Blog 11-Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why? 
During my presentation, i felt like it was a bit more engaging to my audience than others were. So my presentation being engaging to the classroom is probably what i'm most proud about.
2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract. 
I met all the requirements except for one which was referring to one published article that you have read, so i would have gave myself an 'AP' because i didn't meat everything.
3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2? 
I would definitely have prepared just a little bit more. Maybe rehearsed all the way through my presentatoin instead of just half ways.  

Blog 10- Interview 2 Reflection.

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...) Boo has been showing me how he sets his reputation with the public which is basically his audience. So he is demonstrating how he markets himself and explains his profession to public. Other experts in this field are other professionals in the sport of skateboarding as well. 

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?  

I found out of Boo because he is currently dating my cousin. So i just asked him if he had the time and he said sure but i am currently looking for another mentor who wouldn't be on tour as much as Boo.

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person . I would rate my level of comfort with my mentor pretty decent.  It doesnt show no correlation to the amount of time i have spent with Boo. But i am pretty comfertable with him.

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it? I unfortunately did not get to do this interview becaue my mentor was on tour, but as soon as he returns i will complete this task. 

Blog 9- House Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).
I have a mentor right now, and i have a scheduled interview with that person.

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.  
 Two areas that they have directed me towards are clothing lines and video parts 

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?
I think articles will help me because they're the most recent, and i will look online for them .

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.
"What is the most successful way a professional skateboarder can market himself?"

Independent Camponent 1 Proposal

 1) Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
 For my independent component I plan on making a skateboarding video and taking the time it takes to make the video and the time it takes to edit it to reach the 30 hour mark.

2) Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
In order to reach the 30 hour mark, I will spend about a total of 20+ plus hours making the video and try to make the rest of the time with editing. I will record my hours with video footage as proof for how long it took to take it.

3) Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
My topic is how professinal skateboarders market themselfes in the skateboarding world, and thier video part is a big way they put themselfes out there. So making an video is getting as close as possible to knowing what its like to market yourself.

4) Update your senior Blog.
Ok,

Blog 7- Second Interview Preparation

1)  Who is your mentor and where do they work?  If their workplace does not reflect their expertise, what makes them an expert? My mentor is Boo Johnson and he works for DGK. His workplace really does reflect his expertise because all he does for work is skate. Thats why it's being reflected all the time when he is at work. 

2)  What five questions will you ask them about their background? 
1. What influenced you to get where you are now?
2. Did you see anything in the past that got in your way to get where you are today?
3. How did you get to the position your in now? (Video footage?)
4. Was the skate scene big where you grew up at? 
5. How are you enjoying life now?

Blog 6- Advisoy Prep

1) What has worked well for you concerning senior project this year? What has made it a positive experience for you? Getting a bit of history on my topic has worked really well this year for me. Knowing a bit of history helps me in different aspects for my project by understanding what caught peoples eyes back than and also what catches them now. What has made it a positive experience for me is dong somerthing im actually interested in because it doesn't bother me to actually do the work.

2)What are you finding dificult concerning senior year? How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you? How might the senior team help? Im finding the gap of the senior project a little difficult to deal with this year. Knowing that it's so far away kinda makes me lose focus on it because of the gap. I can adapt to this by taking the senior project more serious so I won't be behind when the actual presentation comes.

Blog 5- Interview 1 Reflection

1) What is the most important thing I learned from the interview? Is there anything I would do differently for my next interview?
 The most important thing I gained from this interview was the advice on how to start off a good company. That advice was that image is the biggest contributing factor towards your company because your image is what represents you. Your image is what people think of when they think about your company. So stickers would need to be an essential because that's the easiest way to spread your picture. No there's nothing i would do differently for my next interview because i don't think i need anything extra.

 2)Did I get the additional resources and contacts? What is the most useful? Why?
Yes, Boo was nice enough to contact people that he knows to also help me with my project. He was going to contact me with a friend who does marketing for his skateboarding company DGK, which would be helpful because i need this person must be real experienced in this field. Interviewing this person can probably get me real good answers and get more into depth with this project.

 3)What makes my interviewee qualified to help me?
What makes my interviewee qualified to help me is the fact that he does a bit of marketing himself. In order to be a succesful skateboarder you must sell you image in order to make it big. Boo does so by marketing himself through his company and through his fashion sense. Anything to support the way people view him, is marketing himself to his audience. My interviewee is very sucessful at doing this job for his career. Being an experienced person is what makes Boo a qualified interviewee for my project.

Blog 5

Link to Audio: https://soundcloud.com/lillego16/edwards-interview

Interview

Blog 4- House Advisory Prep 1

I don't plan on accomplishing much through my senior topic because i don't see much i can accomplish through it. My topic for senior year is skateboarding and how to market it out there for people to see and catch an interest in it. So if there is anything really to accomplish throughout this project it would be my learning experience in the field of marketing for business. If I like my experience, i would expand my knowledge on this topic and probably consider doing it for a career. So in conclusion, I plan to accomplish some knowledge and interest in the field of marketing. I also have this picture of Ryan Sheckler to show the Red Bull sponsorship incorperated, not for Ryan. Sorry.  

