[Day1]=anchor
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
My first day at class was quite an experience. It was the second
week of school and I was feeling pretty confident that this semester
would allow me to do all the things that I had wanted to in previous
semesters. For example relax. I thought that I should take classes that
are interesting to me and that can help me in my future such as this
class. I remember signing up for the class and thinking this class must
be about the internet. I did not know what the internet was at that time
and I still don't but I was determine to take the class and find out.
Looking back I think this was a pretty impulsive decision. But being a
senior and have taken all but about five of the courses I felt pretty
confident that it wasn't anything I couldn't learn. Boy!!! Was I
wrong. Talk about a humbling experience. I walked up to BioMed and
sat down in class with no one I really knew, but I was still pretty
confident and why not I have been at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
for about four years.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Looking Up to See
You(anchor)
I still remember looking up and seeing you Prof. Jakovobitts.
I think that I was the only student in class who knew you before you
changed your name. But it was still kind of ironic at least I knew
someone in the class. At this time you had lost a lot of weight and I
was impressed, and told you so. Then you started lecturing, and at first
I was still pretty confident, but that didn't last long. You told us
that we needed to have a valid Id. and that we would need it for the
first assignment. Well I thought no problem we probably aren't going
to do much the first week anyway. Wrong again, Grant! We left class
early and went down to Keller and started working on the computers but I
couldn't do anything because I did not have a valid Id so I just watched,
and I learned a lot.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Paying my tuition ahead of
time.(anchor)
After class was over I ran to SSC and paid for my
tuition, then I
ran over and waited in line to get my new Id made I waited in line for
about and hour, after that I ran up to Keller again to get my password,
but to my dismay I found out that I needed my pink slip so I ran back to
my office which was across campus to get it, and then I ran back again.
At this time I had spent the entire day just getting my password, and I
was pretty upset to. I had spent the entire day running around just to
get my stupid password which I couldn't get until two days later. I was
extremely upset I hadn't done anything the whole day and found out that I
had to wait until Thursday to use the password.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Thursday came!(anchor)
Thursday came and I finally got a chance to use my password. I
followed the instructions that came with the password and changed. So
far no real problems. Next I got in and found out that you have logon.
Okay I said to myself and tried it I guess that I was kind of anxious so
I mistyped a letter and it said logon incorrect so I tried it again and
it let me in. At that point I was pretty lost and didn't know what to do
so I typed pine at the prompt and came up with the main menu then I sent
you a message congratulating you on losing weight and keeping it off. I
tried to send Kevin Bogan a message as well but couldn't remember what
his name was so I didn't send him email.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Ineffective(anchor)
I got out of pine and then went to your home page but I didn't
know how to do that through my account. So I got off and went to nets-cape
and previewed the syllabus and then printed it out. After that I went
home not really happy but not really competent that I could master this
class. I felt pretty impotent if you will.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
The Next week(anchor)
The next week I will say that without a doubt is probably the
most stressful in my entire life. I got a call early that morning from
my parents saying that I would have to come home immediately. I caught
the next flight out and returned that day. I missed a class I was going
nuts to put it mildly I thought oh my god why did this have to happen to
me. I email prof. James a few times explaining what had happened. And
he said not to worry. So I felt mildly better. Then I came to realize
that I had missed other classes as well. So for the next few days I
spent all my time trying to catch up with my other classes. It was
Friday and I saw Kevin walking to my psy 212 class. I found that we had
class together. I explained to him that I had missed class and I just
wanted to check with him to see if I had missed anything in class. He
informed me that we had a labreport due and that I had to get the notes
from a student in class. I told him that I didn't know any students in
the class and that I didn't know who to get the information from since I
didn't know anyone. He told if I have any questions to come on Saturday
he was helping other students who had problems with the assignments. I
was crushed Prof. James hadn't said anything about a labreport I was a
nervous wreck after four years of almost perfect grades in psychology I
still feared getting anything less than and A in any class. I was
horribly confused frustrated more so I didn't know what to do. There was
no one to talk to no to go for to get help. I felt trapped and
helpless.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Saturday Came(anchor)
Saturday came and I found out that to do the labreport I first
had to create my home page, a directory, a glossary, a link to the
professors home page, and a link to the other students home pages. Oh
boy if I didn't already feel like I was going to die of the stress that
I already had. It didn't get any better. I spent the entire day trying
to create a home page. It just didn't work. I looked to Kevin for
reassurance and comfort and he said not to worry just write everything
down in my note book and just view the problem objectively. I thought to
myself who the hell would this problem objectively my lab reports late,
I've missed class, I don't know what to do, or how to do it and I can't
even create my home page. At this point in time I don't think that
rational was any reflection of what was going on in my head. Thoughts and
feeling I hadn't felt in years started to emerge, feelings of
helplessness, and frustration entered my mind. I felt incompetent,
stupid, thoughts came into my mind like what am I doing in this class.
