotics and Engineering, such as the lathe, mill, and drill press. In order to successfully complete this project, I also had to learn about RC components and electrical circuits. I even cut out my own board using CAD and the CNC router. In the end, the board I made may not have as long of a range or go as fast as the boards on the market, but considering my budget I am still proud of what I accomplished.

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"DIY Electric Skateboard Guide [2019] - Belt Drive." How to Make an Electric Skateboard. April 22, 2019. Accessed May 02, 2019. http://www.howtomakeanelectricskateboard.com/guides/diy-electric-skateboard-guide-2019/.


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Jason Lam's Capstone

My Capstone project was to create a sort of guide on how to help and support a visually impaired student for teachers. This guide is really for the middle to high school student range and only focuses on academic needs and support. The final product would be a booklet that contained my own experiences as a visually impaired student at SLA, a list of tools and materials visually impaired students could potentially be using and a description of how it works and how it's meant to be used, and then the actual listings of how teachers in each academic course could support the student if they should need it. The third section will be split into the three categories of visual impairment being low/near vision, visually impaired, and braille/legally blind.  As for my process, admittingly, I took more of a simpler route in doing this project by just researching online for all the technical parts, and remembering my own experiences when I could have done a lot more by interviewing teachers to get their opinions or interviewing past year visually impaired students, etc. So really, all I’ve been really doing was research online, recollect, type, and communicating with my mentor.


I do not currently have the final product made yet, but I do have the information that will be on the final product. This is the lnk to the doc. (Note: I can't seem to paste a picture on here).

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C--cXUS2S3_neBM31TLDGxcNnJWonX8C55QdH_M2ljo/edit


"Material Adaptations for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired." Teaching Students with Visual Impairments. By: Carmen Willings teaching visually impaired.com. Accessed January 27, 2019.

https://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.com/material-adaptations.html.


This website contains several methods to help visually impaired students participate in class. The have a section for large font papers, sensory learning, braille, accessible education materials, and much more. Some of the pages contain pros and cons about that particular method as well as when it can or should be used.  However, all the pages contain information about it which will give me a lot of solutions to potential problems visually impaired students would have in the classroom.


McLaughlin, Rhonda. "Interview with Ms. Rhonda." Interview by Jason Lam. February 8, 2019.


This is an interview of my own visual impairment counselor, Ms. Rhonda. She is a counselor that works with many visually impaired students across the Philadelphia area. Each student of hers is different has different needs to complete school, and have different resources as well. This interview will help me find out and understand what other blind students need to complete a day of school as well as the resources they have access to to accommodate them.


Sprinkle, Kristi. "Home." Impact Of Visual Impairment On Development. By Sharon Nichols Accessed January 27, 2019. https://www.tsbvi.edu/general-technology-items/1074-overview-of-technology-for-visually-impaired-and-blind-students.


This website contains more methods of participating in class for visually impaired students. It includes zoom in features for computer or laptop use in class, and it also has information on machines that can help the blind student such as a CCTV. For both of these features, it lists multiple types of each thing so if one does not suit the student as comfortably, they aren’t limited to just that one kind. This information will be helpful for possible solutions to potential problems in class for blind students.


"Welcome." Sage Vision Technology - Low Vision Product Supplier. Accessed April 29, 2019. https://sagevisiontech.com/.


This is the website of the largest supplier of visual impairment electronics in Pennsylvania. They have many different types of tools visually impaired people use . This will help me create the list of technology that visually impaired students use at school and how they work.


Wyatt, Allen. "Booklet Printing in Word." Tips.net. Accessed April 30, 2019. https://word.tips.net/T003927_Booklet_Printing_in_Word.html.


This website is a guide to making a booklet which is going to be my final product. I have no prior knowledge of making a booklet, so this website will be able to help learn how to make one.

Bea Gerber Capstone

For my capstone, Becca and I created WANDERING EYES, an interactive photography exhibition/fundraiser celebrating the work of refugee photographers who have gone through a ReFocus photography and media workshop in Lesvos, Greece during their wait for asylum. After traveling to Greece last summer as teaching artists for the workshops, Becca and I knew we needed more people to get a taste of the hands of experience we were lucky enough to have in order to give people a personal connection to a pressing crisis that often feels distant. For our exhibition, I wrote and designed large informational posters that lined the walls and gave viewers a look inside the refugee crisis and the situation in Lesvos, smaller directional signs to guide viewers through the experience, 8 detailed artists cards to connect viewers to the artists and their work, and postcards for sale and business cards distributed at the event. In addition, I edited together interviews of the teaching artists and artists found on the artist cards and put them into a website for a projection room at the end of the exhibition. I also managed our email and newsletter, handled poster distribution, and made connections with local businesses that supported our project and printed our photos and cards for a fraction of their original costs. I took on a lot for this project and lost a lot of sleep, but I learned so much about graphic design, networking, marketing, and my personal work ethic and I am more proud of this exhibit than anything I have ever done before. Over 100 people attended, and the feedback we received made it clear that we gave our community a better understanding of the conditions refugees face and the power of art amidst crisis, and raised hundreds of dollars for the workshops and helped show Americans what refugees are capable of.

This is the link to our Capstone folder. Inside are many folders and a lot of information but it is as organized as we could make it. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fylu8nqyJoU9YfC5-NOEy3hi3rM_Bxmv?usp=sharing


Below is the WANDERING EYES newsletter sent out a few days ago reflecting on the event.
Below are a few of my favorite posters from the exhibition. 
Below are a few of the artist cards from the exhibition. On the front is information about the artist and on the back is one of their photos on display for the viewers to find in the gallery. 
Below is one of the postcards we sold at the event. The first image is the front side of the postcard and is on of the 25 designs we sold. The second image is the back which was consistent for all of them. 
Below is one of our 4 business card designs. The first image is the front and the second image is the back which was consistent for all of the designs. 
Below are a few photos from the exhibition taken by Ms. Walker Roberts and Ruby Ginsburg.
(we Facetimed a few of the artists during the exhibition)
(we Facetimed a few of the artists during the exhibition)
Lastly, here is the link to the interview website. I am in the process of turning WANDERING EYES into a digital museum, but for now, the interviews can all be viewed online using the link below. 


And the link to our bibliographies. The first link is to our bibliography from Capstone week and the second is the link to the sources used for information for our actual posters. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UUu8UMcMw54_9n7QpDRwwIdHxc980rC7vmPjvybpPwU/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z9L1iGQqWpYk7woV_fieL1CTovy0dFAQtg8wMMISXfE/edit?usp=sharing


(I submitted this at 9, I just realized I forgot to add a few smaller things and some fo the pictures later)

James Adams Capstone

​For my capstone I decided to challenge myself by learning how to code through python, and through that create a project that could be used by others. My first goal throughout the capstone process was to gain a basic understanding of the python programming language. My main methods of learning was through books, Youtube tutorials, website tutorials, and the most helpful of them all was looking at the code of others.

I already kind of knew what I wanted my final project to be when I started the learning process. I wanted it to be an automated script or in other words a bot. I decided to make a Reddit Bot. The bot looks at a thread for comments containing the name of a song within curly brackets. It then will respond to the comment with a Spotify link that will instantly take you to the song on Spotify’s website.


Sample Code
Sample Code
Capstone Example
Capstone Example

"Automate The Boring Stuff With Python." Automatetheboringstuff.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.


"PRAW: The Python Reddit API Wrapper — PRAW 6.1.2.Dev0 Documentation." Praw.readthedocs.io. N. p., 2019. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.