Blog 3- First Interview Preparation.

1)  Who do you plan to interview and why?
I plan on interviewing any owner of a skate shop that I can find. Preferably a well known skateboarding shop for the better. Why I would want to interview a owner of a skateshop is because they can easily help me answer my questions and they would know a lot about my topic and how everything works from what benefits professional skateboarders get to how much the skateboarding industry incomes annually.

2) What additional questions do you plan on asking?  Two additional questions I plan on asking during this interview is 1) How did you come about having a skateboard shop? 2) Is having a skateboard shop worth it financially and in other aspects in well? I don't wanna overwhelm them with questions because i need to save some important questions for other interviewees.

Blog 2- Summer Mentorship

1) List the contact name, phone number, and organization of the person with whom you volunteered.

Boo Johnson, Blackskatehead1@yahoo.com, DGK skateboarding company and mentored Boo Johnson. 

2) What qualified this person as an expert in your topic choice? 

    Boo Johnson has many qualifications that makes him a suitable expert in my topic choice. It takes many years of experience in the sport of skateboarding to fully understand it and to be able to apply what you know when on the board. Boo is a professional paid skateboarder who knows exactly what it takes to strive and succeed in the sport of skateboarding. He can/did tell me everything i need to know from how to maintain a body when skateboarding to the daily life of a pro skateboarder. Thats what makes him qualified. 

3) List three questions for further exploration now that you've completed your summer hours. 

Three questions for further exploration i would be interested in knowing would be, 1. "When skateboarding do you have to be more mentally capable or physically capable?" 2. "When trying to go big in the skateboarding world, what is it that sponsors look for?"  3. "Does the dimensions of a skateboard change the way a person skates since they're different sizes and such?". I choose these 3 questions because these questions go more into depth and can open more doorways or my subject. 

4) What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why? 

The most important thing i gained from this experience in my opinion was just how much fun skateboarding can really be because it reminds me why I love the sport so much and why I do it. It also makes me want to do senior project more because I know I will be doing something I love to do. I think that is what I gained the most from this experience with my mentor.

5) What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did mentorship help you make your decision?  Please explain.

My senior project is going to be on skateboarding and something that will catch peoples attention and hopefully make them as interested in it as i am. I don't really know what exactly I want to do with the topic yet but it skateboarding will be for sure in it. My mentorship helped me with this decision because i had such a great time skateboarding and after thinking about it, its something i would really want to do for my senior project. 

Final Lesson Reflection

1) The three most helpful lessons that i had seen had to be Slades (hockey), Alexis (football), and Vincent (automotives). Slade and Alexis's presentation helped me in the aspect of visualizing what i can do for my presentation because they were doing a sport as well. I gained the knowledge on how to present about a sport and what to cover when presenting about it. Vinny's (Vincent) presentation helped me the most because I observed how calm he was during the whole presentation and it made it flow real nice. I learned to be calm and relax when presenting so it's much easier to get my words out to audience. 

2) One thing I learned when interviewing a senior that was most important to me was to never procrastinate on the senior project whatsoever because even if you know your topic like the back of your hand and can explain without preparation, the project itself still requires much more than an explanation so it can really bite you in the butt in the long run. What I learned was to take this project serious but also to have fun with it. So by having this in my mentality, I won't slack off in the beginning of the project like I usually tend to do with every project. This way I will be off the a good start and hopefully remain at a good pace.

3) The topic I plan on expanding my knowledge on throughout the course of my senior year is the sport skateboarding. I am excited to do this topic because it has been my interest and hobby for a few years now and i tend to be pretty passionate about skateboarding at most times. I was told to do a topic that will not be easy for me but something I will enjoy doing. Skateboarding, i will enjoy every second of it and explaining it to others because it's such a fascinating sport in my opinion and I can brainstorm many ideas already for my senior project with this sport. 

4) Since the whole presentation is based off the EQ, I've been taking serious consideration into it. I don't want to do a presentation with no science behind it because i feel like if there was science behind it than it would be a tad bit more interesting for myself. So an EQ that i thought about was "What is the best way a skater can make sure his body is ready and healthy to begin his skating day". From this EQ i wanted to go into the stretches that one must need to do in order not to break a bone of tear a muscle from the impact of falling down stairs. 

5) Since i've already been shut down from the previous mentorship ideas, i know have different plans for this summer. A cousin of mine is currently in a relationship with a professional skateboarder (Boo Johnson) who has had multiple injuries from the sport of skateboarding. So in order to maintain his professional career in skateboarding he must take good care of his body and health. He has talked to many experts, professionals, and doctors about stretching correctly and treating the body right. This being said i was going to politely ask him if i can mentor with him for the summer and he can show me what he does to to maintain his body.