You should be cruising enjoying life not stressing out over a dumb class.
I started rationalizing, blaming, even yelling at my friends about this
class. At this point and time I don't think anyone would say that I was
enjoying the learning process.
Go to the Bottom
Hating Class(anchor)
I am sure when I say that I hated this class with a passion. I
spent days trying to create a home page. No matter what commands I gave I
still got c-x DEL, and it deleted all my hard work. I would write down
all the commands that I made in my journal and had planned to transfer
them to my labreport, but I discovered much to my dismay that I lost my
note pad in which I kept all my notes. I will transfer as much
information that I can recall to the report but it is not as accurate as
what I had written.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Thank God For
Jill Kaneshiro(anchor)
Go to the Bottom
Next I started asking all my friends to help me but the couldn't
find anything wrong with what I was doing all it would say is C-x DEL.
Jill Kaneshiro has helped me out a great deal and has spend so much time
that I am indebted to her as well as to Kevin Bogan, but still there was
no one that could figure out what was happening. I learned commands like
fg which means to bring the foreground to the front of the page. I
learned that dir was the way in which you list all the files that you
have, and that if you want to see what you have done if you forgot is to
type a ps. This lists all the steps you have taken.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
C-x C-c(anchor)
In trying to figure out what had happen to my files I did a ls -1
this lists all the files and subdirectories that you have made. What the
Clic lab technicians did was to kill all my files that I had created. It
seemed that the command c-x c-c kicked me out of the system but did not
stop the jobs. So the lab techs suggested that I go back and kill all my
files. After I had killed all my files I still had the same problem.
Eventually I finally figure out how to fix the problem I had been having.
It seems that the computer system we use runs off the same type of system
that another system uses, and my program had defaulted to it.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Solving the problem!(anchor)
Here's how to solve the problem. First type the flower sign and depress the key s
this shows you a window which has three blocks inside of the main block.
In each of the blocks is a different symbol use your cursor to highlight
the symbol and press the delete key, then repeat it for all of the three
blocks. After you have done this you need to click on the okay button on
the screen and you shouldn't have anymore problems with the file your
working on. However, if you have the same problem with each of your
files you must repeat the steps each time you create a new file.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Tuesday Came(anchor)
Tuesday came and I found out that another of the students in the
class had been having similar problems I helped him with it and he
understands what he needs to do in order to save his files.
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Oh, my God! I can't believe it I'm finally in. In my life I
have never been so patient. I thought that I would go nuts just waiting
for the computer to do what it's supposed to. I spent so many hours I
thought to myself either I'm stupid, retarded, or dumb. The computer must
be broken I thought to myself.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Many times!(anchor)
Many times I thought to myself just relax your goal is to view
this problem objectively. So I would try it again. Over and over I
tried to get my computer to work, but it just wouldn't do what I wanted
it to. Many times I started to think this can't be my fault. I'm doing
what I am supposed to. I'm doing what I was told to do and it's not
working. I tried everything and asked Kevin Bogan if he knew what to
do. Kevin tried to bring up my directory, but found that all the files
were locked and that he could not access any of them. I think that it
made me feel a lot better to know that someone else had the same problem
that I was having.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Going through a lot!(anchor)
It made me feel a little better not because I felt that I could solve
the problem with Kevin's help, but because someone else knew what I
was going through. I was so stressed out that my affective processes
were having a field day. I don't think that I have faced this much
problems with any class that I have ever taken. Usually I can figure
out what needs to be done and how. this time learning became
frustrating and it wasn't fun. I think that the pressure to succeed
affected my cognitive thought processes making it even more
difficult to succeed. I think that the importance people place on
students to succeed is enormous. Not only do I put in a great deal
of time in this class but other professors expect my full
participation in other classes.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Ignoring classes.(anchor)
I find that it is hard to ignore a class that I am not doing as
well as I hoped to in. I wish that someone would tell me that learning
is not about grades and that learning itself justifies learning.
However, that is not the case I feel tremendous pressure to excel and
to do well. But it only goes as far as to say that I get good
grades. I sometimes feel that college is not about learning but
about getting good grades. I wish people would ask me what did you
learn in class. Instead of asking what type of grades did you get in
that class. I thought college would teach me how to think and
explore. That is the only reason I have for taking this class. I
didn't take this class because I needed a writing intensive or
another psychology class. I took this class because I wanted to
learn, but the problem that I am having now is whether or not the
choice to learn will take precedence over the drive to get good
grades.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
When I first sat
down!(anchor)
I realized when I first sat down in class the first day that I had
made the right decision. I knew that I would be challenged to learn
and explore myself. I think that sometimes I stress myself out to get
all A's, but I think that there is good justification for it. It's
sad to think that my disillusionment with this class has resulted from
my own inability to succeed. For I know it is the affective state of
my mind that drives my cognitive processes to succeed. I also believe
that knowledge that is earned can only be appreciated if one must work
for it. And, by God, what a challenge it has been.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Solution(anchor)
The solution to the whole fiasco was that the computer was defaulting
to the core programming it seems that the default commands are
similar to emacs, and that the commands to save in emacs and the same
to delete a file. It is something that no-one could have foreseen,
but affected my whole computer outlook. To solve the problem, all
you need to do is to press the flower and the s sign and delete all
the file commands. If you have the similar problem I suggest that
you use the pico editor it is much easier and simpler to use.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
In my lab report this week I will discuss what I do as I traverse
the net to find the answers I seek.
