The state rubric specifies an assessment of the process, a less than easy task with a project as encompassing as the Capstone project. In the future we hope to see students have opportunities to go beyond the requirements and develop portfolios that encompass a wide spectrum of their information technology skills and whatever else they wish to include showcasing their years at Winona Middle School. Each fall the sixth grade students enter Middle School with more experience and accomplish all technology-based projects easier than in the past. This, along with changing technology means the Capstone project will always be revised. Equity and consistency are by far the major benefits of the Capstone project.
All students receive the same instruction and have the same opportunities.
Implementation is not an option. Database creation had been ignored before, but is now taught to all students. More teachers are incorporating multimedia presentation skills in 6th and 7th grade social studies and language arts, so that students to create their Capstone portfolios without having to learn Hyperstudio at the same time. The standard is not taught in isolation or forced on too-busy teachers. Teachers have acquired new skills and increased understanding of information technology and information literacy through their curriculum writing and teaching.