Journal 4
a) What are your Capstone goals between now and December 1st?
I successfully finished two classes with 12 students on November 7th and 14th, and I still have two more classes left by the end of this month. My goal is finishing all classes this month successfully and make all students can re-attend next month again without quitting. In addition, I will advertise again for next month classes while choosing next songs.
b) Which specific elements of your project will you accomplish before the end of the month?
I am processing my dance class as teaching one verse of the song during two weeks. Since it has been two weeks, I finished first song last Sunday and I took a dance video with kids. I will be filming final result whenever we finish one verse and the end of this month I will have two choreography videos with students and full November attendance.
c) How will you accomplish your goals and stay on task?
I will keep practicing and exercising at least more than two days per week, so that I can develop my dance and strength. And I will try to make my body in shape as a dance teacher who has to demonstrate movement with tight outfit.
d) How often and how will you provide evidence of your progress and learning during this time?
I will be uploading dance video and attendance with my students every Sunday, and after finishing few classes I will upload simple vlog about my dance class on YouTube channel.
a) What are your Capstone goals between now and December 1st?
I successfully finished two classes with 12 students on November 7th and 14th, and I still have two more classes left by the end of this month. My goal is finishing all classes this month successfully and make all students can re-attend next month again without quitting. In addition, I will advertise again for next month classes while choosing next songs.
b) Which specific elements of your project will you accomplish before the end of the month?
I am processing my dance class as teaching one verse of the song during two weeks. Since it has been two weeks, I finished first song last Sunday and I took a dance video with kids. I will be filming final result whenever we finish one verse and the end of this month I will have two choreography videos with students and full November attendance.
c) How will you accomplish your goals and stay on task?
I will keep practicing and exercising at least more than two days per week, so that I can develop my dance and strength. And I will try to make my body in shape as a dance teacher who has to demonstrate movement with tight outfit.
d) How often and how will you provide evidence of your progress and learning during this time?
I will be uploading dance video and attendance with my students every Sunday, and after finishing few classes I will upload simple vlog about my dance class on YouTube channel.
JOURNAL 3
a) Which people in my life can I look to for help with my Capstone project? How can each of these people help me as I work through my research and create my project?
Firstly, my mom is always the best advisor who gives excellent ideas and comments on my work. Since she knows about me the most, she knows how I am supposed to deal with some problems. Also for my capstone project, she is giving me a better solution whenever I struggle with some problem and helping me to gather more people through her Korean moms’ group site. Thanks to her, I could gather a few students who enrolled in my class in a short amount of time. Also, since I am doing something that I am already professional at, I did not need a lot of help from others. However, I needed a place to hold the class and teach children, so I am collaborating with my master while renting his gym and sharing money with him.
b) What are three specific sources of information you plan to rely on to conduct your research? Why have you chosen them as sources of information, and what are their pros/cons?
The first one is a Youtube channel that includes a lot of content for kids. I chose this source because it has various types of music and ideas that I can use for my kids, and I easily can get help at any time. However, there are normally too childish contents on their channel for elementary students, so I had to change a few movements or songs to a more complicated way. Second one is an online site that has information about teaching youth. It seems really helpful for me who wants to be an elementary school teacher and again easy to get help from. However, it sometimes includes too broad or difficult information that is hard to understand. Lastly, the third one is my real experience from childhood. I used to go to dance school for 10 years, and I can still remember the way and routine that my teacher taught me, and I am getting support from there. But of course since it is old memory, it does not help me directly.
c) How is your Capstone project coming along so far? (Detail your progress, your successes/struggles, and most importantly, be honest in your assessment of where you are at.)
Before I announced my dance class, I had to manage the fee with the master, who is the owner of the gym. And we decided on $80 per month, since there are a lot of people who want to learn Kpop dance around this area. I made a poster to advertise my class including specific information about fees, time, location, Currently, there are seven children who registered for my class, and I am waiting for my first class that is next Sunday.
a) Which people in my life can I look to for help with my Capstone project? How can each of these people help me as I work through my research and create my project?
Firstly, my mom is always the best advisor who gives excellent ideas and comments on my work. Since she knows about me the most, she knows how I am supposed to deal with some problems. Also for my capstone project, she is giving me a better solution whenever I struggle with some problem and helping me to gather more people through her Korean moms’ group site. Thanks to her, I could gather a few students who enrolled in my class in a short amount of time. Also, since I am doing something that I am already professional at, I did not need a lot of help from others. However, I needed a place to hold the class and teach children, so I am collaborating with my master while renting his gym and sharing money with him.
b) What are three specific sources of information you plan to rely on to conduct your research? Why have you chosen them as sources of information, and what are their pros/cons?