I go through the instructors syllabus every time I get done with
my assignment. I know that you should always check the instructors
comments for more information, but I feel that my affective processes
would get affected by it. I find that my state of mind and my thoughts
are not going to be helped by the fact that I need to work on other
things when I get done with doing my homework. I find this is the best
coping mechanism I have when it comes to this class. As far as going
through the instructors comments what I try to do is to skim over the
syllabus for any new information that I have not seen and if so explore
the files through the links you have made. I find this is adequate for
me needs at the present time. In the future however I am sure that I
will need to peruse the files much more carefully.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
I find that I have a difficult time finding things specifically.
I have been putting off searching by strings and I need to learn it. I
however, have not spent the time to learn how to do search strings so I
just stumble around on the computer for the files. I need to sit down an
explore the web a lot more.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
To frankly honest I am not exactly sure that I actually know how to
search the course files. I think that I have just been lucky, and that
I persist to look for files until I find them. The way that I usually
find what I am looking for is to first go to the professors home page.
I find that almost all of the information I need is easily accessible by
going to his home page. Another way I look for things is to first go to
other students lab reports and to look at what they have done I think
that it is important to view what others have done it helps me to figure
out what to do next. As far as looking for specific files I try to just
look at keys words and ask myself questions about trying to figure out
where the file or information would be. If other students have done the
work I usually go to their file and back track from how they got there.
After that I usually try to go back to my files and repeat the steps
that I have got from them.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
I would like to discuss the topic of fighting not to be
pessimistic? First I would suggest that one should first take account of
the resources they have at hand then see if they really have the
resources they say that they do. What I mean when I say resources. I
mean patience, time to use on the computer, people who are willing to
help you if you get stuck on something, other responsibilities such as
classes, a job. Inter-fears with whether or not one can complete the said
activities in the specified amount of time.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
The way that I fight being depressed is to try and keep and
optimistic outlook when exploring the web. I have found it is usually a
positive attitude that keeps me from being depressed. I think that when
you adopt a type of attitude where you can look at things objectively,
and perhaps as though it where an interesting puzzle. I think that it is
easier to fight being depressed. I think that I fight depression because
I have no choice whether or not I allow myself the luxury of being
depressed. I think that my life does not allow me to enjoy the feelings
of depression. I have a life where either you do your work or you die
because it piles up and there is no way to get caught up. So I feel
another way to fight depression is to not procrastinate. I think many a
time we procrastinate and feel depressed so that we are not motivated to
do anything and the depression just gets worse. I think that the best
thing to do is to plan out what your going to do an stick to your plan.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
My reasoning processes are centered around my goals. My behavior
is based on goal seeking objectives. I find that no matter what I do I
must have a reason to do it. Otherwise I don't think that I would be
motivated do anything. I find that my reactions are very intense, when I
am unable to access what I want. I get upset when I am unable to access
or get to where I want to go. I find that the problem I have when I get
frustrated is due to the fact that I am not sure what to do. At times
like these when I don't know what to do I start to question whether or
not my goal is realistic or even feasible. When I get lost I think to
myself oops. "Where am I." If I can't figure out how to get out and
back to my home page I usually get out of the system and log on again.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Messing up(anchor)
If I continue to mess up or get lost, and I don't know what to do.
I usually keep trying until I figure out what to do. If I can't I
usually just quit and get off the computer. So far this semester has not
been a very good one but I can say that I am learning computer
tolerance. I sometimes think that this is all for nothing and I am just
wasting my time taking this class and I will never use it again.
