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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...

Unit 3 Portfolio

  Aidens Unit 3 Portfolio iMovie YouTube Video

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...