Monday, October 27, 2008
Boston Celtics
All of your topics would allow you some very interesting and in-depth research. However, only one of your possibilities allows for any intensive live updates during your researching period. Killing- maybe on day to day crimes but not on the motive. Shoes- really cool topic with a lot of different information but at most, you will probably receive only a few updates throughout your research. That would of course then leave the Boston Celtics. This would create a great opportunity for you to continually, almost daily, track the team and their current standings. You could probably even interweave this with shoe technology, tracking a players performance based on his shoes. That is if you want to go that in depth. Your blog posts could be supplemented with embedded RSS feeds of their scores in games. Chances are you could land a few interviews with local sports journalists to counteract any possible bias you might display. That would be a potential trap however. If they are indeed your favorite team, you should be careful not to allow any personal feelings to leak into your research, such as excluding statistics that go against them. If you are careful to avoid that, you should have a great topic.
narrowing your three topics
Everett, I think that if you're interested in sports that you should follow something sports related. Personally, I'm not a sports person but I think that the Boston Celtics topic would be good to follow. This topic would follow the three criteria because the games would be going on during your research and would be constantly changing. If a game got rained out, who won who lost, new players etc. etc. ... The shoe topic would also be interesting because shoe companies are coming out with new shoes all the time.
I feel like the crime topic would be really hard. It seems unlikly that you'll find information on different crimes around the world. If you go with the sports topics maybe you can check out the companies website such as Nike or the Boston Celtics website, I think they have such a thing, and maybe they'll give you more information on your topic. I think the Boston Celitcs topic would be the best way to go.
I feel like the crime topic would be really hard. It seems unlikly that you'll find information on different crimes around the world. If you go with the sports topics maybe you can check out the companies website such as Nike or the Boston Celtics website, I think they have such a thing, and maybe they'll give you more information on your topic. I think the Boston Celitcs topic would be the best way to go.
Three Possible Topics...
Everett Martin
I-Search
For my possible topics to write about in my I-Search essay, I was thinking about choosing covering the Boston Celtics, because of my possible interest in the career of sports journalism. I would cover their games and workouts on off nights, much of this research would be done through the newspaper, the internet, and other print forms like magazines. Another was about basketball shoes. I was interested in the technology in the shoe, and how one shoe greatly differs from another, and also the marketing aspect of how companies like Nike introduce their product to the general public. Finally, I was interested in the motives that people have for committing crimes throughout the world to see if they differ in different regions.
Researching the motives for the motives of crimes was not hard, because unfortunately, homicide is committed every day many times throughout the world. I am interested in the topic, but am not committed to it. The motives in some stories online are not always given to the public to see. I found that spouses typically kill their husband or wife because they have been unfaithful. Others plead mercy killing or murder for religious reasoning. A high percentage of homicide is committed within gang relations. This is still a possibility for me to write about.
A much lighter note is the topic regarding basketball shoes, I am interested in this topic and think that it would be an easy topic for me to write about. I feel that the technology in basketball shoes has changed the game. Recently, Nike released a shoe called the Hyperdunk. It is supposed to be made up of some of the lightest and strongest material made today. They use what is called FlyWire technology, this was inspired by the cables in suspension bridges. Also used in this particular shoe, is what is called lunar foam, which is extremely lightweight, shock absorbent, and relatively inexpensive to produce. I am also interested in the way that companies like Nike and Adidas market their items. I know that Nike took full advantage of the Olympics and the “Redeem Team” in this past year as a major selling point.
The Boston Celtics will be playing their season during the entire time that I will be doing the research for the project, so I think that it would be fun to talk about their games, practices, and players during their season. Another topic involving the Celtics that I am potentially interested in involves the rookies on the Celtics, in their first year in the NBA, Bill Walker and J.R. Giddens. I am interested in following the rookies in their first year of professional basketball and how they handle the pressure.
Of the three topics I am leaning towards the sports related topics. I am more interested in these topics and fell that I will be able to add more personal insight into the essays. I don’t have a personal connection to homicide and the motives of the people that commit such crimes. However, I feel that it would be an interesting topic for me to research.
I-Search
For my possible topics to write about in my I-Search essay, I was thinking about choosing covering the Boston Celtics, because of my possible interest in the career of sports journalism. I would cover their games and workouts on off nights, much of this research would be done through the newspaper, the internet, and other print forms like magazines. Another was about basketball shoes. I was interested in the technology in the shoe, and how one shoe greatly differs from another, and also the marketing aspect of how companies like Nike introduce their product to the general public. Finally, I was interested in the motives that people have for committing crimes throughout the world to see if they differ in different regions.
Researching the motives for the motives of crimes was not hard, because unfortunately, homicide is committed every day many times throughout the world. I am interested in the topic, but am not committed to it. The motives in some stories online are not always given to the public to see. I found that spouses typically kill their husband or wife because they have been unfaithful. Others plead mercy killing or murder for religious reasoning. A high percentage of homicide is committed within gang relations. This is still a possibility for me to write about.
A much lighter note is the topic regarding basketball shoes, I am interested in this topic and think that it would be an easy topic for me to write about. I feel that the technology in basketball shoes has changed the game. Recently, Nike released a shoe called the Hyperdunk. It is supposed to be made up of some of the lightest and strongest material made today. They use what is called FlyWire technology, this was inspired by the cables in suspension bridges. Also used in this particular shoe, is what is called lunar foam, which is extremely lightweight, shock absorbent, and relatively inexpensive to produce. I am also interested in the way that companies like Nike and Adidas market their items. I know that Nike took full advantage of the Olympics and the “Redeem Team” in this past year as a major selling point.
The Boston Celtics will be playing their season during the entire time that I will be doing the research for the project, so I think that it would be fun to talk about their games, practices, and players during their season. Another topic involving the Celtics that I am potentially interested in involves the rookies on the Celtics, in their first year in the NBA, Bill Walker and J.R. Giddens. I am interested in following the rookies in their first year of professional basketball and how they handle the pressure.
Of the three topics I am leaning towards the sports related topics. I am more interested in these topics and fell that I will be able to add more personal insight into the essays. I don’t have a personal connection to homicide and the motives of the people that commit such crimes. However, I feel that it would be an interesting topic for me to research.
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