Thoughts of these sorts pop into my head all the time, but they usually
never stop me because I know that what I am learning is very useful, and
that I will be able to use it one day. I get frustrated the most when I
find that the amount of time I spend on the computer is astronomical and
the rewards are minimal. I rationalize the use of the time as being the
stepping stones to greatness and computer literacy. My reasoning
processes are affected by my state of mind so I try to always keep a
positive mental attitude.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Enjoying the
frustration.(anchor)
I hope that one day I will be able to enjoy the frustration and
the challenge of not being able to solve the problem, and view it the
light of objectivity for I think that it is the true test of the
dedicated student. I hope that one day I can adopt and adhere to such a
philosophy, until then I think I will get frustrated time and time
again. I hope that the future will bring much promise and challenge into
my life.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
A simple strategy that I have found very useful is to first look
at what others have done, and then to type in the equal sign, this
allows me to see how they set up their files. The only problem I can
foresee with this type of approach is that the person who is doing all
the work can't figure out what to do next. I think that so far I have
been lucky that I have been able to just copy and learn lessons from
others. I think that there will come a time when no one will know what
to do at that point. At that point all of those who have been doing just
as I have will find themselves in a rut. After I see how the html language is set up on
the back of the page I write it down and then change some of the words to
fit my needs. I find that this saves the most time. Some problems that
I find with this approach are usually due to the fact that I have
mistyped or miscopied the information down. Most of the time it works out.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
To cope with with frustration, uncertainty, and information
shock. I usually just look at what others have done and emulate them. I
find that this works most of the time. I find what helps even more is to
keep and even level of interest and keep a level head. When I find my
affective processes affecting my cognitive processes I try to keep calm
and view it objectively. Another aspect of working on the computer has
helped me to do the tasks themselves. I find that I can discuss what is
affectively happening to me and I find that it helps me to stay calm and
focused. The computer a lot of time is like a journal log to me and
helps me to keep my emotions in control. I find that the joy of working
on the computer itself helps me to cope with my frustrations and anxieties.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
As far as coping with the information shock. I think that the
hardest thing I have in coping with the information overload is that I will
never be able to totally master all aspects of the net. As far as
dealing with information shock I think it is a lesson that I will
continue to learn until the day I die. I remember my parents telling
me"Grant you can do anything you want just not everything, so pick and
choose carefully what it is you want and go after it."
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
My advice to future internet students is to first, be patient,
and the second thing is to be patient, and the third and most important
thing in learning the internet is to be patient.
In my estimation I think that the students became familiar with a
medium that was totally foreign to them. I believe that they learned a
valuable skill and more importantly learned how to overcome
procrastination that plagued them in the beginning of the class. I enjoyed
reading their reports as the became computer literate. I was very
impressed and enjoyed reading the reports because it made me feel better
that they struggled as well as I have. It gave me hope to press on and
overcome my procrastination. But it didn't work as well as I hoped it
would because I still find myself procrastinating. I believe that the
students learned to navigate the web and find information that was
pertinent to their lives. I think that the students enjoyed the class
because for a lot of them it taught self-reliance.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
** As far as I can tell, what was the student's
state of mind?
The Students
state of Mind(anchor)
As far as I can tell the students' state of mind was similar to
my own I found a lot of frustration, and uncertainty in the students
report. But, it was unlike my own because I got frustrated at much
easier levels in the game. The students state of mind changed as the
difficulty changed but seem to follow the same pattern over and over
again. It progressed from uncertainty to frustration and anxiety to
resolution, after the crisis or solution was found, feelings of
competency and relief were apparent. It progressed this way over the
entire semester until he got to the point where he came to the
conclusion that it was all just a process.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
** What did I learn from these self-witnessing reports?
What I learned(anchor)
What I got from the reports that I read was that the student
discovered a great deal of what he wanted to learn in the class, and
tailored it to his own specifications. He spent a lot of time exploring
things he was interested in. I enjoyed learning about the internet from
his exploits. I think that the one thing that I learned more than
anything else was that I can explore and access things I am interested in,
and not have to wait to read a book or to pick up a newspaper in order to
learn about everything that I want. Because everything is at my finger
tips. I also learned about the many different things that were available
through the internet.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
How it affected me(anchor)
I think that the generational files negatively impacted my
learning because I expected to much of myself after reading them.
Being a perfectionist I set and strive to set high goals for myself so
that I do not get board. What I found after reading the generational
reports was that it was not possible for me to do the things that I was
reading about at the time. So I became extremely frustrated and upset.
Thinking that I was either stupid or retarded because it wasn't easy
for me. I think that the generational files need to be taken with a
grain of salt because it set me expectations to high and I couldn't
attain them so I gave up.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
My suggestions(anchor)
My suggestion for future generations reading these files would be
to take this with a grain of salt. Some will have an easy time, some
won't but each can learn. I think the most helpful thing about the
generational files is that it lets you know that others have gone
through what you are going through, and they have survived and so will
you! I also think that future generations can learn the lessons we have
had to the easy way instead of roughing it out like we did. If they can
learn from our mistakes I think that it will be much better for them.
Some suggestions for future Information seekers would be to not
procrastinate and don't stress out it's all a part of the learning
process.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
THREE NEW LINKS(anchor)
In the link What I
learned? I felt that I had learned similar things from the generational
papers that I had received from a previous student as did Cheryl Renata. I
think that like Cheryl I myself have tried to adopt a similar theory
which tries to view the problem objectively and positively. I think by keeping
a problem solving attitude and a positive mind set one has the best chance of
succeeding in this class.Cheryl
Renata's anchor called continuing has another similarity which I myself
have. Which is quite funny because until today I thought we were on week five.
