Day 1
(All times Eastern)
2:00-2:30p ET
Introduction to design by RJ Sakai, Sequoyah School (CA)
2:30-3:45p ET
Lisa Yokana, STEAM Coordinator, Design Lab at Scarsdale, NY Public Schools. Session resources.
3:45-4:00p ET
4:00-5:15p ET
Bella Patel, Laurel School (OH): How do I know when I'm done? Helping students to set goals and/or benchmarks, establish a timeline, and maintain stamina to complete a Capstone project.
Matt Spearing, St. John's Prep (MA): How do we help students cite their sources? Sharing tools to help students practice annotations and citation-chasing in their Capstone research. Link to resource
Jennifer Friborg, Belmont School (MA): How do I know my project will be successful? Helping students articulate process, plans, and products.
5:15-5:30p ET
End the day with our summit team and some closing thoughts from the day's sessions.
5:30p ET
Continue a discussion from your co-creative session group or learn from what others did. You can also make your own room and chat with new or old friends!
Day 2
(All times Eastern)
Asynchronous
Building courage through making with Emily Piloton
3:30-4:00p ET
Join the podcast discussion group, follow up with co-creative session peers, or connect with someone from another session. You can also make your own room and chat with new or old friends!
4:00-4:30p ET
Opening Presentation Bella Patel, Laurel School (OH): "Capstone Iterations"
After starting our Capstone program, we recognized challenges that we needed to overcome to improve our program. So, we made some tweaks. Then, new challenges surfaced. So, we made some more changes. Just like our students' projects, our program has to evolve over time to address the needs of our students and to strengthen their experience.
4:30-5:45p ET
RJ Sakai, Sequoyah High School (CA): Building and managing partnerships: How might we design tools and resources that help students forge meaningful partnerships beyond campus?
Seth O'Bryan, Harley School (NY): How do I teach others about my capstone in an engaging way? Participants will co-create an assignment for capstone students to teach classmates or other peers during the school year about an aspect of their capstone projects.
Elizabeth Radday, Skills 21/Connecticut Public Schools (CT): How might we connect our school’s vision of a graduate and a Capstone Project? Demonstrating critical life, college and career readiness skills through Capstone.
5:45-6:00p ET
6:00-7:15p ET
Ariel Raz, Head of Learning Collaborations, Stanford K12 Lab Network. Link to pre-read
7:15-7:30p ET
End the day with our summit team and some closing thoughts from the day's sessions.
7:30p ET
Day 3
(All times Eastern)
Asynchronous
What Musical Minds Can Teach Us About Innovation with R.Michael Hendrix and Panos Panay.
1:30-2:00p ET
Join the podcast discussion group, follow up with co-creative session peers, or connect with someone from another session. You can also make your own room and chat with new or old friends!
2:00-2:30p ET
2:30-3:30p ET
Sessions TBD during the day 3 opening meeting.
3:30-3:45p ET
3:45-5:00p ET
5:00p ET
Final "Meeting after the Meeting"
Everyone welcome to share how they want to engage with the capstone community and brainstorm future work.