My first Selection
Scott Chang discusses the art of web architecture and the new realm of CyberPsychology.
Steps That Lead Me To This Report
I was browsing throught the Special Awards From Prior Generations when I stumbled across this report from Generation 5.A Brief Synopsis of This Report
Mr. Chang gives an overview of two sites where help can be found in Web-page Architecture, and CyberPsychology. The first subject in his report was a description of Web-Architecture by Mr. Glover. Mr. Chang disribes in detail how Mr. Glover's site is dedicated to helping people in their Web-page construction. There are lists of the Top Ten Worst problems with some pages, and descriptions/helpfull hints on ways to get one's web page from 'Sucky to Savvy'.Next Mr. Chang discusses a Web-page by Dr. James appropriately named Home Page Architecture. Mr. Chang discusses that unlike the previous Web-page he studied, Dr. James report is more on the psychological impact side of Web Architecture. References to cognitive, affective, and sensory-motor influences were discussed briefly, and the over all appeal of a page was described to be uniformed and attractive to keep the interest of the visitors.
Later in his report, Mr. Chang gives personal examples of his early experiences on the web, and suggestions for future generations.
What I Liked About This Report
I thought Mr. Changs report was informative, and gave a good description of both the pages he discussed. His advice to future generations was compassionate, and honest.Critique of the Report
I did not see any arguement really there, just a description of his feelings and attitudes starting up his web page and being connected on the Internet. His overview of what he liked most about the two web pages he described were honest and evaluative, but I would have liked to have seen more links to other pages that deal with Web-Page Architecture. I know they exhist.Comparison to Others Reports
This page caught my attention first of all because it dealt with some of the finer points not normally considered in Web-Page Architecture. Secondly, I felt it held an altruistic value where his honest interpretations were being described and not 'just a bunch of jargon' to fill up space in a report to make it longer. Overall I enjoyed this report and have used the links for reference a couple times.My Second Selection
Kathy Teruya's report on 'Driving Cartoons" intrigued me.
Steps That Lead Me To This Report
As I was browsing through the Generation 6 awards, I found this page and grew interest because it had examples of possible cartoons to use in grabbing peoples attention.A Brief Synopsis of This Report
Kathy's arguement is the promotion of cartoons in teaching traffic psychology to grab and keep the readers attention. She describes the effort people use to concentrate while reading information vs. effort-less-nes of laughing at a cartoon but learning at the same time. She gives numerous examples of cartoons with underlying cognitive themes or descriptions below. Methods of displacement, and modeling, were illustrated through the use of cartoons.Other related arguments she describes are to create a cartoon data base where people can submit their cartoon images to be used in further discussions/descriptions of vehicular/driver problems.
What I Liked About This Report
It involves the use of cartoons first of all. I grew up reading garfield and farside, and find that cartoons grab my attention more easily than a joke/situation writen in test. It does seem much easier in my method of learning to have a picture for reference that describes an event or situation.Critique of the Report
I felt her report was very informative and of a topic I really enjoyed. The cartoon references were of excellent quality both in sight and subject matter. Kathy's suggestions on a cartoon data base were also inspiring and such a data base if advertized would generate activity most likely.Comparison to Others Reports
This report was unique I felt because of the content and time that was appearantly put into it. I know the cartoons were not done by her, but she put the effort into asking someone to put her ideas into animation. The main arguement for cartoons that I felt she persuaded people to believe was that cartoons grab people's attention more effectively than simple text based information. This arguement was proven in my opinion. ----------------------------------------------------------------------My Third Selection
Steps That Lead Me To This Report
I was browsing through the Generation 7 listing of reports when the idea of "The Teacher in The Box" by Dan Hamamoto caught my attention. I wanted to see his arguement and coment on it. I didn't bother reading more than one other report in this generation, and I chose this report due to topic subject matter alone.
A Brief Synopsis of This Report
This report uses many examples of TV road behavior to attempt and prove it's argument. Excerpts from TV shows, commercials, and HBO movies were Mr. Hamamoto's basis for examples. He uses a total of 10 examples of bad driving behavior, summarizes the events which occured, then gives an interpretation regarding the psychological examples such as the ones listed influence children and people alike.He also included a rating system consisting of 1)the central theme, 2)riskiness, and 3)realism. The point scale is set up as 0-5 for each category where 0 is safest and 5 is most negative.