I didn't know that we were supposed to keep up and follow the weeks even
though Prof. James did not talk about the homework. I was quite upset
because I had been having some problems that I needed his assistance with
that needed his attention. I know that it isn't his fault I guess I
just feel overwhelmed because I had wanted to talk to him about the
problem I had been having, but he was sick a week and I didn't know what
to do.
((Cheryl: If you have the time could you please make a link in your file
from your paragraph to this anchor. Thanks you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Phillip(anchor) is the name of a similar student
who procrastinated and his advice for future students was don't procrastinate.
I found myself saying the same words to myself over and over again.
Don't procrastinate, don't procrastinate. In linking to other student's
file I came across Jill Kaneshiro's files and found that she had
discovered something interesting in another students files. It is
called emoticons which are
numbers and symbols that have a pattern to themselves that express a
picture. I don't know what I think that it's so cool but I just liked it
and wanted to put it in my labreport.
((Beverly: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Another thing that I was interested in was Joleen Lai's a trip to Italy. It seemed to be
really interesting and I wanted to see more of it. At the time I remembered
that to be able to see it I have to use another server, but I couldn't
remember how to do it. So I made a link to it. Hoping that I could go
back to it later and take a look at it.
((Joleen: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
In my navigation of the web this week I have found a great deal
of stress added to my life. I feel that negativity bearing down on
me and putting pressure on me to succeed. I find it very annoying to
work on the computer at times like these because it feels like it's a
child who wants to test my patience. And, I, like most parents don't
have time for it with thousands of things to do, and millions of
places to be. Each of them in their own way important.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
My experiences(anchor)
My experiences on the internet this week were far from joyful and
very demanding of both my time and my patience. One there are no
computer terminals to use and my computer broke down. It may seem
minor, but during midterms when the labs are closed and the rooms
with computers are full it's no fun. Most of the computer labs kick
you off in two hours. It was a fact that I was prepared to accept
but I was not prepared to accept that the computer lost some of my
files. In desperation I called Dr. James, but to no avail the
suggestions he gave me did not allow me to find the information the
computer deleted. I tried over and over again to save my files. But,
it seemed whenever I tried to save a file it deleted a portion of
it.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Dumbstruck(anchor)
I was dumb struck I didn't know what to do problems had been
keeping me off the computer, and caused me to fall behind. A recent
death in the family occurred and took much of my free time. I was
awe struck. I asked myself what to do Grant what to do. I thought to
myself if I continue to save files I would continue to delete them.
I took a chance and tried it again after deleting half of my glossary
entries. It deleted again. In panic I wrote to Dr. James, aghast
at what had happened it seemed as thought my whole world was coming
a part. I decided to watch someone else use the computer for a while
to take my mind off the fact that I was going to fail my first
psychology class ever!.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Relaxing(anchor)
I decided after relaxing and taking a break that I would try to
do something. I decided that I would work on my searching for
information. I found great links and information using the
web-crawler. The only problem that I had with using the web-crawler
was that the links were so long that I couldn't see all of the
address. So I was unable to link to it. Boy! Was I upset! I
decided that I would now try to save files on the glossary folder. I
saved my files after that point. I still worry thought that whatever
happened to my glossary file could always happen to my other files as
well.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Navigating with the WEB
CRAWLER(anchor)
In searching the traffic reports I first went to Dr. James Instructor
page. After locating the WEB CRAWLER I used it and did a word search. I
typed in the word Traffic. Then it printed up a list of sources to
explore. I chose to use the San Diego Traffic Reports. The next link I
used was the traffic summary, which lead me to a blank screen named move
to here. I used the link and ended up in Southern California Real-Time
Traffic Report. I explore some of the links but I could not copy or figure
out the addresses of the links so I ended up exploring and changing them
to different links so that they would work.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Some of my area's of discovery(anchor) are:
In each of these places above I found a lot of
interesting information. In the area of California Weather I found a
great deal about the weather climate. I was extremely amazed by the amount of
detail and types of weather measures that were available and accessible
through out the internet. In the link California Flood information I found
information pertaining to floods. But, my greatest discovery came when I
explored the Virtual-tourist link.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
My great area of discovery(anchor) came when I explored the
Virtual-tourist link. I found lots of information on UCLA, a school I
had been interested in for quite a while. I found myself delving into
the subject when I realized that I have only so much time left on the
computer. I had to get off shortly so I decided to cut my search short
and come back to it later. I was excited and disappointed at the same time.
