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Capstone Blog Post #3

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At the very start of the project, I knew it was going to be a long journey, challenges, fun, learning, and the result. A capstone project is a project where you get to choose what you would like to learn. I had decided to make my Main Inquiry Question about the 100 days of Napoleon, and it resulted in what was the impact of the battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny on the Battle of Waterloo. I had chosen this topic because I didn’t know much about how Napoleon lost and how he lost and I was interested.

 

Challenging this project would not be easy. While researching, I faced many challenges including finding websites and looking for photos. At first, it was easy to find resources but then after I found 4 I couldn’t find another because it all had the same information, in the end, I still found the last one. When finding photos for the video, some of the photos were blurred and didn’t work, so I had to have help finding a picture that is good but isn’t blurred. I learned many things from my experience doing this project. Creating this project was stressful and fun, I had to keep up with the delay I had and the due dates, but after all that, I became excited and wasn’t worrying too much because I knew that it was almost done. Although I was sick for a week, I managed to catch up.

 

After I finished doing research, I moved to my video or the main part of the project, and the final part. I had chosen to do a video. Even though I could probably memorize, I just don’t like to talk much because I’m shy. So that’s why I chose to do a movie so that I didn’t have to talk in front of a lot of people. So I’d say I chose the right one. A challenge that I faced during the project is when I was recording in the hall, people were talking really loud so I had to record many times so that it was at least a bit quieter. In the end, I had to find a good time to record in the hall so that my video could be good.

 

In conclusion, I learned a lot from this project. For example, I needed to be focused and have patience while recording. And while I had to search for resources and images. And I learned to solve problems from the difficulties I had. In the end, I think that it was worth going through the process of the Capstone project. Although it was a big project and it took a lot of time, it was a good experience.

Capstone Blog Post 2

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The purpose of an interview is the ask questions to an expert so that you can study more. It is essential because they might give more information that is different than other websites which is very helpful. I thought about this aspect of the research, and I thought it was decent but still nerve-racking because I didn’t know who you were interviewing which can make you nervous because you don’t know them well. Honestly, it didn’t go that bad because I did it through email.

At the start, I had a lot of trouble finding an interview because everyone I found didn’t respond. But one day, my friend told me about a Youtuber who is a historian and told me I could interview him. So I had sent an email and he responded but couldn’t do it on a call or zoom, but it still worked. Writing questions weren’t that hard but only the last few questions, I couldn’t think of anything which made me a bit desperate but in the end, I thought of a question I could use.

When conducting the interview, I did it on Gmail, which didn’t really go as planned for me but it still worked. I learned a lot of things about my topic and sub-questions but also learned that patience is key to finding an interview and getting it done.

In the end, I successfully completed my research and got an interview at last. Which I am very happy about. Now its just a matter of time for me to get the project done.

Capstone Blog Post #1

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A capstone is a project where you study a subject that interests you. For example, cars. You research cars and you have to interview experts about cars and make it all into a video so that other people can learn more about your topic. When Mrs. Roberts explained what to do and how to do it, I knew this was going to be hard work but also exciting.

When coming up with a topic, we had an organizer where we would put multiple topics that interests you about different things. Once you had chosen the best 2 topics, you would research both topics, and whichever one you find more interesting or more research on would become your topic. I wanted to know more about war, so I chose the Napoleonic wars and wanted to do his last battles. because I didn’t really know much about his last battles, after a while, I found more sources about the 100 days which were his last days as French emperor, and battles. So I decided to choose that, and so the research began.

When coming up with a main inquiry question, my friend told me something I could do about the battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras. But in my mind, I wanted to do his last battle where Napoleon was defeated. Which was a challenge for me because I didn’t know what to do. But then he gave me another good idea of how the battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras affected the Battle of Waterloo which later on would be worded better into, What was the impact of the Battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny on the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo? By Mrs. Robert.

When coming up with sub-questions, I thought about all the things that could’ve been affected by the battle, like the armies and the plan or strategies. For example, what problems did they face after the battles? And, did winning one of these battles help Napoleon get an advantage? How? To me, it was pretty easy and I could find resources to help me with the sub-questions.

Overall this project is coming along better, but I still need an interview. But so far, I am enjoying this and I think the end will be worth it.