For my capstone I answered the guiding question, “How can video games teach us?”. I decided to answer this question with the creation of a website compiling multiple studies and examples of video games that teach. I also made a video about how some specific games use tutorials to teach us. The project was a very comfortable and fun project to create, and It helped me further my research and video creation skills.

Website: https://sites.google.com/slabeeber.org/learning-through-games

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For my capstone project I worked closely with Jasmine to create A Boss Brunch. This project was very tedious and took lots of time and patience to execute. We worked on this project throughout the school year and when the time finally came it was such a huge relief. We reached out to some well known brands in Philly and they came to support us and give inspirational speeches. Throughout this project I learned how to network, build, and be open to different ideas and opinions. I learned more about peoples work ethics and how not everyone is going to work at the same pace as you or even put in the same amount of effort as you. This project built me as a person and it built my brand. One of the young entrepreneurs that attended the pop-up shop has also seen a recent spike in his sales, one has decided to go to the art museum and promote his brand, and all of the others have continuously reached out after the pop up shop with business opportunites for all of the other brands.

I created a pastry business two years ago and named it Sweet Essence, this was the start of a great new life for me. Ever since that day I have been working to make my business flourish, create a larger clientele, and work at my skill. ver the past few years I was able to unfold my talent and create s many new things without guidance. With this being said I chose to do an internship with a professional baker in hopes of expanding my education from a different perspective, and better my skill. The woman I chose has been in this business for 10 years, she has a business called Jazzy B’s Cookies Cakes & Candies. While working with her I did lots of hands-on learning by helping her with her big orders and watching her complete them. We also talked about the different strategies best to use when running this type of business which helped me a lot. Towards the end f the internship, she asked me to design a cake, and then she’d guide me through making it. At the end of this internship, I was able to gain a new friendship, an entirely new skill set, and even more knowledge.

Hi! This is my final product for my capstone. Here is a mental health awareness box. Over the years of being at SLA, I discover how important mental health is through journaling and talking with my peers. Coming back from a pandemic and being brought back to in-class teaching it became harder for teachers and students to help build back that communication of engaged learning. I myself struggled with interacting and being engaged in class because of my mental health. Therefore I created a distraction box and anonymous box that I hope will be used by the community of SLA in the future years to come.

My capstone was based on mental health. Together Milah and I wanted to make a difference for kids we saw mentally struggling in school. We noticed over time that due to quarantine, the attitudes of our peers around us have entirely shifted, which even took a toll on our lives. So from there, our essential question became “How can we make school more comforting when it comes to mental health?” At first, the initial response was to make a mini-course so that people could talk. After much research, I realized that everyone isn’t comfortable speaking in a group so we created an anonymous google form that people can talk to and get responses from one of us. We want to continue it once we graduate because mental health is too important to take lightly. We also did interviews throughout the year talking to kids in the school about how they felt. Overall I feel like we learned a lot about how education can affect our mental health and methods to soothe the stress

My capstone was based around the question “how does one person in a community cause a positive effect on the rest of the community?” As I went through the process I was able to finally do something which could benefit me, my community, and others watching me. I decided to create mini vlogs showing what it’s like helping other people watch their children. I was able to gather up some kids on the weekend who I normally watch and keep them for a few hours. Sometimes I charge and other times I did it for free. The people provide for the children and I provide everything else such as food, snacks, somewhere to sleep, somewhere to play, toys, etc. Through this experience, I was able to see that at some point parents need help as well. It’s not always easy taking care of a child by yourself. Showing people around me that they have support no matter what was the biggest takeaway from this project. I was able to grow more bonds that I never knew I would’ve had before. Being able to gain a new level of trust with parents and children just shows that anything is possible if you put your mind to it.

My Capstone was, well it was certainly an interesting one. I decided to make mocktails (cocktails but with no alcohol) for it and it was certainly an interesting process. The question I had asked for it was rather broad, “What does it take to create something others will enjoy?” And, well it takes effort, but also knowledge. The goal of this was to create something for people and the exact thing has evolved over time. In fact, most recently I’ve had help getting a website created. At the time of writing it’s still very much in progress but I do hope for it to become something more and for the ideas I have to become reality. I made various recipes for different drinks and hopefully will add new drinks, add some deserts and the like to this site, heck, I eventually even hope to possibly even make the café real. So, while I’m not sure I can answer the question of what it takes to make things people enjoy, I can sure as heck do my best to make something that many can enjoy, especially if it’s a safe space for my siblings in the LGBTQ+ community. Anyway, as of current the site won’t be findable without a link until I get the bits sorted out.

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