The first one is a Youtube channel that includes a lot of content for kids. I chose this source because it has various types of music and ideas that I can use for my kids, and I easily can get help at any time. However, there are normally too childish contents on their channel for elementary students, so I had to change a few movements or songs to a more complicated way. Second one is an online site that has information about teaching youth. It seems really helpful for me who wants to be an elementary school teacher and again easy to get help from. However, it sometimes includes too broad or difficult information that is hard to understand. Lastly, the third one is my real experience from childhood. I used to go to dance school for 10 years, and I can still remember the way and routine that my teacher taught me, and I am getting support from there. But of course since it is old memory, it does not help me directly.
c) How is your Capstone project coming along so far? (Detail your progress, your successes/struggles, and most importantly, be honest in your assessment of where you are at.)
Before I announced my dance class, I had to manage the fee with the master, who is the owner of the gym. And we decided on $80 per month, since there are a lot of people who want to learn Kpop dance around this area. I made a poster to advertise my class including specific information about fees, time, location, Currently, there are seven children who registered for my class, and I am waiting for my first class that is next Sunday.
Journal 2
For my Capstone Project, which is kpop dance class, I am currently working on creating the poster for advertising and planning specific steps for the curriculum. I am targeting 5 to 12 years old children who are interested in learning dance or specifically kpop, and I will be announcing this to students who attend Taekwondo class and on the Korean community page. I made the warm up routine and picked the song for the dance that we are going to work on for 4-5 hours. Also, I talked about this with my master who is the owner of the gym and we are adjusting the proper fee; and I am going to make it cheap since my goal is not money, but it is having as big a class as I can. And I am filming all these processes to make it as a vlog at the end.
My draft proposal helped me to figure out the deeper study of my project, not only what I am doing but also what kind of relative research I can do with. I was only thinking about what song I am supposed to pick and what time I should do. However, I started thinking about significant reasons for why I do this class, and the impact that this class can have on children.
To organize my tasks, I will use my own youtube channel while uploading edited videos per week. I will film two types of videos. One of them is a dance video for children to practice at home, and the other one is a vlog, which can show all of my process of preparing and teaching. And since I already have been editing videos for more than a year, this strategy is not going to be too hard for me.
It is hard to say as an obstacle, but since I am getting a small amount of money and using other people's gyms, I have heavier responsibility than other projects. Since this is my own class, I have pressure that I should not stop even after the project; especially if children really enjoy it. However, if I have to keep working on this class, I am planning to keep doing it although the project is finished; because I love dancing.
For my Capstone Project, which is kpop dance class, I am currently working on creating the poster for advertising and planning specific steps for the curriculum. I am targeting 5 to 12 years old children who are interested in learning dance or specifically kpop, and I will be announcing this to students who attend Taekwondo class and on the Korean community page. I made the warm up routine and picked the song for the dance that we are going to work on for 4-5 hours. Also, I talked about this with my master who is the owner of the gym and we are adjusting the proper fee; and I am going to make it cheap since my goal is not money, but it is having as big a class as I can. And I am filming all these processes to make it as a vlog at the end.
My draft proposal helped me to figure out the deeper study of my project, not only what I am doing but also what kind of relative research I can do with. I was only thinking about what song I am supposed to pick and what time I should do. However, I started thinking about significant reasons for why I do this class, and the impact that this class can have on children.
To organize my tasks, I will use my own youtube channel while uploading edited videos per week. I will film two types of videos. One of them is a dance video for children to practice at home, and the other one is a vlog, which can show all of my process of preparing and teaching. And since I already have been editing videos for more than a year, this strategy is not going to be too hard for me.
It is hard to say as an obstacle, but since I am getting a small amount of money and using other people's gyms, I have heavier responsibility than other projects. Since this is my own class, I have pressure that I should not stop even after the project; especially if children really enjoy it. However, if I have to keep working on this class, I am planning to keep doing it although the project is finished; because I love dancing.
Journal 1
During these two months, I accomplished introducing myself poster, 16 personality tests, and planning for my capstone project. During this process, I mainly focused on finding my interest based on personality, and future jobs. I researched several possible jobs that I am interested in and I have learnt about their job openings, salary, and what educational requirements they have; so that I actually can prepare from now on with university majors. From now in i have to open my dance class for capstone project, and November 7th is going to be the first day of my actual start.
During these two months, I accomplished introducing myself poster, 16 personality tests, and planning for my capstone project. During this process, I mainly focused on finding my interest based on personality, and future jobs. I researched several possible jobs that I am interested in and I have learnt about their job openings, salary, and what educational requirements they have; so that I actually can prepare from now on with university majors. From now in i have to open my dance class for capstone project, and November 7th is going to be the first day of my actual start.