"Web API | Spotify For Developers." Developer.spotify.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.


"Spotify/Web-Api." GitHub. N. p., 2019. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.


"Python Education." Reddit.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.


"Build A Reddit Bot Part 1 – Python For Engineers." Pythonforengineers.com. N. p., 2016. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.


"How To Build A Reddit Bot – Chatbots Life." Chatbots Life. N. p., 2018. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.


"3.7.2 Documentation." Docs.python.org. N. p., 2019. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.


. "Intro To Python - Overiq.Com." OverIQ.com. N. p., 2018. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.


"Python Tutorials – Real Python." Realpython.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 20 Feb. 2019.

James Klenk Capstone

​My Capstone is an electronic GPS device that is designed for a college student when they are on campus in case of a situation they have the choice to press a button on a keychain and when the press the button it allows campus security to know there location. I started this project to do two things, Learn how to code and to create something that could possible impacts a community in a positive way. I started this project know using the knowledge that I had on from sophomore year and I built off of that. I learned more about the different type of wifi shields and Arduino that are out there on the market that is being used for personal and professional uses. I also learned about different programming languages like C++ and how code interfaces with a different type of interfaces for data storage and collection. The reason that I decided to market my capstone to colleges student was based on my sister and the story she told me about her time at the temple and the different strategies that her sorority put in place to make sure that the people apart of the sorority were ok when they walked outside. I pitched my Idea for a capstone to Braskem to see if I could get money to make it into a reality, They gave me the money that I asked for and a Mentor. This allowed me to Make my capstone into a reality where I could test and market my product. Throughout my capstone, it came clear to me and my mentors that I was not an expert at understanding coding every well. Even with the trouble of still learning code I push thought with help with my mentor teaching me about reading the code and working through debugging different codes.  While my capstone isn’t at the scope that I wanted I am satisfied with my results.


Annotated bibliography

"What Is Coding: The Complete Coding 101 Guide For Beginners." BitDegree Tutorials. August 30, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.bitdegree.org/tutorials/what-is-coding/. 
The website allowed me to refresh my knowledge about my coding and also allowed my process of writing code to become easy and also allowed me to become more knowledgeable when I am asking for help. This process will also help me with the orientation with the ability to have myself sound better when I presenting to my peer, teacher and professional in the fields. 

"The Complete Guide To Creating A Captivating Professional Presentation." Ethos3 - A Presentation Design Agency. January 05, 2017. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.ethos3.com/2015/12/the-complete-guide-to-creating-a-captivating-professional-presentation/. 
This source is related to the presentation at the end of the quarter was this Is because I want one bracket to be good and professional so that I can get the money. this will allow me to accelerate my project to make it better and bring it to its full potential.

"Temple University." Crime Log. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://safety.temple.edu/operations-programs/security-operations 
this website allowed me to get information about the temple city and what they do, value and their process. This allowed me to get in contact with them in the future with there number and email so that I am able to be able to contact them in the future in the get the capstone money.


"Policing and Security." College of Nursing and Health Professions. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://drexel.edu/publicsafety/policing-security/overview/. 
This source allows me to communicate with campus scarcity directly and that it allows me so if I receive the capstone money. I will have the ability to quickly send out the email and accelerate the project.


"University of Pennsylvania." Becoming Bureaucrats | Zachary W. Oberfield. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.upenn.edu/life-at-penn/safety. 
This source will allow me to excel my capstone if I get my funding and that I am if I do get funding I will send the college email and try to get them interested and follow what I am doing so that they will help me by allowing me to pass out the devices to students.


Editor. "How to Write a Perfect Professional Email in English in 5 Steps." EF English Live. January 15, 2019. Accessed January 25, 2019 .   https://englishlive.ef.com/blog/career-english/write-perfect-professional-email-english-5-steps/ .
The source will allow me to sound and become more credible when it comes to writing the email to my capstone mentor and to colleges when I email them. this will also allow me to better persuade the colleges to help me or listen to me.


Arduino - Introduction. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoWiFiShield
this source is a direct source that directly affects my ability to code a wifi shield I have not done coding for this in two year and this will allow me to do a step by step walkthrough.


New to Arduino - Is a Computer Required ?? Accessed January 25, 2019. http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=218377.0. 
This forum allowed me to ask questing when I was stuck powering up the wifi shield. because of this it also gave me information about coding the wifi sheild



"Adafruit WINC1500 WiFi Shield for Arduino." Memory Architectures | Memories of an Arduino | Adafruit Learning System. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-winc1500-wifi-shield-for-arduino/wiring-test. 
this source adds more support when I was powering and coding the wifi shield. This is because coding is really complicated


"SparkFun WiFi Shield - ESP8266." Amazon. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.amazon.com/SparkFun-6468038-WiFi-Shield-ESP8266/dp/B0130K4H5A .
this allowed me to understand some pricing and also it allowed me to understand what I need to do for my capstone and that thought out this experience I need to have more of a clear understanding of the amount that thing cost and also how much it weight because it is supposed to be hanging off of the backpack

Sofia Powers Capstone

Growing up in the public school system, I noticed that studies became very compartmentalized and creative applications were specifically reserved for students in outside programs or who were pursuing a career entailing those applications. This continues to cause many students who are unaccustomed with creative expression to believe that they are not inherently creative and therefore cannot be creative, simply due to a lack of opportunity. My intention for my capstone was to refresh students with creative applications of building to increase confidence in student’s ideas and push them to think outside the box through fun building challenges. I created an initial survey to understand student’s notions about creativity and leadership. I then advertised for a club meeting by creating posters and hanging them in the school. I created a series of three prompts where teams of approximately 5 students had to work under time constraints and with limited household materials to build a tower, weight-bearing bridge, and ball transport system. The activities were designed to be fun and low stress, but engaged participants with their competitive side. I learned about the challenges of taking a coaching role versus my typical teammate role in encouraging and offering constructive but elusive feedback. I was able to improve my own creative skills by brainstorming possible solutions to decide appropriate materials for them to use. Each of these challenges pushed the participants to question traditional methods and instead search for loopholes.

Simone Cruice-Barnett, a participant, with an advertisement for my club
Simone Cruice-Barnett, a participant, with an advertisement for my club
Teams 1 & 2 working on their first prompt: to build a tower taller than the desk using unconventional materials
Teams 1 & 2 working on their first prompt: to build a tower taller than the desk using unconventional materials
Bea Gerber with her team's multiple creative solutions to the tower prompt
Bea Gerber with her team's multiple creative solutions to the tower prompt
Team 2 preparing their solution under the time constraint of 5 minutes
Team 2 preparing their solution under the time constraint of 5 minutes
Team 1 with their weight bearing bridge
Team 1 with their weight bearing bridge
Team 2 with their contrasting solution
Team 2 with their contrasting solution
Team 1 performing their ball transporting system. They had to operate under a 6 minute time constraint and could not communicate verbally during their build time and had to stand behind the line to present their pulley solution.
Team 1 performing their ball transporting system. They had to operate under a 6 minute time constraint and could not communicate verbally during their build time and had to stand behind the line to present their pulley solution.
Team 2 performing their solution to the same prompt with the same constraints, but with a totally different approach. They created a corral to trap the balls they rolled in the scoring area.
Team 2 performing their solution to the same prompt with the same constraints, but with a totally different approach. They created a corral to trap the balls they rolled in the scoring area.
All of the participants in my capstone meeting! Some were CTE students from both branches and others were not! All enjoyed taking part in creative building and expression!
All of the participants in my capstone meeting! Some were CTE students from both branches and others were not! All enjoyed taking part in creative building and expression!

