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Unit 3 Reflection

My Unit 3 project was the final stage of an argument that developed throughout this course. In Unit 2, I wrote about how artificial intelligence is changing sports, but also why it should not replace human judgment. My earlier research used sources such as Forbes, The Atlantic, TED, and Sportico to examine how AI is already influencing scouting, leadership, injuries, and decision-making in sports. That research gave me a strong foundation, but Unit 3 challenged me to do something different. Instead of only presenting ideas through writing, I had to transform my argument into a digital medium. I chose to create an iMovie video because it matched both my topic and my audience better than a traditional essay. My topic focused on sports, technology, emotion, and decision-making. Those ideas are easier to communicate through visuals, pacing, movement, and sound than through paragraphs alone. Sports are usually experienced through highlights, reactions, momentum shifts, and memorable moment...
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Unit 3 Portfolio

  Aidens Unit 3 Portfolio iMovie YouTube Video
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Graphic Novels

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                                                                             Dragon Hoops - Graphic Novel For this assignment, I read the first 50+ pages of Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang, a graphic memoir where Yang follows the Bishop O'Dowd Dragons basketball team as they try to win a state championship. Thinking about a graphic novel as a form of technology is actually really interesting. Unlike regular books, graphic novels use a mix of visuals and words through panels, spacing, color, and pacing. Yang shows this right away in the prologue. Instead of explaining how he spends his time, he draws a pie chart splitting his life into family, teaching, and writing. That’s something comics can do really well. It combines visuals and storytelling in a way no...
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Reddit

In the Endless Thread episode "Turning Hate On The Internet Into Humor," the artifacts I focused on include the takeover of offensive subreddits, the transformation of r/faggots, Reddit's moderator and upvote system, and the real-world consequences moderators face. Together, these show how Reddit is not just a platform for content, but something constantly reshaped by its users. One of the most important quotes comes from moderator u/drewiepoodle, who explains that there is "a small window where there's a chance for you to actually step in and… use your troll power for good and not evil" (Endless Thread, 2018). This quote matters because it redefines trolling. Instead of being purely harmful, it becomes a strategy for disrupting hate. When users take over offensive subreddits and turn them into harmless or absurd spaces, like pages filled with cat pictures, they remove the original meaning and weaken the purpose of those communities. This shows how quickly c...
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Unit 2 Reflection

Unit 2 Reflection For my Unit 2 project, I focused on artificial intelligence in sports, specifically the balance between data and human decision-making. When choosing an audience, I immediately thought about sports fans, especially people who actually follow teams closely and care about decisions like trades, draft picks, and roster moves. That’s where this topic actually matters. I also based this on real conversations I have with my friends, like Jack Wilkos and Ian Cohen, because we constantly talk about these types of decisions. That made them a strong audience for both my pitch and my project. Because of this audience, I made specific choices in how I wrote the piece. I avoided overly technical explanations of AI and instead focused on how it impacts the experience of sports. For example, I wrote, “Sports are not just about efficiency or perfect decisions. They are about emotion, risk, and human error.” That line was intentional because I wanted to connect with how fans actually...
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Unit 2 Portfolio

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Is AI Making Sports Smarter… or Less Real? Sports have always depended on human judgment. Coaches rely on experience, scouts trust their instincts, and fans connect with the personalities and emotions of players. That unpredictability is part of what makes sports feel real. Recently, though, artificial intelligence has started to change how decisions are made. Teams now collect massive amounts of data on player movement, injuries, and performance, and AI can analyze all of it faster than any human ever could. At first, this seems like a clear upgrade. If teams can make smarter decisions, avoid injuries, and improve performance, why wouldn’t they use it? But the more AI becomes involved, the more it raises a bigger question. If artificial intelligence can evaluate players and predict outcomes better than humans, does that actually improve sports, or does it start to take away what makes sports meaningful in the first place? For fans, this matters more than it might seem. Sports are not...
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Unit 2 Draft

Unit 2 Draft Sports have always depended heavily on human judgment. Coaches rely on experience, scouts trust their instincts when evaluating talent, and fans connect with the personalities and emotions of players. However, artificial intelligence is beginning to change how decisions are made in modern sports. Teams now collect massive amounts of data about player performance, movement, injuries, and strategy. Artificial intelligence systems can analyze this information much faster than humans and identify patterns that might otherwise go unnoticed. Because of this, many teams are beginning to rely on data scientists and analytics departments to help guide decisions that were once based almost entirely on instinct. This shift raises an interesting question about the future of sports. If artificial intelligence can evaluate players and predict outcomes more accurately than humans, does that actually improve sports, or does it start to take away part of what makes sports feel real? Sports...
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