NAOYUKI MARUYA
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At first, I felt that there was a vast amount of information and I thought to my self, how would anyone find anything? I especially felt this way when I visited the "Complete Topical Index." But as I started to explore each of the Generation's home pages, I noticed a system of organization, and was very impressed. A page that really caught my eye was Edward Sugimoto's. It was very well organized and had a lot of nice graphics. I took some time to read the article on Cyberpsychology and was also impressed. The article had personal relevance to me. I agree with the statement that the computer is a extension to the human mind. It is not anti-social to spend time on the Internet. My friends and I all have busy schedules, and we all have a hard time getting in contact with each other. Many times, the only time we can talk to each other is when we are on the Internet during work, where we can talk to each other electronically, over the "Net." As for Virtual Communities, I have seen this phenomena first hand. I work at the English computer lab in Kuykendall, we run a program that creates a Virtual Community, allowing students to critique other students essays and reports in cyberspace. Even though they have no "persona name," they do develop a "virtual identity," and interact more freely that they would if they were not On-line. I also enjoyed reading the traffic psychology pages, with people's opinions about tailgating, the stages to a driving persona makeover, the taxonomy of driving behavior, etc.

MAY ROSE ISNEC
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As I went through the different generations, I noticed that there were significant changes between the first generation to Generation 4(s). As the generations progressed, the web pages grew more elaborate, colorful, animated, and most especially, interesting. I think the most recent generations have the better pages because of their contents and are more visually appealing. I am not trying to take away from the earliest generations' effort and work, but I think the quality evolved with the technology and growing knowledge of the Internet. The effort put in by the students in generation 1 and generation 4 would most likely be equal, but I'm sure generation 4 made their pages more appealing by using software, scanners, visuals borrowed from other pages (graphics professionally done), etc. - the things that were not available to generation 1. I had more fun looking at the most recent generations' home pages because they were attractive, so I found myself looking more at their home pages than G1-3. Students should not only look at the students' home pages, but they should view Dr. Leon James' Page and his articles also. I read Dr. James' articles on cyber-psychology and cyber-communities last semester and used it as a reference for my own home page. His viewpoint is very interesting and thought provoking. His opinion on the "art of clicking" has been especially interesting and controversial. After reading his article, I paid better attention to my "virtual presence" in the cyber-community. It's very interesting (as well as fun)to be a netizen. It's good to go through the different home pages. I know I'll be referring back to the previous generations for guidance, ideas, and places of improvement. Hopefully, generation 5's home pages will be just as good or better. :)

KENDRA MORGAN
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I found that searching through Dr. James' home page provided a lot of information about this class and how it had evolved through the last several years. I still have a lot of questions about what our contribution is going to entail. One thing looks sure though, it looks like this is going to involve a lot of work! The previous generations covered a wide range of interesting topics and introduced me to a lot of new ideas. The CyberPsychology link on the main home page connects to an index that has a lot of information about the topic of cyberpsychology and some of the principles. I really liked the section on Cyberspace and Mind, it actually made a lot of sense. I used to think that spending hours in front of a computer surfing the web and participating in on-line discussions was a waste of time. The past couple of semesters I have started to change that opinion and this helped to reinforce that. On-line communities provide access to a much broader range of topics and allow a person to more easily explore areas of interest. There I also the opportunity to find others who share their beliefs and experiences. The possibilities that are provided through on-line communities are virtually unlimited. This is part of what makes it so fascinating and continually exciting to millions of people. The Generational Curriculum provides us all with a small glimpse into a vast world that we have essentially only begun to explore. I'm intrigued, if not a little daunted by the work that is ahead!! I just hope that I can keep up with all of these assignments!