Bibliography

Barras, Colin. “Future - Can You Learn to Be Creative?” BBC News. March 14, 2014. Accessed January 30, 2019. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140314-learn-to-be-creative. This article analyses studies on teaching and learning creativity and takes the stance that creativity should be salvaged through teaching. Levels of creativity are being crushed in school age children due to to the increase of importance of standardized test scores and creativity is currently only being truly taught at a university level when it may be too late. This article explores nontraditional methods and courses that foster creativity as its importance re-emerges in the workforce. I will use these findings as a driving force in my own work to re-integrate creativity into the minds of young people.

Creative Competitions. Scoring for Spontaneous. PDF. Glassboro: Creative Competitions, Inc., 2010. This score sheet offers two categories: Creativity and Teamwork. The creativity score sheet specifies how to be elusive when stating the problem so one solution is not encouraged by the language of the problem. Although I will not be using numerical values to assess my club’s solutions, I can assess their creativity on this scale to offer feedback. The teamwork score sheet describes a range of optimal cooperation and collaboration to team domination and dissonance. This document will help me encourage good team dynamics and help me recognize issues within the group.

Destination Imagination. Four Free Instant Challenges. PDF. Cherry Hill: Destination Imagination, Inc., 2014. This source is intended for teams to use in preparation for the “instant challenge” portion of the competition. It offers four prompts, two of which are Hands-On and include materials, setup, and possible scoring. I will use these prompts as a basis for my own and especially the materials and setup to acquire their counterparts for my own original problems. These example problems spark my ability as they demonstrate extensions of very basic prompts, such as requiring that an otherwise basic tower must touch four separate taped off sections of floor. These give me a basis of steps I can take to make my own work more complex.

DiscoverDesign Staff. “Design Process.” DiscoverDesign. 2018. Accessed February 04, 2019. https://www.discoverdesign.org/handbook. This article explains the six steps of the engineering design process. It offers a short description of each step and basic applications. I will use this process to design the optimal solutions to my prompts. The most important part that is not included in Odyssey of the Mind style prompts is the final two steps of Feedback and Improve. This process will serve as a reminder to integrate those steps as they are important to SLA’s core values and curriculum and their integration will help students apply their skills.

Kouzes, James M., and Barry Z. Posner. The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1987. This source is a book demonstrating the five practices of leadership, those being Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart. The first chapter of this book focuses on two interviews that demonstrate struggles to lead and tactics that helped manage a group, one being Lindsay Levin of White’s Vehicle Repair and Ted Turner of Turner Broadcasting System. Levin’s exemplary leadership is characterized by gaining small successes as a team to build trust in the team, committing to teaching strategies to members, and recognizing success through awards. She also speaks of a technique of “zapping vs sapping,” where the leader boosts a member’s motivation by recognizing good work. Turner had success with leadership by encouraging risk-taking creativity and creating a company store to increase exclusivity and pride. While my project will be less run like a company and not commercial product driven, I will use these techniques on a small scale in running a club of members that must work as a team each meeting.

Llove. Hands-On Problem: The Strongest Link. PDF. Virginia: Odyssey of the Mind, 2006. This source offers an Odyssey of the Mind-style, hands-on, spontaneous problem involving two parts. They entails creating a chain on which a cup full of weights are held. This problem demonstrates the difficulty factor of having one time period to build and a second to alter or challenge the structure. I will use this problem as a basis to create two part problems where added complexities challenge teams after their initial build to extend their creativity. I can also use the model of a bridge-like problem as the underlying build challenge.

Mandel, Brett. “Coaching Spontaneous.” Interview by author. February 2019. The interviewee is my Odyssey of the Mind coach. He was a participant of the program in his youth and has been coaching Odyssey of the Mind for about a decade. I will use this interview to understand his experience coaching students who are high school aged in a problem solving context. I will ask questions about how to give constructive feedback during short creativity prompts and how to make sure students are listening to each other’s ideas. He will also have good ideas about where to get materials for hands-on problems.

Micklus, C. S., and Samuel W. Micklus. Lots of Problems, Many Solutions. Sewell, NJ: Creative Competitions, 2007. This book serves as an introduction to the Odyssey of the Mind program and offers many official verbal and hands-on spontaneous prompts. The introduction gives an overview of creative problem solving, and I will use these concepts to understand the basis and apply it to my club. I will use later chapters to base my original problems off of. The most useful piece of information this book offers is a detailed site setup, which is very important to solving the prompt.

Nelson, Robert. “Why It Is (Almost) Impossible to Teach Creativity.” The Conversation. January 09, 2019. Accessed January 31, 2019. http://theconversation.com/why-it-is-almost-impossible-to-teach-creativity-105659. This article from an independent not-for-profit organization presents a controversial and cynical view on creativity to a wide and unspecified audience. It presents problem solving as a lesser application of creativity as problems serve as an anxious place. I will use this view to dispute the stressful or limited applications of creativity through making my problems have more than just one feasible solution. I will offer opportunity for creative growth by rewarding risk-taking even if a solution fails. This club is meant to become a space for students to exercise creativity, not to place a stressor on specific solutions.

Perkins, T., J. Otte, and S. Riggs. The “Unofficial” On-line Coaches’ Training. PPT. Glassboro: Odyssey of the Mind, 2013. This presentation begins to prep outsiders on how to coach teams specifically for the Odyssey of the Mind competition and season. It covers the principle of divergent vs convergent problem solving and promotes the concept that divergent problem solving allows students to take creative measures and calculated risks in their solution. The source also states the responsibility of the coach to lead by asking questions. I will use this technique when coaching my club,asking constructive questions to allow students to work among themselves without the guidance of concrete answers that would lead them un-creatively to the solution. The presentation also places an emphasis on only allowing constructive criticism between teammates, which is another sentiment I will utilize.

Nile Ward Capstone

Report:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13RK6dfPc5gqv9DnduXL05HpiLD4qkrbe/view?usp=sharing

Bibliography
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZeWQNAiQHmOrvUgBxVl-7p69B1n44be8in-xtRZaOpQ/edit



In collaboration with the SEPTA Youth Advisory Council, this project is the first iteration of gathering data and feedback based on students' concerns while traveling on SEPTA. The first step of the project was creating a survey that would help us gain enough information and insight into the experiences students have on SEPTA, and what can be done to improve or mitigate instances of inconvenience or disruption. Interestingly, while this survey was only sent to SLA students, it was apparent that students sent their friends outside of SLA this survey as well, as there were responses from Northeast High School. From my research, I learned that the issues that Philadelphia's youth face with transit are shared in other cities, revealing the challenges faced by transit planners and engineers in big cities. Overall, this project has helped me learn quite a lot about each students' daily experiences just traveling to and from school, and its relevance to city planning and city engineering challenges. 

