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4 Favorites From the
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Generational Curriculum:
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Selection # 1: Driving
Cartoons by Jenica Guerra (G6, 459)
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Selection # 2: How
Drivers Communicate With Each Other by Brandi Ashby (G7, 459)
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Selection # 3: Psychology
of Online Virtual Relationships by Fred K. Yuen (G8, 409A)
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Selection # 4: Driver
Alert Online Student Magazine: Driver?s Education by Tamar Carreira (G9,
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My Selection # 2: How
Drivers Communicate With Each Other
by Brandi
Ashby (G7, 459)
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.
| Steps That Led to This Report |
To find this homepage, I first went
to the directions for this exercise 10 in the Internet literacy exercises.
The instructions then led me to another link to a supplement page of more
instructions. I looked at 7-8 different reports for the topics that
interested me the most. I read the introductions to all the reports
and jumped to the sub-topics that interested me about the reports.
I spent around 10 minutes on all the reports and 20 minutes more on the
reports that made it to the final cut. I chose the four topics that
was full of information.
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 reving 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 f 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.
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My Selection #3:
Psychology of Online Virtual Relationships
by Fred
K. Yuen (G8, 409A)
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.
| Steps That Led to This Report |
To find this homepage, I first went to the
directions for this exercise 10 in the Internet literacy exercises.
The instructions then led me to another link to a supplement page of more
instructions. I looked at 7-8 different reports for the topics that
interested me the most. I read the introductions to all the reports
and jumped to the sub-topics that interested me about the reports.
I spent around 10 minutes on all the reports and 20 minutes more on the
reports that made it to the final cut. I chose the four topics that
was full of information. Fred is in a recent generation and I chose
him because I didn't want too many old ideas.
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 chatrooms. He felt that chatrooms 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 chatrooms 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.
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My Selection # 4: Driver
Alert Online Student Magazine:
Driver?s Education by Tamar
Carreira (G9, 409)
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.
| Steps That Led to This Report |
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
homepage. 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.
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