RYAN SHINTANI
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I just finished reading Prof. James home page. I guess I was putting it off because it looked like so much information to try to digest. At least my prayers were answered because it wasn't boring and I didn't fall asleep when I was reading the articles. I found that if you don't use a system to keep track of where you have been you can find yourself going over the same links. I know that when you use a link that it changes color and that should be a easy way to remember where you have ventured before. The thing is that I don't use Netscape a lot, so I didn't know that it keeps a record of the site and what links that you have clicked on already. so when I first found Prof. Leon's home page I just clicked on most of the links to see where it would take me. thinking that it would revert back to the original color the next time I visited the site. WRONG VERY WRONG!!!!!!!! so I found out the hard way that it keeps a record of your movements. so I had to use a pen and paper to keep track of what links I had already been on. I think that it would have been easier if I had gone in a clockwise fashion in using his links. I didn't do that either I just went to the topics that I though would be interesting first and left the borings ones for last. I learned from that experience so I will try to use a more logical search pattern when I visit other peoples sties from now on. as for the home page it's self. I thought that it was constructed in a way that made it look well worked, but it was simple to use. everything was a button to click on and the titles on the buttons gave a good idea where you were headed. the page loaded up rather easily, even form my home terminal. I have gone to a few home pages that take have a year and a day to load up. I mean they had a lot of cool stuff on there pages, but the time it took to load really didn't make it seem worth the wait. one girls site that I went to made the wait a little easier to bare. she had loaded midi files to play while you waited for the page to be loaded on your screen. so the thing that I learned is to keep your home pages simple. The other thing I liked about Prof. James home page is that you can source his page and it gives you a lot of the stuff that he is asking for in the assignments. so I just had to read the script lines and copy the ones that I wanted to practice using in my own home page. I really enjoyed read all of the things on Prof. James home page. even though it was a good page it still doesn't compare to ESPN's home page. now that is the best home page on the Internet today...

KAIHILEI PIMENTAL
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It took me a long time to finally get to this part of the exercises, but I'm here! I wasn't sure what to expect from Dr. James' home page. I was a little nervous because I'm so new at using the Internet, and learning as I go along. I guess Dr. James has enough faith in his students to learn these programs without much assistance. I'm definitely learning by trial and error. I was truly fascinated when I got to Dr. James' home page. There were so many places to visit, and so much information to read. I was excited to read about the many different topics covered over the last four generations, and look forward to adding my own views to that of the generational curriculum. I was also surprised to see so many different sites. One site that I visited talked about the symptoms of technophobia. I wasn't sure if perhaps that's what I've been suffering from. I read a little bit about it and made a self-assessment that perhaps technophobia isn't the right word. I'm just confused! Dr. James' home page is so big, and filled with so much information. That's good! But for someone like me, who's visiting the page for the first time, it's possible to feel slightly overwhelmed by the ease at which you can access information. As I browsed through many different sites, I realized how much information I've been missing out on. Although overwhelmed at times, I look forward to the work we'll be doing this semester, and only hope that I can keep up!

DAVID JACKSON
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One thing I enjoyed about browsing through the web pages of other generations was reading about their reactions to learning on their computers. I guess I felt sort of relieved that so many people were feeling the same frustrations as I was and having similar problems. Some of them knew as little about computers as I did so it gave me reassurance knowing that there was hope for me in surviving this class. I think I developed a cosmic connection to these past students and their feelings of confusion, frustration, technophobia, and anger! Sometimes I get really close to annihilating my monitor, but I just try to think of the past generations who made it and that someday it will all be worth it. I was also amazed at some of the web pages created by some of these students. Some were very well organized and include eye-catching pictures and backgrounds. On the other hand, I couldn't access some of the links and it seemed like some weren't finished or something, maybe because of something happening over time. But all are good sources of ideas and information for future generations. Dr. James' page and the other generations' pages created a pretty complex network and I found it very easy to get hopelessly lost. There were so many links on every page that I would totally lose track of where I was. At least I learned the importance of "go" and "bookmarks". Dr. James' page contained an enormous amount of information and I don't think I could ever get through all of it. I have a hard enough time doing our regular work! Although it is very complex it is really well organized and easy to use as long as you keep track of where you are. I thought his ideas on traffic psychology were really interesting. I've never thought about the psychology of traffic before, but it has such an impact on our lives. Hopefully, I can get to reading more of it later, when I have more time. I think some of the advice of previous generations is something we should try to follow-especially in keeping up with the work and not getting too far behind, like I'm starting to do. As for me, I missed the first week of school, so I tried to catch up on all the work as fast as I could. I got really frustrated and on top of that, my computer keeps freezing on me which really makes it unbearable sometimes. So I started to slack a little, but I know that could really hurt later. I guess most of us are in the same boat, so don't give up and hang in there everyone!