Kiah Johnson Capstone

    Like many other medical conditions, chronic migraines and headaches occur in about two to three million people in the United States, one of them being my mother. 
For my capstone, I decided that my overall goal was to create a portable massaging tool that helps with headaches and/or migraines. This gave me the chance to take my passions of both physical therapy and computer science and apply it to something useful. With the help of many research papers, I decided to focus on the four pressure points: two on the neck, and two on the forehead, to help release the pain, by decreasing the intensity of the headache.
The most important part of this project was getting familiar with coding. This was the first code that I had to build and structure myself, and it was difficult. Just figuring out the first code for finding frequency took about four weeks, as I was trying to gain knowledge of coding through Arduino references sheets and different libraries. At one point, I got stuck on one part of the code for several days. Then, I had to make another code for the actual vibration using the Circuit Playground Express and a Haptic Motor Driver, as the power of the headband. The vibration motors were connected to the power, all soldered. After that, I placed the circuit onto a plastic material, that was easy to slide throughout the newly made headband (with zipper for easy access to the circuit and controls). 
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Abraham, Nikhil. CODING FOR KIDS FOR DUMMIES. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2015. http://file.allitebooks.com/20150627/Coding%20For%20Dummies.pdf. This source provides the full language of code, understanding, and writing it. This information can easily be used to gain early knowledge on what exactly it is, and getting started on learning one of the languages. In skimming through, the beginning instructs the learner to always follow instructions and make sure it is fun for him/her, for it’s easier to learn when one is fully engaged and eager to learn about something he/she cares about.

Baumhardt, Carol, LMT. “Migraine and Tension Headaches: Using Massage to Ease the Pain.” Nationwide Children’s. December 19, 2017. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/family-resources-education/700childrens/2017/12/migraine-and-tension-headaches-using-massage-to-ease-the-pain. This source provides early information about the differences between a migraine and a headache, explained by a professional, hinting on what needs to happen to treat them both. The author comments the initial signs of each and goes into deep detail with symptoms and even giving statistics on each about how many people suffer from both, or even confuse the two. It stresses the importance of knowing and telling a doctor of some sort, so help can be provided. In fact, the article does hint the readers about the success massages have had on people, especially migraine sufferers and children.

Chaibi, Aleksander, Tuchin, Peter J., and Russell, Michael Bjørn. “Manual Therapies for Migraine: A Systematic Review.” PMC, February 05, 2011. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072494/#CR9. This source is a series of journal entries that shows multiple experiments of massage therapy being utilized on people with any type of head pain: migraines or just regular headaches. The difference between this one and the previous, is that this one was done in both the United States and New Zealand, both having the frequencies of the head pain being reduced between 31% and 71%. Along with these conclusions, the numbers can be used for programming and calculating the intensity of the massage tool, how fast it vibrates, and it would be simpler understand the effects of the tool, even with not enough testers to use the tool.

Downward, Emily. “Massages for Migraine Relief.” Migraine.com. May 2018. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://migraine.com/complimentary-and-alternative-therapies/massage/. This source provides the general information needed on massage therapy and its use to those who suffer from migraines. It also goes deeper into the fact that it is possible to have a self-massage for migraines, describing the different types of massages and what is useful for those with frequent migraines. In addition, it provides warnings as to who can/cannot use this therapy, for their health, which helps conclude that there needs to be a safer way to give the therapeutic massages. The writer of the article is not a doctor herself, but professional doctors, therapists, and college students are referenced throughout the article to prove the discoveries.

Flow - Wellness and Training. Youtube. April 11, 2017. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=SkyE24PmWgQ. This source is from a legitimate company that performs migraine massage therapy in Greece, known for their ideals and unique but successful approach to treatment and diseases. The video is showing a migraine massage being done on a patient, explaining each of their movements, along with the muscles being used and what they do to participate in the intensity of migraines. It also shows several different massages being done, all including the face and the neck. This describes the process in which needed to understand how much pressure and vibration goes into each movement and spot in which they used.

Glaser, Angie. “8 Pressure Points for Headaches You Should Know About.” Migraine Again. April 08, 2017. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://migraineagain.com/pressure-points-for-headaches-and-nausea/. This source provides information on acupressure for people who would like to self-massage, which is used mostly when a person suddenly has a terrible migraine or headache. It demonstrates with pictures showing the exact spots that ease the intensity in migraines and headaches. This could eventually be used in the instruction manual, explaining the use and safety measures of the tool. It also links to video interviews of real people with migraines and how they feel after doing therapy and using these pressure points. This can conclude the popular spot in which works the best for patients, which equal overall happiness.

Golden, Katie M. “Tackling Migraines Head-On | Massage Therapy Journal.” Amtamassage. May 23, 2017. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://www.amtamassage.org/articles/3/MTJ/detail/3704/tackling-migraines-head-on. This source is actually a journal explaining the steps in which migraines normally progress, described in phases. With a total of four phases, it tells the period in which they last, what it feels like, and the effects of each step. It also goes into depth about people with chronic tension type migraines, and how massage therapy is the best home remedy and the most effective. Along with this, it goes into more statistics about specific cases of people with chronic migraines and their lives with and without the massages.

Khan, Salman. “Planning a Programming Project.” Khan Academy. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/programming/good-pr actices/a/planning-a-programming-project. This source gives a detailed step by step process on how to approach a coding project for beginners, seeing that beginners would need more guidance than experienced engineers would. In reading through the whole article, it was clear that the first step is to understand and determine the goals of the project, then more on to the materials and the experience one will need to be able to complete it. At the same time, it also encourages that one shouldn’t get easily frustrated and if there is a problem, to just look it up and see if anyone else has done anything like it. It also suggests to make a timeline for what needs to be done.

Kirby, Kristin J. “Is Massage Effective As A Non-Pharmacologic Treatment For Individuals Suffering From Migraines?” (2012). Student diss. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1084&context=pa_systematic_reviews. This source is a college science paper, proving that massage therapy does indeed make a difference on patients that suffer from migraines, or even just occurring headaches. There are a total of three different studies, two of them involving deep tissue massages either once or twice a week for five weeks. The patient’s outcomes before, during, and after the massage, their migraine headache frequency, and their sleep quality was recorded everyday during the five weeks, which is shown within the source. These numbers can definitely be utilized in the making of the project.

“Top 10 Best Handheld Deep Tissue Electric Massagers in 2018.” GGP. 2018. Accessed January 24, 2019. https://garagegymplanner.com/best-electric-massagers/. This source is an article from a health company that tries to encourage people to be healthy at home and suggest ways in which they can do so, without it being difficult. It evaluates the best electric massagers describing their techniques, and also other ratings that real people who have actually used the product have said about it. With judging their vibration intensity, duration, and overall appearance, it also describes what it’s best used for in certain situations, talking about the motors and types of heads that is provided. This will make it easier to pick it flaws and see important components that will be needed with the project.

Meymey Seng Capstone

My capstone revolves around the inquiry of how to remove the negative stigma around bugs and other exotic animals. Going hand in hand with that idea, having an understanding of them would bring awareness to the way we treat the world, which ends up actively affecting the animals and us. Then, I realized that it may be due to a lack of exposure from an early age. Personally from a young age, having these fears inflicted upon myself was a roadblock. Only now developing an understanding of these animals, I wish that I would have learned about them earlier. That encourages my goal of reaching out to younger children. Having an interactive game that incorporates fun facts about said animals will hopefully lead it to become a more embracing subject. During the process of creating this game, I tossed many ideas away trying to find a balance between facts and the idea of it being engaging for the kids. Something that I realized is that when a topic is seen as interesting, the likelihood of it being memorized is much higher. This is when the idea of creating a board game for the two kindergarten classes at D. Newlin Fell Elementary School striked me. Researching the topic of the science behind joyful learning, these games will be incorporated into their play area. As the name suggests, doing so will allow them to gain knowledge each time they play the game. Doing this capstone gave me the realization that people are simply afraid of what they are ignorant of.


