My capstone experience was really good. This was one of the biggest projects of the year! I’m very happy that I’m finally done because it took a lot of effort and hard work. Before I tell you about my experience, it would be best for me to explain what the main purpose of the capstone project is. Capstone is a project where you choose a main inquiry question and use five resources and interviews to gather information to answer the main inquiry question.
My main inquiry question throughout this project is “how and why is college basketball different from the NBA?” I came up with this question because I always wondered about the major difference between college basketball and the NBA. I was right when I found out that there were so many differences between these two leagues as I soon began to think of the game more differently.
The hardest part of this whole process was the research portion as I had to dig deep into the small details about my main question. It took a long time to find the correct answers to my resources’ questions. If I did not find enough research then my video would not be interesting and appealing to others. It was also hard to find resources that would match the correct information that I needed to make an essay persuasive and informative.
I had a lot of options for people that I interviewed. I chose a professional basketball player that went on to become a D2 college coach. D2 stands for division 2. On the other hand D1 is the most competitive league. It’s basically like A and B teams. I found the interview with Ken Barer very interesting as I was able to see through a first hand experience the hard work it takes for a good basketball player.
The final part of doing the project was the video process. Through this project, I had to find correct images for each slide. I also made sure that the opening of my video was interesting as I asked a relatable question to the audience. I made sure to ask questions about all of the different parts of my project inorder to make sure that everyone got all of the right information.
In conclusion, I really enjoyed doing this project. Through this project I learned alot about the differences between college and NBA basketball. My research was able to teach me so much and help me develop my words into a video and presentation!