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Online Generational Curriculum:
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I chose this report because I was interested in reading
what Fred had to say about online virtual relationships. I have my own
opinions on this type of relationship and I simply wanted to know what
a person from a prior generation thought.
All I did to find this report was click on the prior
generation table and choose Generation 8. Then while looking at the list
of home pages I came across Fred?s name. I know him from work so I looked
at his reports and this one sounded the most interesting. I spent maybe
10 minutes looking at all of Fred?s reports till I chose this one.
This report talks about why people get involved in virtual relationships. One reason is that a person is able to create false identities on the computer that are nothing like the person in real life. Also, one can change that identity and choose a new one at any time. One can also carry on a number of identities atone time.
The report goes on to explain about different places
on the internet where one can interact with others. Some of the places
he mentioned included, forums, chatrooms, clubs, services, and lobbies.
He went into more detail about his experience with chat rooms. He felt
that chat rooms are just that, a place to chat or talk. They are not places
to find romantic relationships. He mentions that he liked going online
to talk to see what other people say but he prefers meeting people as himself
in real life.
I thought that Fred?s report was very interesting.
I think I would be able to write a similar report because I feel this topic
has a lot of information about it. I thought it was a good report because
it was short and to the point. It was original in that there were a few
humorous parts. I liked the fact that he did some of his own research by
entering chat rooms as a man and as a woman. I think I might have found
more quotes to put in or maybe some research findings that others have
done on this topic. I would want to know more about Why the people who
enjoy virtual relationships enjoy it so much. Is it merely an alternative
to real life relationships or is becoming a substitute for them?
I noticed that many of the reports from G8 were short
and to the point. I think these types of reports are better than those
that on and on for pages. Fred?s page was similar to others in terms of
format. It is pretty clear to see that each person followed rigid instructions
as to how the report was to be presented. This report was different in
that it had a higher percentage of text to quotes than some of the other
reports. All the reports look like and sound like a lot of time was spent
in preparation.
I chose this report because it looked well laid out.
There was a definite table of contents and each section was subtitled.
The overall presentation was very neat. Another reason I chose this report
was because it was about driving, and I find different people?s opinions
on this topic interesting.
This report did not take very long to find. It was
actually the first of the four that I chose. Since we are G10 I thought
I would simply start at G9 and work my way backwards from there. When I
clicked on G9 and looked at the roster I saw Tamar?s name. She is a classmate
of mine from high school so I decided to look at her home page. Of all
her reports this one seemed like the easiest to read and understand. I
looked for maybe 5 minutes before I found and chose this report.
This report was about driver?s education. Tamar basically
visited a number of sites about driving and driver?s education. Then she
presented the different approaches to driver?s education that each site
talked about. One she said kept their students in a classroom for 30 hours
before even getting into the cars. A common element in a few of the different
schools was teaching young drivers about alcohol and substance abuse. The
school that I thought sounded the best was one where the training is done
in the cars and where the students practiced a number of different driving
situations including, city and mountain driving, expressway skills, and
parking skills.
I thought Tamar?s report was very well presented.
I liked the way each section was subtitled and you could click to any particular
section by going to the table of contents. I thought it was helpful the
way she changed the fonts when using quotes. I also liked the fact that
she used a lot of quotes to support her thoughts and ideas. I think I could
do a similar report because it is an interesting topic that I have not
really thought much about. I think I would some data on how well the different
teaching strategies work when looking at number of accidents or number
of citations issued, or something along those lines.
This report was very pleasing to the eye. Her report
seemed a little short compared to others in G9 but G9 reports as a class
seemed shorter than others. My guess is that this is so because it was
a summer course and time was very limited. Her report was well organized
and I liked the fact she had a lot of links, more so than others in G9.
This report along with the others all seem to have been well thought out.
I chose this report because of its interesting topic.
I first looked at the table of contents and I saw the driving situations
that she would be talking about, and those are what caught my eye. Communication
on the road is something that I have not really thought about so I felt
this report would be educational.
I basically started with the first name on the class
list for this class and went from there. The first person had an awesome
looking home page but he used white colored text so it would not print
out had I used his report. Then I came to Brandi?s page and saw this report.
It took maybe 15 minutes to finally choose this report over the three previous
ones I looked at.
The first part of this report was her own research on how people drive in different parts of O?ahu. She drove around and observed if cars yielded, made room for other cars to get in, and how many people used their blinkers. The next part of this paper was about different types of communication that are portrayed on the road. She talked about vehicular communication such as tailgating, flashing headlights, and revving one?s engine. Another type is facial expressions. Another is gestures such as the shaka sign or the showing of a middle finger. Finally she explained a little on verbal communication between Hawaii?s drivers.
The last part of the report was her findings on the
internet when she plugged in headings such as "driving and communication"
into a number of different search engines. She did not come up with very
many results.
I liked this report because of its relevance to Hawaii
drivers. I also liked the way the subtitles explained exactly what was
going to be presented in that section. Her report was very well prepared.
She might have left out some of her search engine results, especially the
ones that turned up nothing. I would explain a little on the first part
of the report by maybe adding a couple of situations to study.
The report was one of the longer ones of her class.
I think it was because she was well prepared and shared a lot of information
on the topic. Her fellow classmates seemed to like to use funky colored
backgrounds and text which I didn?t really enjoy. Everyone probably just
jumped on the bandwagon and that was why everyone did it. But the contents
of all reports were interesting.
My Selection # 4: Driving Cartoons
by Jenica Guerra (G6, 459)
I chose this report first because of the title. "Driving
Cartoons" sounded like it would be interesting and possibly humorous. Another
reason this report stuck out in my mind was because of the animated tiger
located near the title
.
I simply clicked on the G6 class home page and started
with the first name. I spent about 5 minutes on the first person and then
I chose Jenica?s home page. This report looked so eye catching and well
put together that I had to chose it.
This report first discusses what a cartoon is and
how helpful they are in education. She feels a cartoon would attract more
people to a certain paper rather than a paper with only text. She also
talked about how cartoons can make one smile and put people in good moods.
She also gives tips on how a person could add cartoons to their reports.
She goes on to explain how a database for driving cartoons would be useful.
She thinks future generations could benefit from a database such as this
by having a way to get easy access to many cartoons. Cartoons for educating
children is also discussed. Kids think differently from adults and would
relate more to cartoons for learning than they would to some boring manual.
Links to 5 driving cartoons are also provided.
I think that this was one of the best reports that
I have read so far. I really liked the way everything was well discussed
and no part seemed weak while other parts were strong. Everything was given
equal attention and that improves the report. I would maybe add some supporting
data, (if available) about how much cartoons actually help education. The
format was super in that it included a moving animated tiger. That makes
people more interested in reading the report. I also liked the fact that
the cartoons were not mixed in with the text, you had to click to get to
them.
I thought this was the best report in her class.
Going on just looks, this one definitely wins the prize. But the content
was equally as good, which is why I feel this one is so well done. It could
be because Jenica had a lot of computer experience before enrolling in
this course, or she could have had a lot of time, more time than anyone
else, to work on it.
I found that not everyone has posted their generation
report as of yet. But the ones that I have looked at are very good.
Some are set up basically like mine as far as titles and subtitles.
Others differ from mine in that they used bigger fonts or have patterned
backgrounds. I thought that the different reports showed the creativity
that my classmates posses.
The only real suggestion I have to the future generations on doing this report is to start early. This is the first report and it takes a little time to actually figure out what you want to do and how you want it to look. Also persistence is the key. Even when you find yourself stuck and not knowing what to do you should not give up. I enjoyed doing this report because it gave me a chance to look through all the prior generations as you are doing now.
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