Board game for one class.
Board game for one class.
Board game for the second class.
Board game for the second class.
The board game and on the side are two stacks of cards. One pile corresponds with the pictures of trees, with fun facts debunking bad reputations of the animals and how they help the environment. The second pile of cards corresponds with the pictures of t
The board game and on the side are two stacks of cards. One pile corresponds with the pictures of trees, with fun facts debunking bad reputations of the animals and how they help the environment. The second pile of cards corresponds with the pictures of t
The spinner and animal figures.
The spinner and animal figures.
Annotated Bibliography

“Animals in Educational Settings: Research and Practice.” NeuroImage, Academic Press, 22 May 2015, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128012925000146. This is an excerpt from the book Animals in Educational Settings: Research and Practice. Something that this informs is what live animals can provide in typical education settings along with special needs education throughout the age group of preschool and eighth grade. Throughout this book, with the exception of not including invasive animal species, the fact that an incorporation of animal interactions gives children a sense of support and can be therapeutic. Being able to have an exposure to this can even lead to having a healthier adult life. This shows that a part of the reason why there is such a fear of exotic animals such as bugs is simply due to the fact that there is a lack of exposure in it, even in the STEM fields. 

Barash, David P. “Why Did Humans Evolve to Be so Fascinated with Other Animals? – David P Barash | Aeon Essays.” Aeon, Aeon, 25 Jan. 2019, aeon.co/essays/why-did-humans-evolve-to-be-so-fascinated-with-other-animals. This is a website on animal magnetism through providing an excerpt from David P. Barash’s book Through A Glass Brightly, discussing why humans are so drawn to animals in the first place. Maybe it comes from the desire to see things that we cannot see on a normal basis, animals in other continents for example are not as easily attainable to view unless they are through a screen or if you actually travel there. Something that I noticed is that this website only mentioned the mammals at the zoo, excluding the bugs and even reptiles. It seems that there is a reputation and certain emotions associated with certain animals. A conclusion that was made is that this fascination could have stemmed from humans being dependent on animals, but the question of why it lead us to being captivated by animal-watching made me realize that this question is something that I want to look into during my own research. 

“Benefits of Insects.” Mealworm Metamorphosis: Effect of Temperature (Development) | Entomology | Nebraska, entomology.unl.edu/scilit/benefits-insects. This website is based on research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, from their Science Literacy and Outreach Department. The variety of information provided is all of the different ways that these bugs help us and the world that we live in, whether it is with pollinating or serving as our decomposers. All of this information is useful since it is a large part of my interactive activity, the goal of it enlightening people on the positive benefits that they provide. With things such as even running out of spaces to put our trash and waste, some of these insects help eat dead animals (carrion), therefore freeing up space. 

Fritscher, Lisa, and Steven Gans. “How Do People Cope With a Fear of Insects?” Verywell Mind, Dotdash, www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-fear-of-insects-2671770. This is a website by Lisa Fritscher on entomophobia stems from. Something that she mentioned is the fact that people who do not typically encounter bugs see them often on different forms of entertainment depicted as something that is humorous yet depicts fear. Especially from those who have a lack of interaction of insects in nature, it is a human instinct for survival to question the things that are unfamiliar to them. This is where paranoia then comes in, with being afraid of contamination, being bitten, infestation, just being ways to precaution. A way that this is helpful showing how to counter these fears with true facts that will help ease the audience. 

“Honey Bee Colony Losses 2017-2018: Preliminary Results.” Bee Informed Partnership, May 23rd, 2018, beeinformed.org/results/honey-bee-colony-losses-2017-2018-preliminary-results/. This is a website from the organization Bee Informed Partnership with support from the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. It provides the statistics on the decline of honey bees in the United States, studying their health by looking at the growth of different colonies. Something that this proves is the danger there is when it comes to the decline in these colonies since we need them in order to get the food that we eat, they are our biggest pollinators. With the bad reputation of wasps that people mistaken with honeybees, some initial reactions are the kill the insect. Although, by continuing to provide information to people on the fact that they are actually harmless, people will slowly stop and instead use that effort that they have into helping. 

McMahon, Frances Nankin and Jesse. “Helping Children Overcome a Fear of Bugs.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 12 Apr. 2017, www.pbs.org/parents/expert-tips-advice/2017/04/helping-children-overcome-fear-bugs/. This is a website provided by PBS to parents for advice on how to allow children to overcome their fear of bugs. Here, there is an acknowledgement that having a fear such as this builds barriers for children who want to explore, but this fear prevents them from doing so. Some of the techniques that they mentioned is explaining that some of the bugs that may seem scary are actually harmless, think about their own reaction, and make it more of a common topic to talk about. This intrigued me because one of factors why I feel as though kids are afraid of bugs is because their parents are and may share this similar mindset. 

Miniland. “The Benefits of Interactive Games for Children.” Blog about Educational Toys and Trends in Early Childhood Education, Miniland Educational, 7 Mar. 2017, usa.minilandeducational.com/family/the-benefits-of-interactive-games-for-children. This website was created to provide the best means of learning styles when it comes to children, touching on the topic of interactive games. It provides an explanation on the fact that children generally lose their span of attention in a matter of minutes. Having a game that can also include competition will give them a sense of entertainment, making them feel as though they want to learn, versus that they are being forced to. Not only that but it also helps their motor skills to think in certain situations and build relationships with others while working on that specific game. Using this knowledge, it gives me an idea of how I would like to make my activity, possibly leading into something that requires teamwork. 

“Nature vs. Nurture.” GoodTherapy.org - Find the Right Therapist, GoodTherapy.org Therapy Blog, 28 Sept. 2018, www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychpedia/nature-versus-nurture. This is a website from Good Therapy, discussing nature in comparison to nurture and the differences, although that they both affect mental health. A big question is when people start developing these fears such as insects in the first place. Something that is debated on is that in some occasions, children are blatantly brave when it comes to insects since many things are new to them, and curiosity being a natural thing that occurs. Although sometimes this leads into it being a fear of what they do not know of instead. With the topic on nurture, even if they may be curious, growing up around people or the idea that bugs are harmful and scary, whether it is in media or surrounding people, will influence that mindset into something that is rather entirely different. 

Romm, Cari. “Insects Are Scary Because Your Brain Confuses Disgust With Fear.” The Cut, The Cut, 31 Oct. 2016, www.thecut.com/2016/10/why-are-so-many-people-scared-of-bugs.html. This is a website by Cari Romm from The Cut on why there is such a prominent fear when it comes to bugs. A claim that she made is that people commonly mistaken disgust for fear. She brought up a point that even an ecologist like Jeffrey Lockwood who works with bugs, had a panic attack when he was encountered with a swarm of grasshoppers, the amount and behavior of them overwhelming him. A part of this is knowing that there are certain bugs that do cause harm, bringing people to the conclusion that all bugs are harmful in their own sense. Along with that is the idea that there is something programmed in humans called a “rejection response” since these animals are not cuddly nor fuzzy, some of the few traits that people associate with cuteness. It is said to be that when things are seen as cute, people feel a need to protect it. Knowing these certain phrases from psychologists will provide me with another branch of information that I could continue my research in. 

“The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.” Butterfly Life Cycle, ansp.org/visit/activities/#meet. This is the official website of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University containing the different types of activities in the museum revolved around children, where they can meet the scientists and have animal encounters. This source is useful because it gave the realization that many people have the ideology that creepy crawlers, even that name has a negative connotation itself, but when it is presented to them in person, a feeling of fascination takes over. In a sense it is the fear of the unknown that spurs this feeling of uncomfort out from people. Along with that, it gave me different ideas of what can be included during my presentation at school, where I would want to be able to present an animal. Once granted the permission to do so, having a bug in person may also teach the audience to be interested in these animals, setting back their fear.

