Podcast Brainstorming

INSTRUCTIONS: "This weekend I’d like you to blog on your topic for the podcast. Post at least 200 words explaining your plans for your podcast. Since this podcast will eventually become part of your multimodal project, you should be specific regarding why the topic of your podcast is well-suited to an “oral” presentation. Brainstorm ideas for your podcast and select one to develop for this assignment. Identify your audience, purpose, and the main point you will develop in the podcast."

I am thinking that I would like to bring the focus of my podcast towards my personal experience with cancer. I have had several family members who have died of cancer. My grandpa died of brain cancer, and my grandma died of pancreatic cancer. I also have another grandmother who just finished her treatments for breast cancer. I plan to talk with her and ask her questions about her treatment, how she felt about it, and ask for information on different procedures she had done, etc. I also plan to share what my family and I observed with my grandma and grandpa when they had cancer, and perhaps ask their spouses what they observed, and how they felt while their spouse was going through the treatments, although this may be too touchy a subject to talk with them about, I'm not sure yet.

I also plan on asking my dad and mom about my grandparents as well, as they have each had a parent get cancer. I also think I want to do more research and find out MY personal risk in getting cancer, especially since I have a history of it on both sides of my family.

That's all for now, but I'll keep brainstorming and add what I come up with as I go!

Webzine!

I think that we need to come up with a title that grabs attention, making the reader want to find out what it is. We have a lot of different topics:

Cerebral Palsy
Business Communication
Schizophrenia
Cancer
Violence in Video Games
Steroids in Sports
Interpersonal Relationships
Child Development
Eye Disease
Infidelity
Multiple Sclerosis
Veterinarian Careers
Venezuela
Music

Perhaps we can organize them into 3 groups?

Group 1: Heath/Wellness
Cerebral Palsy
Schizophrenia
Cancer
Steroids in Sports
Child Development
Eye Disease
Multiple Sclerosis

Group 2: Technology/Education
Business Communication
Violence in Video Games
Veterinarian Careers

Group 3: Other
Infidelity
Venezuela
Music

I don't know if that would be the best way to work it out, just thought I'd give it a try!

Summarize (or paraphrase?) a passage from each piece of research you have. If your source is online, cite the source CSW style so your instructor can refer to the original. If your source is not online, cite the source CSW style, and then provide your instructor with a hard copy of the source next class period.

The first article I will reference is a section of the Mayo Clinic Internal Medicine Review, eighth edition. It has many statistics on cancer, how many cases presented in the past year, and how many deaths occurred out of these cases. It also outlines some of the most common cancers and gives very helpful statistics and numbers that help me understand the occurrences more adequately.

http://books.google.com/books?id=FqVSBol1flcC&pg=PA842&lpg=PA842&dq=worldwide+cancer+statistics+2007&source=web&ots=BBcJrDEUi3&sig=PnCR9YCrur_9adgQAcktVpR4_lw&hl=en&ei=4jiUSeuSLpj8MrPlrIQM&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA841,M1


The second article I referenced was a powerpoint presentation on cancer by the American Cancer Society. It was very informative and helped me put the sheer numbers of people with cancer into perspective.

http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/caff2007PWSecured.pdf

Topic (Cancer) Why I chose it, who'd be interested

The topic I chose to research is cancer. I think people will be interested in learning about my topic because so many people are diagnosed with cancer each year. My grandpa died of brain cancer, my grandma died of pancreatic cancer, and my other grandma is currently being treated for breast cancer. My experience with cancer will help me add a level of interest and understanding for myself in the topic, as well as give me incentive to learn all I can and to want to educate others with what I've found. I want to know more about these three types of cancer because of the way they have affected my life. I want to do some research on the ways that these types of cancer are caused, and also things that can be done that might help prevent it or reduce a person's risk. I want to take a look at statistics, such as who gets what type of cancer, is it hereditary? Does it have to do with your environment?
I think that anybody who has cancer running in their family would be interested in reading about my topic. I know I certainly would be, which is why I chose this topic. Although I think my topic could almost appeal to anybody, just because of the vast number of people who get cancer every year. It's a widespread disease and it seems as though one never knows who or when it might strike.