KRISTIN EVERT
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Well, after I finally got to this section of the exercises, I think it's very easy to say that it looks very overwhelming. I saw a lot of really cool home pages and a LOT of reports written by past generation's students. I think it's very easy for me to say that this class is going to be a LOT of work, but it's still really exciting to me since I'll be learning so much. I guess another of my first impressions was how connected all the generations really end up being. We all go and look at other generation's pages and reports. We see how things have changes, maybe for better and for worse. But just the fact that we are creating these reports and pages for other future students is very exciting to me. I am very impressed with the amount of writing that each one of the past students has put into this class. I am very aware that this is a writing intensive class, but I guess with everything together, it just really has made me realize how much it all adds up to. It's also exciting and frightening (at the same time) to think that all of our papers are going to end up here, on the World Wide Wed, for everyone to see. At first I thought to myself, "no one will ever find this stuff...I'm safe." But now, as I think about it more and more, people will see it. If no one else, all of those students in the future that will enroll in Psychology 409 will stumble through the reports, just as I did. Right about now, I am really wondering what I have gotten myself into. I really hope that this all will get easier with time, but if it doesn't, it seems (from the other generations) that we'll have a lot of support from each other. There are probably others in our class that are in the same boat I am, overwhelmed with the amount of information that is trying to get into my brain and function. But, as everything else that causes stress, it looks like it will be worth it. There's a lot of really interesting information found in those reports, and it's not all boring stuff, either. Each report has a personal spin, and that's what makes everything so diverse and so readable. Well, here we go. Good luck to all!

SCOTT CHANG
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Hey Fellow Classmates, I just finished looking at the Generational Curriculum. It was pretty fun and interesting. The home pages of all of the students are extremely well-done. Hopefully, I will be able to do the same amount of work as they did. Because their home pages looks like a lot of work was put into them. Some of the pictures are very nice and I think I will copy some of their images. I will also try to make my own images. It will take time, but I am willing to try. Dr. James expect our generation to be better than the other generations. But, that is a hard thing to do. Some of those pages are so beautiful. To top them will be a hard thing to do. I guess I will have to stare at a computer for a long time. I'm glad that Dr. James does have the generational curriculum because it helps a lot. Just looking at the pages and the document sources will help me a great deal. Whenever people are talking in class, it is difficult to understand. When looking at the reports of other people, it makes it easier to for me to understand. But I guess all of the students before us had to do the same thing. My impressions is one of relief because I feel that the home pages and reports will help me a great deal in writing them. The length of some of the pages are intimidating but not impossible. With help from those pages and hopefully from everyone in the class, I will be able to do it. It is very scary, but I think that learning this will help me understand the Internet better. It is important. Learning these things are difficult, but they aren't impossible. Well, that all I really have to say. Hope you don't mind my message.

GLEN ACIERTO
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After all this time I finally got around to doing this assignment. I've been exploring many of the student generational sites already, but I kind of forgot about this assignment. Oh well... My Reactions and First Impressions of the Generational Curriculum. Upon first exploring the past and present cyber-psychology classes' home page sites, I was amazed at their ability to create home page sites that looked so attractive and interesting. Being new to the Internet, I didn't know making something like that would have been possible after only a semester of instruction. I expected it to be a course in which I would learn the basics of computers and it's relationship to psychology. Even that sounded vague to me but it still sparked my interest. I have always had an interest in computers, but never quite had the time, finances, or access to them. This class was the answer to that problem. Since the beginning of this semester though, it has been a struggling battle for me. I still have limited time, finances, and access to them. After reading some of the past generations experiences', it was nice to know that I am not the only who had experienced these problems. The stress involved in going through this course is the same as the stress I experienced in learning a foreign language. It was very comforting to know how many other people had suffered through this and offered words of advice for the future generations. The way I look at it, "If they could do it, so can I!" With each succeeding generation, it was obvious of the improvements that had been made. Later generations' home pages seemed more improvements that had been made. Later generations' home pages seemed more dazzling and fancy (Not to "put down" the older generations because all the home pages were very impressive.) This only adds on more pressure for my generation, especially for me. I feel that I have to come up with a home page equal to, if not better than the past generations. That's a challenge that I will have to undertake. We'll just see at the end of the semester. NO FEAR!!!