Kaitlyn Petroski Capstone

There are two parts to my capstone. The first is a website, which acts as a resource that holds information about pet adoptions and the negative associations with puppy mills. The second part is an Instagram account that aims to engage an audience and draw them toward learning more. To get the final product, I first had to decide what I wanted to actually do. It’s changed a lot since my first idea, but I settled on the website and Instagram and quickly started my planning phase. I outlined the pages that I wanted to include on the website and brainstormed ideas for posts. After that I had to research, a lot. This was probably the longest part of my project, partially because it is ongoing. After I compiled enough information I started making posts and captions and the website. This took a lot of trial and error and editing, but in the end I can say that I am proud of the final. Even though the project is turned in, it will never be finished, there will always be things that can improved, edited, and added. 

Project: tinyurl.com/PAWcross

Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17S_qYH7CgspRJaUfrrK9ENKHeDTobgcbi0HUm1u8dtQ/edit?usp=sharing

Jacobo Pastor Capstone

Abstract:

During the past 6 months, I have struggled with the idea of what to do for my capstone. After thinking and rethinking, I came up with the idea of making a website where I would teach prospective SLA students some skills to survive the most rigorous benchmarks. I called my benchmark, "The SLA Survival Guide." 
Everyone coming into Science Leadership Academy knows that it is a project based High School. This means that students come in with the idea of making thousands of projects throughout their high school career. Looking back, it sounded terrific  - No Tests! But little by little I realized that most of these projects needed to be done in a software that I hadn't use in my life. The purpose of this Capstone is to teach upcoming SLA students to learn some of the most common softwares teachers will ask their students to learn along the year. After watching my videos, students will be ready to create a fully polished document, video, and a handful of engineering softwares and shop tools.
As I was creating my capstone I realized that I could make this much bigger than it is. I want my capstone to be the beginning of a big community where students and teachers from SLA, can upload videos, documents, and other helpful knowledge to survive SLA. By doing so, we will enrich the learning experience as well as have this sense of community where students can work together to help each other.

SLA Survival Guide:

https://sites.google.com/scienceleadership.org/slasurvivalguide/home
 
Bibliography:

“3D CAD Design Software.” Getting Started | SOLIDWORKS, www.solidworks.com/

This source will help me get a better understanding of how Solidworks functions. At Science Leadership Academy Robotics Club I have been able to work first hand with the software. It has been 4 years learning and understanding almost most all functions which have guaranteed me a leading job on the team when Computer Aided Designing the different mechanisms. By no means I am a professional, I am currently still learning and this is why this source is important. Before teaching about a topic I would get informed the best I can.

“Try Fusion 360 for Free.” CAD Software | 2D And 3D Computer-Aided Design | Autodesk, Redshift EN, www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview

Fusion 360 is a program that I am not that comfortable with. In my CTE Advanced
Engineering class, I have been able to learn along with other students basic skills of the program. This source is specifically helpful because it does not only give you an overview but it comes with hundreds of summaries and videos. In addition, it even provides practice problems that I can use in my videos in order to teach others.

Thingiverse.com. “Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects.” By Noctiluxx -
Thingiverse, www.thingiverse.com/
This source is a website filled with innovative and unique done designs of 3D parts that I could use for my videos. I have found several designs that I can open on one of the CADs software I would teach and then print them and show them on the videos. I specifically like this website because it is not only engineering related but you can find hundreds of fun designs from your favorite movies, tv shows, cartoon, and even sports teams.

“Adobe Illustrator CC.” Adobe Captivate-Unlock The Future of Smart ELearning Design,
www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html

In order to print an object on the laser cut, machine one must have their 2D design on Adobe Illustrator. Just as with Solidworks or Fusion 360, I am familiar with the program thanks to my CTE Advanced Engineering class but by no means, I am an expert in it. I am hoping that this source will help me get a deeper understanding of the software so I before teaching about a topic I would get informed the best I can.

Haslam, Karen. “You Can Create the next Blockbuster on Your Mac - Here's How!”
Macworld UK, Macworld UK, 6 July 2018,
www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/imovie-mac-tips-3652888/

This source will hopefully help me set up guidelines for my video on iMovie. This source is not from apple because they didn’t have such a detailed description of the program. I really like this source specifically because of the detailed steps for each section. I am hoping that this source will help me get a deeper understanding of the software so I before teaching about a topic I would get informed the best I can.

“Adobe Photoshop CC.” Adobe Captivate-Unlock The Future of Smart ELearning Design, www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html

This source is for the Adobe Photoshop video. Just as the Adobe Illustrator source, because it is from the same company, this source is very detailed and provide multiple examples, videos, and designs that will inspire me to create an aesthetic yet functional video. Along with this source, I will search up for other examples to make the Photoshop video the most useful possible.

Harris, Tom. “How Cameras Work.” HowStuffWorks, HowStuffWorks, 21 Mar. 2001,
electronics.howstuffworks.com/camera.htm

Being an engineer I know how mechanisms work, how structures function, or what materials will serve different conditions. I have never been taught how a camera works so hopefully, this source will help me function it. Without proper knowledge on the camera that I am using my videos won’t have the quality that I want them to have, which means that they won’t look as professional as I could make them. This source is especially useful because it is not focused on just one set of cameras which means that no matter the camera I use I will be able to make it function.

“How to Be Successful on YouTube in 10 Easy Steps.” Blue Fountain Media, Blue Fountain Media, 18 Oct. 2018, www.bluefountainmedia.com/blog/how-to-be-successful-on-youtube

Just as the “How Stuff Works” source, this source will be extremely important to understand common mistakes and tips in order to succeed with my youtube channel. To be successful it is important to understand what professional people have to say about the topic because since they are experts on the topic they can share valuable information which will hopefully help me get on the successful path. It is important to note that I want to prioritize a useful capstone rather than a successful one that won’t help others.

“Engineering Tools.” Young's Modulus of Elasticity for Metals and Alloys,
www.engineeringtoolbox.com/

This is probably one of the most resourceful tools that I would use in my capstone. Since I form part of the CTE Advanced Engineering class I must do my videos engineering related. Therefore, along with the videos I would like to provide the science behind them and this source will be a key factor in it. From temperature pressure to water movement to other physics laws, this source contains all of this useful information. I believe that providing the science behind this software or shop tools will really enhance the quality of my project and my understanding of the topic.

“How To Design A Website (Jan 2019) | 7 Essential Steps.” Best Website Builder Reviews for 2018, Best Website Builder Reviews for 2018 Best Website Builder Reviews - So You Can Pick the Perfect Website Builder for Your Unique Needs,
www.websitebuilderexpert.com/designing-websites/

Along with the videos on the different software I would like to publish those with a little descriptions on what the video is about as well as additional information and links to the topics discussed. To do this I will use a website, but without knowing how to properly make one and even more important design an appealing one, the capstone will not be up to my expectations. This source included a series of steps that will be very useful in this process.

PAXTON WENTZELL CAPSTONE

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SNOWSTORM
IN A SNOWSTORM I WAS BORN
A MIXED MEDIUM ANIMATED SHORT FILM

For the past four months I worked on this short film. I wrote the script, crafted the sets, built the characters, filmed and animated them, and edited them into this two minute piece. One of the greatest things about animation is the amount of control that one person can have over the work. I wanted to create something that was entirely me. And I feel like I did that.

Bibliography:

“Into To Animation.” UARTS PreCollege Class. UARTS PreCollege Class, Oct. 2018, Philadelphia, UARTS.


