Sunday, September 30, 2012

Blog 6: Second Interview




Title: Second Interview Questions
Label: Interviews

Content:
5 questions:

  • What got you interested in R/C's?
  • How many years have you been racing?
  • Who are you sponsored by?
  • How many races and big events do you attend a year"
  • Do you get discounts on parts and kits?
  • How competetive is the racing scene?

Monday, September 24, 2012

Blog 4: Project reflection and working EQ

The Pentagon:
(1) positive statement: I have learned so much about my topic and I am also working on my people skills as I am forced to talk to others and help them.

(2) EQ content: One of my articles of research goes over the history of Remote controlled cars, and it was surprising to see that things haven't changed much even with new technology that is available today. The different types of classes you can race have obviously increased but they are virtually the same. The only differences that are major are the typess of surfaces to race on, new rules, and technology.

(3) Mostly everything is going great right now, I'm enjoying what I'm doing and I am eager to learn more.
(4) The only problem I have had was getting a hold of my mentor during the weekend so i could interview him.
(5) Finding Value: Based on your experience so far,

  •  One question is whether or not I would like my project to be on being a sponsored driver, or on how to manage a hobby shop. 
  •  After this year I hope to be a sponsored driver with support from at least two companies. I also wish to build more friendships with people on the racetrack.
  • I would like to talk to even more sponsored drivers and team managers to get more information on the perks of being a team driver, and what it takes to be one.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Blog 3: Interview Preparation

1. I will be interviewing Branden Nign, he is an up and coming pro driver who is currently sponsored by Radiopost. He is a good friend of mine, and he knows what it takes to be on the top.

2. I would like to ask him a variety of questions such as...
  • How many times do you practice/race a week?
  • How long did it take you to recieve a sponsorhip deal?
  • Once you are sponsored, do you have to follow a set of rules such as logo placement, race schedule ect.?
  • Can you only run certain setups and option parts on your car?

Friday, September 7, 2012

blog 2 topic choice

1. a. What is your topic and Why?
My topic is about Remote controlled car racing. More specifically, how to become a sponsored rc car driver. I chose this topic because I am an up and coming pro driver, and This topic intrests me very much. Ive been racing competitively for about two years now and It is something that I enjoy doing.
 b. And what do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic (connecting your answer to each of the 4 ESLRs)
I hope to be a more effective user of technology. This will be reached my doing research and finding articles about my topic.I also hope to gain more communication skill because I will be helping a lot of people.I also plan to learn even more about my topic and putting that into effect by helping people and educating them.

2. What do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic(connecting your answer with the four ESLRs)
iPoly citizen: I plan to become a more helpful person during the course of my racing carrer. This relates to me improving as an ipoly citizen because I will be a more approachable and friendly person to talk to.
Effective communicator: I plan to be more outgoin when conversing. This will make me an effective learner because by talking to proplr you can open more doors in your life and have the opprutunity to do something different.
Effective Learner:I plan to gain more knowledge about the subject through extensive reseach, and through first-hand experience in the field.This will make me more effective as a learner because my knowled of the subject will be far greater and that will make me the subject matter expert of what I've learned.
  • Effective User of Technology: I plan to use the world wide web to gain access to all sorts of information about my topic. This will make me more effective as a user of technology because I will be able to use different sources to find information other than books or text.