Report 1:
Monitoring My Information Behavior
By Julie Gersh
Instructions for this report are at:
www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy22/409a-g23-report1.htm
Section A
Society
is learning just how prevalent information literacy is every day. It is quickly
becoming universal for learning institutions and homes to own computers and
other like sources of information technology. It in becoming increasingly
important for employees to possess computer knowledge in the work place and in
many cases, that knowledge is a perquisite to get hired. I feel the purpose of
this report is to enhance students’ knowledge of technology such that they are
able to research and obtain information more readily and easily. Knowledge of
this information will allow a person to succeed in their education, workplace,
and in every day life. As part of this report, students are assigned to perform
different tasks and ultimately create a webpage. They are also given the
opportunity to identify their errors which generates more awareness and
meticulousness from the student while performing the set tasks.
List 1 – Sub-steps
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1. To begin, I read the
directions: step 1 through 5. |
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2. Double clicked on the
Word icon. |
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3. Pressed “File” |
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4. Clicked on “Save as”. |
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5. Copied and pasted the
document name from the instructions. |
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6. Replaced the “xx” with
my last name. |
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7. Clicked “save”. |
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8. Pressed “Alt” and “Tab”
at the same time to switch to the instructions page. |
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9. I right-clicked the
link stated on step 3. |
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10. Clicked on “Open in
New Window”. |
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11. Typed in my name, last name first, pressing the tab
button in between typing. |
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12. I entered my email address in the next box after
pressing the tab button. |
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13. Clicked on the “undergraduate” button. |
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14. Clicked “psychology” under the department list. |
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15. Typed “Psy 409a” in the first (1.) box. |
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16. Clicked on the yellow “Submit” button |
List 2 – Errors
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1. My word processor
automatically makes the first letter in the file name a capitol letter. As
this was a requirement for this report, this was not a mistake on my part,
rather something that is automated. To fix this problem, clicked on the start
menu, pressed “My Documents”, right-clicked on the file name, pressed
“rename”, and changed the letter. This worked whereas if I tried to change
the file name in the word processor, it did not. |
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2. Rather than typing in
my entire email address, I typed only the part before the @hawaii.edu (ie My
email is gersh@hawaii.edu and I only
typed “gersh”). In this case, I overlooked the fact that you must type
“@hawaii.edu”. It was a simple error; but one that was easy to neglect to
see. |
Section
B
British Journal of Social Psychology; March 2004,
Vol. 43 Issue 1, p99, 14p
The
research presented in this paper uses memory work as a method to explore six
women's collective constructions of two embodied practices, sweating and pain.
The paper identifies limitations in the ways in which social constructionist
research has theorized the relationship between discourse and materiality, and
it proposes an approach to the study of embodiment which enjoins, rather than
bridges, the discursive and the non-discursive. The paper presents an analysis
of 25 memories of sweating and pain which suggests that Cartesian dualism is
central to the women's accounts of their experiences. However, such dualism
does not operate as a stable organizing principle. Rather, it offers two
strategies for the performance of a split between mind and body. The paper
traces the ways in which dualism can be both functional and restrictive, and
explores the tensions between these two forms. The paper concludes by
identifying opportunities and limitations associated with memory work as a
method for studying embodiment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Summary:
This article discusses a
dualistic idea of sweating and pain. The article also discussed memory and
Cartesian dualism. Specifically, it discusses the prevalence of Cartesian
dualism in six different women’s memories. It truly connects body, mind, and
soul. I found this article a little confusing.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, June
1990, Vol. 29 Issue 2, p277, 2p
Persistant link to
retrieve article: http://search.epnet.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=9604085487
Summary:
Emanuel Swedenborg presented
a relatively controversial idea: the conversion of science and religion. His
teachings lead to the creation of the
Section C
Sub-steps for Article #1:
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1. Opened the |
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2. Clicked on the link
“Libraries” |
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3. Clicked on “Manoa” on
the left hand side of the page under Campus Libraries |
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4. Clicked on “Electronic
Resources” |
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5. Copied and pasted the
first journal reference into the search box |
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6. Found the correct
journal I was looking for and clicked on it |
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7. Had to click on it
twice for some reason; once on a new page |
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8. I entered my UH email
and password into the appropriate locations |
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9. A security message
popped up and I clicked “yes” to continue with the process |
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10. Copied and pasted the
abstract from the webpage onto my document |
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11. Next clicked on “PDF
Full text” and read the article in full in order to write my summary |
Sub-steps for Article #2:
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1. Steps 1-7 from the
previous table were the same |
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2. I was already logged in
so it directed me to a list of issues from the journal |
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3. Clicked on the date of
the journal, “1990” |
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4. Selected “vol. 2” |
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5. A page of articles from