From September to November, I took animation classes at UArts. They were by far the most helpful thing to completing my capstone. The ability to talk to working animators about techniques and programs and equipment and tricks was a huge time saver. Hours and hours of research were saved with these conversations.


“The Sandman.” IMDb, Paul Berry, 1991, www.imdb.com/title/tt0105311/.

This is one of the first animated films that I saw that I really loved! The style here is gorgeous and unique. It's not hard to see why this is such a classic. The dark themes that my animation and this animation share make it easy for me to draw stylistic inspiration for their exaggerated yet simplistic spaces and designs.

Anderson, Wes, director. Fantastic Mr. Fox. Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson, 14 Oct. 2009.


It’s hard not to love Wes Anderson. I’ve wanted to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox since I was a kid, so this was a great excuse. The animation here is lively and amazing and I found myself trying to emulate their perfect movement. Key word being “trying”


Vimeo, Jeremy Clapin, 30 Apr. 2019, vimeo.com/36824575.


Sofia Powers showed me this animated film and it was an amazing inspiration! It is so beautifully done! Most of my inspiration came from very popular films, so it is good to be able to see what can be done on a smaller scale.


Stauber, Jack. “JackStauber.” YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/user/JackStauber.

I found Jack Stauber right before I started my capstone. He’s one of the reasons why I wanted to make an animation in the first place. I’ve always been a fan of mixed media. I feel like Stauber’s been doing the kinds of things that I wanted to do anyways. So, his accessible style was a great place to start. I would watch the things that he makes and try to reverse engineer the techniques to get similar effects for my own film.


Dixon, Barnaby. “Barnabydixon.” YouTube, YouTube, www.youtube.com/user/barnabydixon.


I found Barnaby Dixon around the same time as Jack Stauber. He made a stop motion animated film, Eskos, by himself when he was 19 and it is AMAZING! Age wise, he wasn’t too far away from me. I found myself pushing harder and hard to try to match the quality of what he did. Now, Dixon does puppets. His mastery of movement, even though it’s not stop motion, was extremely beneficial to study.


Caroline Pitone - Capstone

I´ve always been an individual wondering what the world was like and how it would run once I was on my own. In school we learn important subjects such as math, history, english, and so forth. While I always felt that these were important subjects that should be required, I always wondered how I would take on the world without any real advice. Not everyone has a companion to teach them. For my 2019 Capstone for senior year, I chose to create a website that is informative relating to what to expect after graduating high school and being your own adult. I collected answers from a survey asking individuals what they knew about information from money, savings, homestay/care, all the way to nutrition. I wanted to create this website for an easy access to some quick questions one might have while discovering life on their own. While being around high schoolers for the past four years, I´ve heard many talk about what it would mean to them to have a lecture for what to expect and how to deal with things as they grow up and take on their own responsibilities. Since the beginning of senior year, I have wanted to this as my capstone. Thinking of an idea was tricky, and I wanted to do something that could really help another student. While creating my website, I did research to collect all of the information needed for my site. I sat and thought about what would really be useful for teenagers and reflected on myself for what I wish I knew.


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"The Best Ways to Pay Bills." Money Advice Service. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/the-best-ways-to-pay-bills. https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/the-best-ways-to-pay-bills The purpose of this project is for me to find the best information for students. While reading through this link, I found that it gives information on how to pay bills on time, ways to pay your bills (including online or over the phone), and what to do in a crisis situation. Each section has short and brief description per topic. This will be helpful for me when think about my design layout, while I am trying to keep my word count short on the website. It is inspiring me to create a logical design for my website. It also is giving my information on these topics that I did not think about including before hand. "Tax Basics: A Beginners Guide to Taxes." Findlaw. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://tax.findlaw.com/federal-taxes/tax-basics-a-beginners-guide-to-taxes.html. https://tax.findlaw.com/federal-taxes/tax-basics-a-beginners-guide-to-taxes.html This website is a website where it shows the understanding of taxes for beginners. I am expecting my audience to mostly be beginners, in the sense that they are just learning what taxing/taxes means, and how it is effective. This a very resourceful website since it shows all of the different kinds of taxes. It gives a list of all of them, that I can then further research. It also talks about deductions, which is a critical part in learning about the way this routine works. This website does not give super detailed description, but it gives me quick and easy things to look at in order to further research for this project. Johnson, Holly. "What I Wish I Knew Before Buying Rental Property." The Simple Dollar. December 06, 2017. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.thesimpledollar.com/what-i-wish-we-knew-before-buying-rental-property/. https://www.thesimpledollar.com/what-i-wish-we-knew-before-buying-rental-property/ This website is very opinionated, and less factual. This is really important for me to look at. I do not want my website to be all factual, but also opinionated. This is because it gives the audience something to relate to. It talks about rental scares, and what people wish they knew. Key thing, what people wish they “knew”. This is a very big deal, since this is the whole point of my website. I am trying to show what people wish they knew. It talks about being careful with decision making, and explanation as to why. With this, it will be very helpful to cite a source on my website. Advisors, EP Wealth. "The Importance of Teaching Your Kids About Money." TheStreet. July 02, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2019. https://www.thestreet.com/personal-finance/the-importance-of-teaching-your-kids-about-mone y-14638381. https://www.thestreet.com/personal-finance/the-importance-of-teaching-your-kids-about-money-1463838 1 This website talks about our capitalist world, and how many is very involved. When kids graduate, or obtain jobs, they don't really know how to control or manage it. I’ve struggled with this myself, and I wish I knew more information about how money worked before starting my bank account. This will give me information on why it is important to teach your children about money and so on if schools don't. This information is given by someone who has experienced trouble with learning about these things. It is similar to my last source in the sense of coming from a different perspective

Avi Cantor-Capstone

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What happens when the fact-driven world of journalism clashes with the unruly but thriving underbelly of underground rap? A multi-media platform that both promotes and critiques up-and-coming rappers from across the country through written, video and social media journalism. 

The two driving principles for my capstone were to create a platform for under recognized artists to flourish and have their content promoted. From that promotion, I wanted to allow my audience to learn about these artists in the hopes that they’d find their favorite new rapper.

In order to make these ideas a reality, I first created the Instagram page for the platform back in January. Since starting the page, I have promoted over 80 artists, been shouted out by rappers with major industry connections, and connected with industry professionals who have worked with big-time acts like Blacc Youngsta, NLE Choppa, Lil Baby, and many others. 

After creating a social media following, I decided to video my ‘Heaters and Seaters Review’ series where I evaluated projects from a range of up and comers. I rated their ability to compose cohesive tracks that caught my attention as well as if they were able to veer off their typical vocal and instrumental style to create something unique and original. This allowed my audience to either weed out rappers they didn’t like or look into their catalog more extensively. 

Throughout this process, I’ve learned how to network, promote effectively and write in a way that entices an audience to want to learn more about an artist they’d never heard of. 

