Web Design Issues
 
For The Generational Curriculum
What is it?

 
 
Table of Contents:

Instructions For This Report 
My Thoughts On: Dr. Leon James' Homepage 
What Is WIB? 

Task Flow Diagram

Plans For Future Generations

Improvement Through The Generations

 What Is The Generational Curriculum? 

How do students feel about being in the online generational curriculum?

The Difficulties of Learning and Adapting to The Internet

Conclusion

My Thoughts On: Dr. Leon James' Homepage
Dr. Leon James' Site is growing rapidly.  The organization may soon become a popular "thing" on the internet.  I see Dr. James as one of the pioneers in web psychology and in teaching.  Some people may think that his three courses, Traffic Psychology, Cyber-Psychology, and Spiritual Psychology are non-related, but it is.

I have been a student in two of Dr. James' Courses, Cyber Psychology and Traffic Psychology.  I feel that they are strongly related.  After being a student of Dr. James, I have learned a lot about myself and how I process information, more importantly how I control myself during stressful situations.  Through Cyber Psychology I learned how people "behave" on the internet and through Traffic Psychology I learned how people "behave" on the roads.

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What Is WIB?
WIB is an acronym for World Ideas Bank.  It was designed to be a Social Psychology database of human concerns.  People of all ages throughout the world can submit their thoughts and experiences for the whole world to see.

The 3rd Generation (G3) students of Dr. James' Cyber-Psychology course wern't very sucessful in creating the first WIB of it kind.  However, I don't think that it caught on because, it seems that I was only the 555th person to visit the site.

I feel that the creators of the site had the right idea.  Right now I am in Generation 10 (G10) and we are participating in web discussions.  At least twice a week we post our thoughts or experiences on the web.  It's pretty interesting and fun.  It is way better than having e-mail discussions.  In the past we had to e-mail each other our comments on suggestions given to us by Dr. James.  Now we can visit the site any time we want to and our e-mail mailbox doesn't get cluttered.

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Task Flow Diagram

The World Ideas Bank or WIB database, allows people to leave a description of themselves behind. The WIB was started by generation three.  There are six groups of databases, A) Moments to Remember, B) Confessions, C) Good Ideas For..., D) Recommended Web Sites..., E) Spiritual Experiences, F)Home Page Architecture -- Do's and Don'ts.

 
Task Flow Diagram
A: Moments to Remember 

  1. 1. What I'm Proud Of ----- Jasmine Chatelain 
  2. 2. Things That Make Me Feel Good ----- Calvin Cheung 
B: Confessions 

  1. 1. My Current Concerns and Worries -----Cheryl Choe 
  2. 2. Daily Hassles that Drive Me Crazy ----- Garrett Chun 
  3. 3. What I'm Afraid Of ----- Karla Dias 
  4. 4. Relationship Things ----- Noreen Dorion 
  5. 5. Cyberspace Things ----- Catherine Heller
C: Good Ideas For... 

  1. 1.New business or service on Internet ----- Kristie Hoe 
  2. 2. Conservation Education on Internet ----- student withdrew 
  3. 3. Improvements in Procedures For Business & Government -----Helena Joseph 
D: Recommended Web Sites... 

  1. 1. For Being Entertained or Doing Things ----- Darin Kawamoto 
  2. 2. For Learning Useful Things ----- Janel Kushimi 
  3. 3. For Meeting People & Networking ----- Sherman Lee 
  4. 4. For Being Shocking ----- Canaan Machida 
  5. 5. For Being Uplifted in Mood ----- Rowney Martinez 
  6. 6. For Searching for Information ----- Robin Miller 
  7. 7. For Getting Things ----- Vance Mizuba 
E: Spiritual Experiences 

  1. 1. In Meditating or Reflecting ----- Conrad Moreno 
  2. 2. In Vision or Aesthetic Perception ----- Amy Lam 
  3. 3. In Doing ----- Heather Roylo 
  4. 4. In Reading or Studying ----- Jason Tabudlo 
  5. 5. In Ritual or Worship ----- Trent Takaki 
F: Home Page Architecture -- Do's and Don'ts 

  1. 1. Graphics ----- Denise Tanaka 
  2. 2. Overall Appearance ----- (student withdrew) 
  3. 3. Links ----- Claire Uchida ?26. Content ----- Doug Wong 
  4. 4. Interactivity -----Marc Wong 

Plans For Future Generations
Future Generations can continue the online database activity by contributing to what has been said from the prior generations.  They can carry out the ideas and create new topics as their needs change.  They can see how they are not alone and that there are other people with similar thoughts, beliefs, and situations of life.  Future generations can also go back to visit the site and read what they wrote when they were younger.
 
