Course Reflective essay

Reflective Essay 

We have started this course with creating my first blog ever. We have created the account and we started to do some activities to start blogging in our page. We went throw many types of tasks. First we have started with the watching videos about sports and we did some quizzes online and after passing the quizzes we have post our certificates. Then we had to write a reflection paper about the videos we have watched and my subject was about Sport Media. Later on we did a presentation of a place that we have visit it before and we did the presentation in front of our class mate and then we loaded the presentation to our blog. After that we worked in groups to do an interview with Gold’s Gym manager and we’ve recorded 8 min video and we have loaded it to the blog. Finally we did an interview about a sport in the UAE and we talked about it from the past and in the main time and we loaded the reflection on the blog.  For me creating eportfolio was a new thing and very interesting and it has develop my understanding. I like the way that we had to post every task we had at the course.

Camel Racing

Camel Racing

Camels are an integral part of the history and culture of the UAE.  Local people revere camels; it is, in fact, an honor to own a camel.  Families exchange camels as a woman’s dowry.  Camels traded and bartered for other good.  Camels are transportation for goods and people.  Camels have adaptations and traits that make them ideal for a desert environment.  They can survive on small amounts food and water.  Locals sell camel milk and camel meat.  It cost approximately 700 dhs per month to feed and house a camel.  Camel races held.  After the unification of the UAE, the leadership immediately recognized that the sport of camel racing was something that could unite the varied peoples of the Emiratis.  The people of the UAE consider camels to be magnificent animals; they even hold camel beauty pageants. Sale prices for a camel can range from 7000 to over one million dhs.

         Originally, camel races would be at weddings and festivals.  Historians can trace camel racing back to the seventh century.  Camel racing is something that unites the people of the UAE from rich to poor across all demographics.  In the 1970’s camel racing started to develop as an organized and recognized sport.  In 1971, a sheik Zayed built the first track.  Eventually, more and more money poured into the camel racing.   In the 80’s construction of racetracks and prize money multiplied.  As camel racing grew more and more competitive, lightweight child-jockeys came into favor.  At first, the jockeys were local but due to the extremely high danger of injury or death, owners started bringing in children from Pakistan and India.  Camel racing is of course extremely dangerous.  Genetically camels are not runners, at least to for any extended period.  When camels run, it is awkward and makes it difficult for the rider.  One report stated that over 40,000 children worked at one time, as child jockeys in the Gulf States.  Reports leaked to the press of children as young as two or three riding camels as well as reports of sexual and physical abuse.  The UAE banned human jockeys in 2003 and since that time robots have replaced humans.  The robot is in the form of a rider, operated by remote control.  Most owners would prefer to see real riders, but the stain of the “child-jockey” controversy still hangs over camel racing.  The latest version of robots are cheap and produced locally. The robots weigh only a few kilograms.  Prize money varies but averages around 700000 dhs for the winner of a race.  It is much akin to horseracing in the United States and the UK.  The camels are drug tested to prevent steroid use and owners spend vast sums feeding them taking into account everything from water purity to vitamin percentages to attain perfect nutrition and give the camels the best possible conditions to stay healthy and race to their highest potential.   

  The future of camel racing is bright.  A broad cross section of society follows camel racing.  Camel races have many sponsors, and people look forward to watching them live and on television.  Prize money and the money in general invested in camel racing continues to increase every year.  The sport of camel racing positively contributes the economy in the UAE.  Camel racing has a long and rich history with the locals. Camel Racing Interview with Mr. Ahmed Almuhairi

Gold's Gym Interview

Gold's Gym Interview

My Trip To Greece Presentation

 

 

Greece Trip 2015

Sport Media Reflection

Content

      In the past few years one world has taken the media very seriously. Media is covering all areas through television, magazines social media and articles. Sport Medias take a big role in business. The number of people who watch sport media is over 40 million around the world and it grows these days up to 30% and new followers like it. As many people are watching sport media so much it become bigger and bigger through media business. I have watched videos about sport media and how does it takes on the media business people need to learn how to utilize the media to contact with an audience. Also media has big opportunities especially on sport because it has an international audience it makes it very important. It’s also shows the future of sport media and how can prepare for the future of sport as we are taking sport media as a job opportunities.

 

 

Reflection

       Watching the videos was very good because it was showing me how sport media are important in this time. It shows that sport media is not an easy job it needs very hard work, efforts and preparation. Creating and sharing content across social media platform is considered a great way to connect and engage with your followers and sharing content with them. One of the videos was showing that body language is a very important thing and by smiling to people you can engage a lot of audience. One of the most important things in interviews its important before answering any question you have to consider your answers. If anyone had a bad interview and he didn’t do will and his performance was bad its fine because everyone do mistakes you just need to learn form this mistakes and try to avoid them in future. As working with sport media it’s important to add more and more skills to yourself to be a professional employee.

Sport Media Online Quizzes

After Watching All the videos on Online Olympic I have finished the online quizzes.