Annotated Bibliography linked below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v81FqEgQxfh8gOf8W8ogcnfYpeXdqpmHWvGi0qhVCMY/edit?usp=sharing

Sydney Rogers Capstone

This was the very first day of my mini course. We were in the middle of a discussion about poetry.
This was the very first day of my mini course. We were in the middle of a discussion about poetry.
This was from one of my favorite lessons that I taught about behavioral reactions.
This was from one of my favorite lessons that I taught about behavioral reactions.
This was from a lesson about how our environment has an affect on our reactions.
This was from a lesson about how our environment has an affect on our reactions.
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For my capstone I taught a mini course for eight weeks for freshman girls. During those eight weeks I organized a lesson plan for every day. The theme of the class was the rise of feminine power through understanding different topics. The goal of the course was to empower women through the exposure of knowledge. Over the eight weeks I taught them lessons about different topics such as behavioral study, philosophies, relationships, healthy living, and handling stress and fear. I also organized activities for the students to do that related to what I had taught in class. They would present their own lessons and the ideas to the class and we’d learn from each other. 
The majority of the time I’d bring up some discussion points and we’d get into a deep conversation. In the beginning of every class I’d start it off with a journal or opening question and then the girls could share their thoughts and answers. After this we’d spend some time giving each other advice if there was something going on. I was able to create a strong community that was a safe place for them to be themselves in. That was a huge part of my course because it sets the foundation for the whole course and how successful it is.

Kamil Kielar Capstone

​For my senior Capstone project, I had decided to create a foosball table which I hoped to donate to an after-school program or boys and girls club. Seeking Braskem funding in early February, I, unfortunately, received only partial funding for the continuation of my project. Working with a smaller budget than expected, I had begun to redesign my foosball table determined to complete my goal. Using plywood instead of solid wood, steel conduit instead of aluminum rod, and creating my own foosball players instead of purchasing them, I minimized the cost of the original table sevenfold. Originally the goal of the project had been to use woodworking techniques and joints in order to create a high-quality table, focusing much of my time of the creation of the table itself. Without the available funds, I made the decision to create my own foosball players which had taken a greater time than expected. First CADing (Computer Aided Design) my foosball player, machining halves out with a CNC router, gluing them together, sanding them down and finally drilling the hole for rod had been a tedious process which I underestimated and ended up spending a great deal of time on. In the end, I had created a stained and polished foosball table even if it hadn’t been the one I originally envisioned.
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Foosball.com, www.foosball.com/tablebuildingguide.html. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.

This source is of a website which had previously designed his own foosball table. This source is particularly helpful because it gives an idea of a possible budget I may have for this project. They had completed something similar and it seems that seems like this would be helpful as well to know the steps in which to complete the project. This source doesn't seem to have any biases because it is purely a description of the authors process and what he had learned along the way. The audience of this website seems to be anyone interested. The language is simple and easy to follow so this is really open to anyone.

“Background.” Analysis to Maximise the Efficiency of Anaerobic Digestion - Celignis Biomass Analysis Laboratory, www.celignis.com/feedstock.php?value=18. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.

This is very thorough analysis hardwood and the different properties which it is made up of.  The company Celignis does many different specimen testing on biomass samples of all different types. This is a very scientific look into hardwood and the different material which make it up. It is for a highly educated audience that understands science and would be interested in this. There most likely is no bias in this source because this is a research company which needs to uphold their reputation and reliability. This company seems to have tests and analysis other than woul which shows that this is a large company.

Baez, Joe. “Physics 111: Fundamental Physics I.” Self-Driving Cars Become a Reality, 1 Jan. 1970, colgatephys111.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-physics-of-foosball.html. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.

This source tells you the physics behind a foosball table and the math that goes along with it. It uses the equation that are needed in order to show you how the rotational force of your arm is changed into work. This is very detailed explanation and the math seems to be very intricate. The audience is most definitely going to need to know physics equations and have an understanding in physics. This source most likely does not have any biases because this is just some analysis of the forces used when operating a foosball table.

Borysiuk, Piotr. “CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF PLYWOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM MODEL.” Management and Production Engineering Review. 10 February 2013, http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/89321/PDF/Borysiuk_Boruszewski_Kowaluk_Niziałek_Grzegorzewska.pdf. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.

This article talks about the production of plywood and the range of market value for it. The portion of the article which I had mostly talked about had been the quality of the plywood and the properties of the wood sold. The audience that this would be for is someone most likely in the business field wanting to know more about the plywood market. This is more of a business analysis but there are aspects which are useful to me in this project. There are not biases in this source because this is just a pure description of business of selling plywood.

Editor. “Woodworking Joints: Which Wood Joints Should You Use?” WoodWorkers Guild of America, Woodworkers Guild of America, 10 Dec. 2018, www.wwgoa.com/article/woodworking-joints-which-ones-should-you-use/. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.

This article tells the readers about the vast number of wood joints that can be completes and how each of them are used structurally. The Woodworkers Guild of America is a large organization which has many members which receive information regularly. To a point this source is trying to promote itself to the audience and shine itself as this helpful and useful tool. The audience seems to be people who are beginning woodshop or maybe slightly higher like an amuatuer at woodworking. The article is simply written and easy to understand how each of the joints are made and how they can be used.

Gu, Jiyou. Cai, Zhiyong. “Development and Application of Wood Adhesives in China.” Wood Adhesives 2009: Plenary Session https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf2010/fpl_2010_gu001.pdf. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.  

This is a thorough analysis on the different types of wood glue and how they work in different applications. This is how different wood glues affects different types of wood and the strength curves of the glue. This is helpful to me because it helps me to see which glue would be the best for my application. The audience for this would be people who are in need of knowing how different wood glues have different strengths. This source most likely doesn't have any bias because this a research article. This has many different curves  and graphs which tell the audience info about the strength of the glues.

Neokentin. “Common Types of Wood Joints You Should Know • 1001 Pallets.” 1001 Pallets, 1001 Pallets, 16 Oct. 2018, www.1001pallets.com/common-wood-joints/. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.

The organization 1001 Pallets is committed to reusing making projects out of wood pallets which isn’t always the highest of quality wood. They don’t seem to a for profit or profitable organization and they seem to care very much about their audience. Connecting to the Woodworkers Guild of America source, this source goes much more in depth about wood joinery and the different applications for it. This source talks very much about exactly how to make many of these different joints. It gives specific instruction along with the limitation of the joints. No bias seems to be present within the source.

“WOOD ANALYSIS.” What Why How RSS, what-when-how.com/forensic-sciences/wood-analysis/. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.

Very in depth analysis on wood and wood identification. This is definitely for a highly educated audience which understands much information about forensics science. Saying that, this document explains everything from wood anatomy to wood identification. This goes very in depth along with detailed imagery of wood under a microscope. Seeing as this is a research study on wood, people have their own reputation they would like to preserve and seems like it would be very reputable. There doesn't seem to be any bias due to this being purely a research article.

“ Build Your Own Foosball Table .” Build Your Own Foosball Table | The Foosball Shop | TheFoosballShop.com, www.thefoosballshop.com/foosball-table.htm. Accessed 25 Jan. 2019.

This is an article which describes the process of how someone had already built a foosball table. This will be very helpful in terms of helping me with my process and how I should order things. This will be similar to the other source which had described making a foosball table in the sense that it will help me develop a budget for my project. The audience for this source will be anyone who wants to make a foosball table. This is not very complex language and I think this could be for almost anyone. In terms of biases, I don’t there are any biases because there isn’t a motive for the author to be biased.

Ülker, Onur. “Wood Adhesives and Bonding Theory.” Intech Open, IntechOpen, 23 Nov. 2016, www.intechopen.com/books/adhesives-applications-and-properties/wood-adhesives-and-bonding-theory.

This is a scientific study which explains different adhesives for wood. This will be important in my project because it will be important to know because understanding how good bonds together will be essential in my project. The audience for this is highly educated people who are interested in different properties and material science. There don’t seem to any biases in this source because it is a research study. This corporation has a reputation to uphold and they would not intentionally give bad information. This corporation has the name China on it and China is a big country which doesn't like to look bad.