What I Liked About This Report
Not too much. It did describe a couple situations on TV(the power rangers example) where in childrens shows bad driving was used as a means to cause humor. I thought he had a point calling that incident to attention.Critique of the Report
This overall report is based on examples from TV that may not(in their description) be untrue, but in Mr. Hamamoto's interpretation of them I felt the incidents were blown out of proportion. In one segment where he describes a seen from 'Ace Ventura- Pet Detective', Mr Hamamoto states, "these scenes are hilarious, and therefore, people may not take into account the seriousness that these behaviors may have in reality." One thing I felt Mr. Hamamoto forgot to mention or just failed to see is that people like seeing things that are unrealistic. I had the feeling that throughout the whole report his assumption was human beings are inherrintly stupid in nature and cannot differentiate between fantasy/comedy and reality.In another segment he describes how in a mini-van commercial the van swerves to avoid colliding with an object that took the driver by surprize. The commercials objective was to show that the mini-van could handle like a car if needed with quick response action, though his interpretation of it was that "people get the impression that this is the correct way to drive this type of vehicle." Well I saw this commercial and many others like it and not once did I ever consider that correct driving behavior. I felt a little insulted by that assumption.
Comparison to Others Reports
As I stated at the start, I did not choose this report because I felt it had excellent content. It was the subject matter that attracted it to me. The idea of 'Teacher in the Box' does deserve some merit to this report and in the future a study on that topic could pull out some interesting results.My Fourth Selection
Jami Kaneshiro's report on CyberPsychology
Steps That Lead Me To This Report
A person I knew took the course and was listed in this generation when I first began the class. This report was one of the first I linked to and was suprized on how well orginized. So I read on to learn more about the subject.A Brief Synopsis of This Report
It lists and links to a few studies of CyberPsychology, then goes into a description and interpretation of the many ideas given from the links. It's rather, full of definitions and qualifications which describe the topics of Cyberpsychology.What I Liked About This Report
First I noticed how well organized it was, listing the links with a brief summary below each on the subject matter one could find there. The report itself went a bit deeper into the thoughts of the previous researchers and touched on their comments and key ideas. It seems to be heavily influenced in the actual report part of it, but then again he does have some excellent ideas regarding the mind and Cyber-space.Critique of the Report
There wasn't too much of an arguement for anything really, but it didn't seem to be the reports intent from the start that there would be any hypotheses.Comparison to Others Reports
I liked the format of the report. She seemed to understand the material and subject matter of the report and gave better summaries than some other students in the Generation.How Does My Report Compare With Others?
I've seen some excellent generational reports from my classmates and a few that didn't touch much on any subject matter. If I were to rate my report to theirs overall I would say the depth of research I put into each report analyzed(the 4 listed above) and the checking of all the links in each one was about the same as a few students.
I hate to grade my own reports for purposes of either belittling myself or boasting to others, so this question doesn't really pertain to me. I will however give a link of a generational report in my class I liked, Ms. deRizzio. It was a final comment that summed up her perception of other peoples reports that gained my approval. "Length of a report is not important. Content is."
Suggestions For Future Generations
If your just starting the semester and looking for methods to get a grasp on Web-page construction, or want to better understand CyberPsychology, go check out the links to the reports I critiqued above on this page. I gained much usefull information that way. My other method was using "Document Source" under the view command to help me better understand HTML coding. Good luck and watch out for internet 'road-rage'.
I hate to grade my own reports for purposes of either belittling myself or boasting to others, so this question doesn't really pertain to me. I will however give a link of a generational report in my class I liked, Ms. deRizzio. It was a final comment that summed up her perception of other peoples reports that gained my approval. "Length of a report is not important. Content is."
Suggestions For Future Generations
If your just starting the semester and looking for methods to get a grasp on Web-page construction, or want to better understand CyberPsychology, go check out the links to the reports I critiqued above on this page. I gained much usefull information that way. My other method was using "Document Source" under the view command to help me better understand HTML coding. Good luck and watch out for internet 'road-rage'.