I never had such mixed feelings. Both happiness and frustration at
once. Yet, I knew that I would return one day, because I am undaunted by
what ever challenges prevent me from learning information that I am seeking.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
After I had explored my links and searcher the net I ended my search
and started looking at other people's problems. I would like to mention
Kyle Fujii files in particular(anchor). I
found Other
Students' Lab Reports to be very
soothing. I found it extremely comforting that other students share
similar stress and frustrations. It may be petty, but nothing is more
frustrating than talking to someone who can't sympathize with you. I was thinking about how many things I have to do and how much
time it's taking me to finish my work. Just when I thought that I didn't
have any time, and that I'm the only one in class who is having a
difficult time scheduling computer time into their schedule. I read
Cheryl Remata's comments "Troubles with This Week" I
felt as though I had a kindred spirit in the class. The best thing I can
say about this class. It teaches you how to study and prepare for a lot
of work in a little time. "I'm almost through"
is a direct quote took from anchor. It pretty much sums up what I'm feeling as I finish
this report. It feels good but I know I still have a long way left to go
before this semester is over. The end. Suggestions for
others written by Trudy Moore gives suggestions to future student's
taking psy 409. My suggestion to future students if you want to take a
class like this. You should really think about making sure if you have
the time to finish the work. It is a really difficult class who ever
you are. If you think I am making this up please read the other
students' files and you'll see a pattern that emerges. One that of
frustration and of agony. But if you like challenges you have got to
take this class. It will redefine your idea of commitment and
persistence. I was looking up people's articles and I stumbled across Diane
Beauchemin's lab reports they are really interesting to see her lab
report press this word.
I found this report to be extremely refreshing after reading so many
files. If you want to look at her files all you have to do is press word
above. While searching around the student's lab reports I found an
interesting title it stood out and caught my eye. It was called the The Psyc. Wave. I
started thinking about surfing and I wondered when is the next time that
I would see the beach. It seems that every weekend I end up
using the computer, and straining my eyes looking at this
monitor. As soon as I get done with my lab report I am going to
take a nice relaxing day off. Boy do I need it. In looking through student's reports I came a pon and interesting
definition. If you want to see Alamares'
definition press here. When I looked at Carol's files I noticed that
some of her anchors weren't working. Carol don't forget to check your
anchors before Sunday. As I looked for students files to link to I came a pon a file that looked
extremely short. Her name is Nicole
Gustie's.(anchor) In her paper she discusses [WHY SHE
TOOK THIS CLASS.]=anchor Her papers seem extremely short. I wonder
does she exist or what? Does anyone know who she is. I found an anchor named "Strategies." I wanted
to say that I used a similar approach it is so much easier to learn
through site, because our society is such a visual one. I agree
with Linda's strategy of watching and then trying it myself I
find that it saves a great deal of time and frustration. I would like to take a few minutes to discuss the atmosphere of the
classroom. I like other students in the class have a great deal of
anxiety about the midterm because it is not specified how you are grading
and many worry how you can fairly grade it. After reading Isa's
reporting which has a link in the next paragraph. It seemed that the
format of the hyper text is more important than what we learned in the
class. I am sure that the hyper text writing each student has done is
exceptional, but it seems like all the assignments for on exploring and
not so much on how we cope and deal with learning as a process. I feel
they must be a better way to view these problems and homework assignments
than what I am doing currently. If any students can suggest to me what
coping strategies I can use to deal with the stress I encounter in class
please give me any and all the advice you can spare.(anchor)
Go to the top I would like to take a few moment's to discuss
what student Isa was
worried about. I think that a great deal of students are worried
about their grades, I know I am. I guess I have never worried so much
about a grade, because it doesn't seem like the
class is worth only 3
points. I feel like I should get and A for all the time I put in just
one scheduling time alone, and putting in the hours. Getting back to the
part about how much the class is worth I think it should be upgraded to 6
credits. I was talking to my other friends in psychology, and they were
laughing at me and how much time I put into this class. It's like I have
to say no to social occasions all the time because of this class. For example(anchor) just the other day my friend asked me
what do I do on weekends, and I told him I go to the computer lab and
work and my class. He asked me why I was taking the class. I told him I
enjoyed learning about the internet and told him I needed to go to use
the computers on the weekends. I told him my schedule was full
during the
week. He just said it doesn't seem worth the trouble to get an A in the
class. I was really mad at him that day because I partially agreed with
him but I couldn't convince him that the class was worth the time and it
pissed me off. It seems that the students in
their class suffered a lot as well. And while I agree with the
Instructors'
paragraph that the students bond,(anchor)
because of a communal deadline. I
fail to see why the students have to suffer needlessly in order to
learn. Because if it is true that we will be learning endlessly and that
we will never be able to master anything. I think that the learning
process will be looked at in a negative view. As not fun and enjoyable,
because I think that I feel that the students in our class do not find
the homework enjoyable they see it as a drudgery that has to be
surmounted in order to attain a grade. I took this class to learn what
it was to use a computer. While I can say that I have learned a great
deal I don't know if the suffering was justified. I know that if I was
to teach someone else how to use the internet. I am sure they would quit
within a few minutes if I took the approach of hands off, and expected
them to enjoy it. While I may be critical of your teaching methods in getting us
learn about the internet. I have learned many things,(anchor) which I feel will benefit me in the
future. As for my learning experiences I have learned a lot of
self-reliance and self-determination from this class, and I would like to
be the first to thank you Prof.