that volume appeared and I had to click on page 2, then page 3 |
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6. Located the article
through its title and page number
“277” |
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7. Copied and pasted the
abstract from the webpage onto my document |
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8. Did not locate an
abstract for this article, so I copied and pasted the persistent link to the
article which was located on the same page. |
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9. Read his paper in order
to write my summary |
Errors:
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Fortunately, I made no
errors during this task. |
Section D
http://designer-mailbox.com/hentzi.htm
SMALL RURAL MAILBOX
19L x 9H x 6W
$110.00 ea
Section E
Sub-steps:
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1. Opened Internet
Explorer |
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2. In the address bar, I
typed: www.google.com |
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3. In the search box, I
types: “Decorated copper mailbox, post” |
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4. Clicked on a link on
the search page |
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5. A list of links appeared
and I clicked on one called “Designer Mailbox” |
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6. Clicked on the “copper
mailbox” link |
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7. A few options appeared
and I chose one to copy and paste into Section D of this report |
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8. Highlighted the
picture, and right clicked my mouse; then, I clicked on “copy” |
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9. Went back to this
report page, and right clicked and pressed “paste” |
Sub-steps (errors):
In between steps 3 and 4
from the list above, the following errors
were made:
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a. A result from the store
Brookestone came up; I clicked on the link |
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b. On the left-hand side,
I clicked on “mailboxes” |
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c. A copper mailbox
appeared, but was not decorated, so I clicked “next” |
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d. Clicked “back” twice,
back to the google search page, because nothing came up that fit the
description |
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e. Clicked the “next” link
on the google search page. |
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f. Nothing came up under
these searches, so I deleted the “decorated” term and clicked “search” again |
Section F
Sub-steps:
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1. Right clicked on the
link: “ftp://www.soc.hawaii.edu/ and clicked on “open in new window” |
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2. An error message popped
up and I clicked “ok” |
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3. Clicked on File, and
Login As |
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4. Typed in the User Name
and Password as directed |
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5. Was directed to the
class homepage |
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6. Clicked on File, New
Folder |
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7. Typed in “gersh” in the
text box when a folder appeared |
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8. Highlighted both
_message and _WSDirIndex.css folders and right clicked on copy to folder |
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9. Placed them in My
Documents |
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10. On the left-hand side
of the ftp page, I clicked on My Documents and selected the files |
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11. Right clicked and
copied the files |
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12. Went back and selected
my personal folder…right clicked and pasted the files into my folder. |
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13. Created a document
called home.htm in my word processor, adding the requested information into
the page |
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14. Saved it as a webpage |
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15. Opened My Documents
again and copied and pasted into my folder my home.htm page |
Sub-steps (errors):
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The only error I made was
that I mistakenly forgot to upload the _message and _WSDirIndex.css files
into My Documents before I tried to paste them into my folder. So, I
attempted to copy and paste them and it did not work – I quickly realized I
had to upload it onto my computer first. |
Section G
Report
1 is clearly about information literacy. In other words, the purpose of this
report is to enhance our knowledge of modern technology. There are three and
four year olds who have a better grasp on computers than do adults. Because of
this, it is our duty to learn and understand technology so we are better able
to communicate and succeed in our future place of employment. Additionally,
this information will be useful to teach our own children because ultimately,
our children are the future. As I was familiar with the majority of the tasks
required, I was unaccustomed with the use of FTP uploads. I am enthusiastic
about using the World Wide Web and enhancing my own knowledge in the
ever-growing subject.
Throughout the report, we were to search different
websites all the meanwhile recording our order of action. This made me more
aware of my behaviors and steps. I was a little more careful while following
the directions so I did not have many errors. Simple actions like “copy and
paste” were utilized while more complicated features like uploading and using
FTP were also utilized throughout the report. Completing tasks separately week
by week was helpful as I did not feel overwhelmed by the end.
Section H
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1. I thought for a minute or
two what I was going to write about report 1, and proceeded to create Section
G. |
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2. Saved my file as a
webpage |
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3. Logged into the ftp
homepage to upload my report 1 |
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4. Located my file under “My
Documents” and copied it as well as the file with the “_files” after it |
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5. Went back to my ftp
home site, and pasted the files |
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6. I went through the
check-list under task 5, step 3 and ensured everything worked properly |
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7. Repeated the steps to
upload my final version after I saved it |
- No errors were made during
this final task
Class Home Page:
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy23/classhome-g23.htm
My Home Page:
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leon/409af2005/gersh/home.htm