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Improvement Through The Generations
I feel that the generational pages are improving. Improvements can be seen if you take each generation and compare them to each other. Try to notice the differences in, quality, depth, richness, technique, scholarship, connectivity, site integration, and navigation capabilities.

I feel that the generational pages are improving greatly with the help of technology.  Faster computers and better programs help in the development of web pages.  The amount of information that is available through the use of computers have increased dramatically.  Soon people will be asking the question, "What was a Library?"  Scarry isn't it?  Well, the use of the internet has change everything and with technology improving so quickly, there has to be an improvement though the generations.

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 What Is The Generational Curriculum?
The Generational Curriculum is a series of reports and messages written by students on various assigned topics.  The generations go up every semester, including summer school sessions.  It started when Dr. James and Dr. Diane Nahl was searching for a way to provide a platform for students to post their authentic reports and writings.  The theory behind it:
      When a students' work is posted the student recieves the feeling that
his or her work is real,  it promotes a feeling of self-valadation.
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What Are The Benefits And The Purpose of the Generational Curriculum?
The benefits and purpose of the online generation curriculum allows for students a platform for authentic student writing.  The generational curriculum is a collection of students work on many topic such as education, science, psychology, and lifestyles. Starting from 1971 to 1991 the students reports were bound and kept as a collection which is called the daily round archieves. From 1992 this went online and students started publishing their reports on the World Wide Web. The reports on the World Wide Web is structured to allow for a more professionally done quality. This is located on the index of home pages of students.
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Insuring survival and success
There is no doubt in my mind that the Generations Project will survive.  I feel that this is just the begining.  There are a few things that can be done to ensure a slightly faster evolution.

When I had to do my reports using the past generations I had to search through everyones homepage of through the Special Award Page. I feel that there should be a filing system which can organize the generations reports so a person can look up a specific topic and have a listing of all the people who have done a report on that topic.

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How do students feel about being in the online generational curriculum?
 

This is how Susan Chon from Generation 8 feels about being a part of the generations:"Hello and thank you for taking the time out to stop by! This is my first attempt at creating a homepage and luckily, this is the starting point for my journey through some different aspects of Cyberspace. I think this whole concept of publishing my works on the Internet is amazing! People who are on the other side of the world will be able to click on my page and learn a little about me, without ever actually meeting me in person. Well, I hope you all enjoy your visit as you come along with me and learn about my experiences in Cyberspace."

Mark Jenkins from Generation 8 writes:"I feel pretty good! Because I've never thought of myself working on such thing, especially the World Wide Web. I've felt while taking Psychology 409 class, I would understand the methods in learning how to operate a computer. I had no idea that I would be presenting my work to millions of viewers. It really makes me think about how far computers have advanced in the past couple of years. The computer generation is an amazing feeling, just knowing that I'm a part of it is a wonderful experience."

As for myself, I feel great!  This is the second time that I am taking a course from Dr. James.  Being a part of the generational Curriculum has helped me grow.  I feel that I learned a lot about how others think and more importantly how I think.  It really feels great to see that my work is being posted and available for the whole world to see.   It's true, "When a students' work is posted the student recieves the feeling that his or her work is real,  it promotes a feeling of self-valadation." at least for me.

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The Difficulties of Learning and Adapting to The Internet

I have helped a couple of people in this class. The common problems that the had was using the computer.  Most of them were computer illederate and they had trouble getting used to the computer and later, creating a web page.

Lori Rapoza's Report #2 talks about how she felt when she started to adapt to the internet.  I also found Dana Rho's Report #2 to be very informatative.  She gives good advice to future generations that has helped me when I first took this class.

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Conclusion
 In conclusion, I am glad that I am part of the generational curriculum and that I have gotten to be a part of this.  I truly believe that this will catch on and the generational curriculum will be bigger than we ever could imagine.
As the past generations have said before.  There are times when you just want to give up.  As for me, the hardest part was getting started.  Once you start and you see that you are getting something done, you just can't stop till it's completed. 
 
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