James.(anchor) However the pain and mental trauma I have been put
through far exceeds my expectations of what I was expecting in this
class. I think that Award
Winners should be revised so that people have motivations for
exploring and learning the net. For example weird topics while getting
lost award. For the person who has the most outrageous story with a
link.(anchor) Or an award for most terrible
experiences. This would give a person a chance to complain and
express what the worst affective experience they have received while
surfing the net.(anchor) For example a file like Smashing
the computer. But(anchor) if you created a file
everyone would just complain. So I guess that it is a pretty difficult
task to come up with fair and educational bonus points. I have recently
experienced Logon Problems. I never thought
or worried about logon problems before. I know that it is pretty naive
to think that it couldn't happen to me but it did. So for future
students who have logon problems. Here(anchor) is
what I suggest that you do. First try different combinations of your
name if that doesn't work then try and get someone to let you logon in
their Unix account, and email Prof. James a message. If you still are
having problems call the workstation lab the number is 956-9602. To see
if there is a glitch in their programs. I called and they said there is
a glitch in the system and that it will be up later. This week I couldn't find anyone's email addresses so when I
found them I created "Grant Harada's Email Files For Psychology 409".(anchor) If you
are lost or need to email someone and you don't know the person's email
addresses press here. In my exploration of Psy 459a Lab reports I discovered many
different things. Many of which I found fascinating. One of the
reports I linked to was written by Terri
Slaughter
it is titled "Driving Behavior"Article. It is a
very interesting are I suggest that you link to it and read it here.(anchor) My next link was
If(anchor) you want to read it see the link above. The
paragraph talks about how fast people live. Rushing from place to
place. It was a good reminder to slow things down and enjoy myself more. Reading the students lab reports I came upon and interesting title
"Atmosphere."
Kendall discusses the possibility of contagion and the therapeutic
effects of having positive people in the class. In my(anchor) experience this class has none. Those who are
positive and keep a positive attitude among them are non-existent when
you ask them how they can keep a positive mental attitude toward the
class. Most people are scared that they aren't going to get A's. In Jo
Allen's paper she discusses(anchor) the
pains she gets when she sits for long times at the computer. I have a
similar problem myself. I seem to get a sore shoulder when ever I sit
down for too long. I find it difficult though to find the time to just
come and go as I please. Many times it is difficult to get on a
computer. In the papers I read I chose the word
rush a lot.
That may because it was how I was feeling at the time. Rushed(anchor) is a word I use everyday to describe the
way I live and what I do. Back a few years ago I don't think rush was a
way I would describe myself. I think that the change is a negative one I
take things to seriously now, and overemphasize the importance of the
tasks I do. I chose to use word rush in these links for another reason
as well. I chose it because it is a simple thing to talk about and it is
something everyone does. I for one agree with Caroline's assumption that
people don't just take their time are often to concerned with the future,
and not the present. In Danell's paper on dui she talks about the Colorado dui laws. I
must say that their laws are a lot stricter than ours. If you want to
see the law go and press the
Colorado DUI Law
link. In Shane's paper the word
rush has taken on
a new meaning in our society. Back in our parents' days the
word rush meant to hurry up. Or to show that you wanted
something done immediately. Now the word rush has taken on a
different meaning in our society. Rush is now the common way of
doing things. For example rush air mail. Rush is our way of
life it is the way people do things. It doesn't have to be this
way but our society demands that things be taken care of
immediately. Graduate now! Get a job now! No body tells you to
relax and wait now days to make a decision. When they ask you a
question. People want the answer now. So rush on everybody,
Go to the top In Joleen Lai's paper
my
eyes and neck ache. I saw some of the symptoms that I myself have I
found that after staring at a computer for too long things seem to get
blurry. Sometimes my eyes get so sore
that I put my head down in
class, because it is too painful to look up at the chalk board. As I navigated, through Cyberspace
I found the1991
Course-Integrated Online Socializing Files."> In their I found a
great deal of discussions. Much of which I understood, much of which I
did not. I particularly liked a section about a poem written by an
abused woman. I enjoyed the pain and suffering that she expressed in her
poem. It is not that I liked that fact that she was in pain but I
enjoyed the vividness of the symbolism in her poem. I enjoyed it so
much I saved it as a bookmark. After navigating around Cyberspace by exploring the files I came
upon another message that struck me I found it in
the Course-Integrated Online Socializing Files in Dec. part II. The
story was about a girl who couldn't pay for an abortion and did it
herself with a object. I don't know who the girl was but didn't she have
any friends that she could talk to or support her. It is not my idea of
what to do in a crisis-situation. I would have hoped that some of her
friends could have talked her into going to see a doctor or a
consultant. It broke my train of thought as I read the file. I never
even thought things like that happen now days. I remember reading the
horror stories of women who committed abortions back before when it was
illegal, but I never thought something as horrific as that could have
happen now days. As I read on I became disinterested in the
files it seemed as though they were just socializing on the computer.
