Media Design for Remediation

I plan on creating a power point to re mediate my research paper. Shortening up the lengthy paper and giving it some color and adding visuals will help the audience to get more into the topic and help them really understand what the main point is. I think this is probably the best idea for re mediating my paper because it wont bore the audience and wont be too busy to confuse the audience either, it should be the right amount of information and visual aid to help bring the paper to life and keep the audience interested.

Remediation

I think I'm leaning towards using a power point to re-mediate my  research paper on whether or not college athletes should be payed. For all the information that takes up the majority of my research paper I think it would be best to make a power point to liven up the paper and make it a lot more interesting than just a bunch of words.

Reflection of Research Paper

Coming up with a topic that was  out of the ordinary was the first major step for this paper. I chose the topic of whether or not college athletes should be payed because I knew that it would interest many people and others would have specific views on this as well, I've also played sports my whole life so I knew that I could relate to this in some ways. I also knew that this was a very hot topic in the recent years and is continuing to grow. When I thought of the topic I had to give it some thought but I quickly figured out my stance behind it which was that student athletes should not be payed for playing sports for the university. After I came up with a topic I my next step was too find out as much information on this topic as I could. From NCAA rules and regulations, to views of many others on this topic who take the same side as me and the opposing views as well. Then I needed to organize all of this information in a way that would make my stance on the topic clear, along with how and why I chose the side that I personally do not believe college athletes should be compensated. That part was easy, but the hard part was using the opposing views to benefit my side and explain what harm could come from paying these athletes. I also knew that my bad habits of repeating myself would come into play later on in my paper if I wasn't careful.
This is a very different type of paper when comparing it to the informational report earlier this semester. My opinion comes into play in the research paper a lot more than in the informational report. In the information report I was just informing the audience of information that I gathered without telling my side and trying to argue my point. But from both of these papers I had to gather lots of information for the writing process.
After writing my research paper I learned how to use the opposing view to support my stance on the topic, but to do so in a way that does not discourage their views. I also learned that looking at both sides of the topic helped me decide my stance and how I was going to portray it clearly to the audience.

Research Paper outline

Sheldon Miller-Embry

English 102

Professor Paudel

3/3/2015

Research Paper Outline

            Intro:

Hook: More and more people are beginning to believe that athletes in college should receive some form of compensation for playing sports for their school.

Thesis: Student-athlete compensation should not be considered because it would take away from the real reason they are in college which is to get an education to help them succeed in other aspects in their lives.

Implications: Could paying student athletes negatively affect the athletes and the university? Could this improve the athlete’s performance or the university all together in the long run? How would this change the whole outlook on sports in the U.S. alone?

Background:

·       The previous history of past attempts to pay student athletes.

·       Along with all of the restrictions that surround the NCAA when it comes to athletes receiving any sort of gift.

·       NCAA rules and regulations along with professional rules and regulations.

·       Previous gifts given to athletes that are against the regulations of NCAA, with what consequences.

Then:

·       More conservative views would more than likely be against paying these athletes.

·       How long have people proposed the idea of paying student athletes?

·       Older NCAA regulations compared to more up to date regulations regarding this topic.

Now:

·       More liberal views on compensating these athletes.

·       How would paying student athletes change the future of not only collegiate sports but professional sports as well?

·       Analyze financial issues with student athletes, along with scholarships

·       Possible effects on grades if student athletes were to be paid.

Counter:

·       How could paying athletes have a positive effects?

·       Explain other points of view from others, but do not discourage these views.

·       Recap earlier points