ROSE-ANNE ANCOG
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It took me a lot longer than I thought to get to this section. But I finally made it! Slowly but surely! Anyways, after hours of exploring Dr. James' homepage I became simply overwhelmed by the many wonders and creations exhibited on the computer. While exploring around and clicking here and there, I wondered how much time, work, and effort was put into all of that. Then I began to think if I would be capable of accomplishing the same thing. I guess I'll be finding that out as I go along. Upon searching through the Generational Curriculum and looking at previous generation home pages, I noticed the various improvements as technology improved and became more advanced. The better technology improved, the more better web pages became. I guess I'll be seeing this in the generations to come. Aside from knowing how to operate a computer and being familiar with the internet, newsgroups, or whatever comes with the computer, I think creativity adds more attractiveness to a web page. I'm just thinking right now that I can't wait to get my web page over and done with! Maybe to look at in in better perspectives (as to not discourage myself and give up) I'll just keep in mind that after a lot of sacrifice, endless hours on the computer, frustration, and effort, it may all be worth it in the end. It's really good to know that I'm not the only one feeling such frustration and that there's others in the same boat as me or to know that they felt the same way to begin with. After all I'm learning by "trial-and-error." I have always had an interest in computers but haven't really applied myself to this interest. I just simply thought of it as just a fast way to type a paper without having to use white-out to make corrections. But with technology advancing, it's hard to keep up with it. Now I'm learning slowly about how much things I can do on the computer! Now here I am in the process of making what is to become my so-called own web page. Getting back to the generational curriculum, I have been impressed by not just one but all web pages students have done. Some had cute little animal icons, another had an "arcade" web page that I thought was kind of neat, while others included a picture of theirselves or their significant other, and even their own dog. There was one which you had to guess what kind of dog it was. It was great to see what they have all accomplished as a result of their hard work and infinite efforts. Briefly reading their reports also gave me some idea of what we'll be dealing with in class. I hope I can accomplish the same things they have, but with everything being so advanced, and systems changing, procedures changing, makes it more difficult to get adjusted to, and puts a little more pressure on our generation because as things become more "high-teched" it's somewhat expected of us for our web pages to improve also and portray a better quality. This would be an advantage for us as well as other generations to come. I'm sure that as time goes on, so does the advancing of technology and the many wonders a computer can do. For now, I just have to keep in mind that with a lot of hard work, sacrifice, hours and hours on the computer, and effort, it may all be worth it in the end. And as a result, I may be able to reflect on what I have accomplished and be proud to have done what I did. Besides, if everyone else can do, then so can I.

LESLIE FRANCIS
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NOTE: I must apologize for not getting this up sooner. I had it on my computer for the longest time, however I composed in Microsoft Word and did not know how to copy it over. After speaking with Gary in the lab, he showed me how simple it really is. I guess I thought that I couldn't copy in PINE for some stupid reason (even though I was copying to and from CSS and UNIX all the time -- Duh!). Here's my belated, cob web crusted summary: I had already started to look at the General Curriculum Navigation Table (i.e., Dr. James' Home Page) in order to get some ideas for my home page. As most of you have noticed, my table looks very much like Mr. Kai Hansjurgens's from Generation 4. I had already printed out a copy of the Cyberpsychology: Principles of Creating Virtual Presence for our assignment, so I didn't bother to go back into there. What caught my eye was the explorational tour, which I immediately went to. Most of the links were to pages from other generations (mostly Generation 4 I think) which I had already seen, however the whole "tour" process was great in that it leads you in a logical progression. My tour was cut short, however, by a page which locked up my computer. I think it had a midi driver and midi files attached to it, which some people don't have on their machines -- so it bombed! That was when my tour ended. I also looked at Diane Nahl's Search Index page, which had some really useful links. I especially liked the U.S. Postal Service Zip Code Searcher link. You can put in any city and state, and it spits out the correct zip code for you. Very handy for those of us who don't remember zips (and half the time don't write them down -- like ME). All in all, Dr. James' page was packed with information, maybe too much (in reading some of your summaries I see that we all agree). However, in trying to think of how I would logically organize my numerous studies and interests, as well as my colleagues and friends related numerous studies and interests, I would probably do about the same thing. Maybe rather than a table with lots of wasted space, I would simply use text and create interest by using an icon or two -- like our 409a, 409b, and 459 home pages (except I would use the same size font at the bottom). But then, that's just me...