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Capstone Blog Post 3

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We completed our research and did the interview so we had all the information we needed. Then it was time to decide what type of format we were going to share our Capstone in. I chose a video! I chose a video because I like the style most. I am also more familiar with videos than any other option.

From start to finish of my video, I really enjoyed putting the slides with the information. It was fun to see all your work make one big thing.

I didn’t really face any major challenges while making the video, but I did face one decent challenge. I realized my slides had to be shorter to keep the watcher interested. It wasn’t so hard to fix, though. I just said some of the things I wanted to say on that slide and moved the other things to another slide.

I am looking forward to sharing my final project because when you work at something you want there to be a result to share.

 

Capstone Blog Post 2

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Recently I interviewed Juan Uro to help with my Capstone project. He was a former Executive Vice President of League Finance and Global Strategy of the NBA. I chose him because he worked with a lot of General Managers (GM’s) and he understood a lot of it relating to basketball.

It wasn’t so hard to set up the interview because he used to work at the same company my dad does so we had all of his contacts. He was also my dad’s friend so he would more likely do a favor for him.

I asked a lot of questions about what the most important skills were for a GM and why. I also asked a lot of questions about NBA GM’s, especially Danny Ainge. It was hard to come up with questions at first and as he answered my questions I kept thinking of more and more questions. Those questions I was thinking of were answered anyway. 

It was a fun experience having the interview and thank you for reading this blog post!

 

Capstone Blog Post 1

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A little while back we started a Capstone unit. It is where you pick a topic you’re interested in and you do research, conduct an interview, and then you make a slideshow out of it. Today I will be talking about the research portion of it. 

But before I could start research, I had to find a topic. I love basketball but I already knew so much about it so I went with something that interests me and I didn’t know so much about so I could do research. What I chose was General Managing. I still wanted it to relate to basketball and that was fine. Because teams are managed and the NBA is managed.  

Now I had to come up with my main inquiry question. After some thinking my question became, “What are the six most important skills for a general manager and how does Danny Ainge apply them to managing the Boston Celtics?” I chose to relate it to the Boston Celtics because they are my favorite team and the most successful team in NBA history. It wasn’t super hard to come up with the question but it was still relatively hard. 

Something that helped is my teacher because we brainstormed ideas together and we kept narrowing it down until we found the one. Something that was a challenge was making it something that was exciting to me, not just good for the topic. I made sub questions and researched about them and now I have a lot of notes on my topic. 

Come back for the next post on Capstone!

 

 

Immigration Unit Reflection

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We recently studied immigration. We interviewed an immigrant and made a video out of it, this is my reflection. At first the process was really boring, we had to study a lot and no one likes studying. At least me. We had to answer questions, watch videos, read articles, and finally we were ready. We started planning are interview with questions and taking what we know. This process was a lot more fun than studying, but still not the best. Finally we got to do the interview. I interviewed someone I knew and then I made a video. I liked making the video more than anything in this unit. I think this unit was a good idea and it got a lot more interesting towards the end.

Martin Luther King Jr

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Since Martin Luther King Jr Day is coming up, I wanted to make a post about him. In this post, I am going to talk about how he persevered through challenges. Like hate and negativity.

There was so much hate on what Martin was trying to do with all his marches and speeches. But he kept on persevering. Eventually, in may 1954 U.S. Supreme court made a change to make school segregation unconstitutional. Martin kept going though. Just because of that accomplishment, it didn’t mean he would stop. He wanted to abolish segregation completely. He kept making speeches and protests against segregation. His most famous speech was “I have a dream”. This is how the most famous part of that speech went. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” 

Eventually U.S. Supreme court abolished all of segregation! This was thanks to Martin and the people protesting. This was a huge accomplishment for Martin! This changed the future of the nation. Thanks to Martin and his fellow protestors, today in the U.S. everyone is equal.

Identity Bags and Maps Reflection

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I thought the identity bags were a good experience. I learned many things about my classmates but nothing about my self. I learned who liked to cook, to bake, to do arts and crafts, and much more. I already knew that I loved basketball and the ravens e.t.c. But what I did not is that a group of people liked to bake or cook. I didn’t know that a group of people liked arts and crafts. I think this was a really great experience because when you know more about people you can bond with them.

In the identity maps I got to be creative with drawing and show people stuff about myself so I thought it was a good experience too. By looking at others maps I learned more things about them that they couldn’t represent from the identity bags. Overall I really liked this project and learned a lot from it.

King George What Was His Problem Reflection

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We have learned so much from this book and it has sort of become our main source of the american revolution. I like this book because it gives you a lot of detailed information and creates a great true story of the american revolution. I understand pretty much everything in the book so I don’t have any questions about it. I like thinking of the great story this book supplies because it is true, great, and much more. This book has taught me so much of the american revolution and I still have a lot more to go. I’m only in 1777 of the american revolution. This book has been great and I think it will continue to be.