For no reason than other to talk to anybody. Didn't they have other
friends that they could have talked to. I thought that our files are a
lot more interesting to read than theirs are. I think that this is true
because at least in this class I know what most of the discussions are
about. Or that we at least stick to one topic. I plan to go back into
the files later but right now I think that taking a break from looking at
those files is the best thing to do. I felt that the online socializing files were
interesting to read when they did not follow the normal acceptable PC
language that all of us participate in using these days. I was kind of
glad to read some of the files because it was never the same and some of
the stories were very strange and bizarre. There were times when I read
some of the files and it just bored me to tears, and other times I
couldn't wait to see the rest of the message. Some of the reactions that
I had were boredom for one. Many times I would experience the
feeling the lack of effort and interest they had in expressing themselves
while on the internet. I felt that a lot of internet space was taken up
with only a few sentences to type on the screen. It was as if they
didn't care what they did as long as they said something. I liked
however the ones who actually did read others comments and made comments
of their own. I also enjoyed reading prof. James comments. They seem
out of this world. Or just in heaven. As far as participating goes I don't
think that I would want to, because it seemed that the majority of them
didn't really want to be there. I think that the amount of effort the
class had put in to the document on the socializing files probably
equaled the time that I have already spent on this document. I don't
think that a class like that would interest me because it wouldn't have
been as challenging as I would have liked. I was affected by the messages left on the screen only when
people actually wrote a lot if they didn't it didn't seem as though they
wanted to be there. I think that if I could say one thing about the
reports that I saw on the socializing
files I could say that a lot of
them just didn't want to be their. I think they were trying to write
something if anything they could think of on the computer screen, and
that's why the files they had and the messages they left were so short. I would try to figure out how to get
people involved and interested in learning about increasing the supply of
information about anything they want. I would set up a class just like
the one that we have now in psychology 409. I would do this because I
find that people have unlimited access to almost anything that they want
out in Cyberspace. I would design an experiment to see how much people
are interested in using the internet and run the class just like this
one. Then I would measure the detail of the reports and the
extensiveness of links and anchors of the files. Just the way Dr. James
does. I think that I would measure the amount of work done and the
detail in which it is done. To measure the level of interest. After the experiment is set up I
would see the length of time spent initially on the computer with the
amount of work produced. After that I would factor in the level of
proficiency of the users by correlating the time spent and the amount or
work produced. Then I would see the amount of proficiency in the group.
After I have ascertained the level of proficiency of the group I would
check the email file to see the amount of complaints and stressed out
students who wrote complaining. Upon completion of the design I would
separate the group and randomly assign each member to a control groups.
Those who were the most proficient would form the control group and the
experimental group then I would give instruction and structured
assistance to one group and ignore the other. In this way I could
measure what the best way of teaching a group about the internet would be. Upon completion of the experiment I would expect the control
group(the group who received assistance) to function not as confidently when interviewed say two
years in the future. Compared to the experimental group who received no
assistance, because the experimental group would basically be
self-reliant, and more capable of learning and adapting in the future. I
would expect the control group to accomplish more Cyberspace formating
than the experimental group in the class. I however, feel that the
control group would be less prepared for the fast paced life we lead, and
be unable to adjust as well as the experimental group in the future. On completion of the reading of the instructor's
article on the Plato system. I understand the relationship of what
the students were supposed to do, and what was expected of them. In the
introduction I
found the situation the students found themselves in the first day to be
very similar to our own. I remember asking similar questions in our
class, as well. What if we don't have time to go to the computer room
what should we do. I remember a lot about when our class first began, and found
a great deal of similarities. In the section of the instructors article the paragraph Affective
I learned some interesting things about this class. I see how Dr. James
is teaching us the first of his goals in preparing us to be able to
handle the oncoming information age. If there is one recommendation that I can make it
would be to
require students to write more. However, I realize
that not all the students have the time or the initiative to write longer
articles. After reading all the files and then choosing to answer anyone
of them I am sure that it would take at least and hour. One thing that I
think that Dr. James is missing, is the fact that the reason
for Plato usage is twice the number or hours is due to the nature of the
exercise, and not due to the enthusiasm of the students. I think that it
probably takes at least half an hour to just peruse the files, and then
it takes another 10-15 minutes to get an answer. I think that the
students however benefited much from the Plato usage. I made my navigation choices by just looking
at anything that seemed interesting. I looked at every type of page
that I can think of and they had some things up on the board that I
wanted to learn how to do it. I also thought that I should see as much
pages as I could. It just seemed that I should just explore as much as I
can I think that I spent a few times looking at what types of formats
they used. It wasn't very complicated the only thing that I saw that
interested me a lot was the pictures they have up. Once I figure out how
to do that I can do anything. I just hope that I have the chance to put
up some pictures of my own. It was kind of hard to say looking at the types of distributions.
For example I saw a lot of indexical type listings and a lot of
artistic types of Homepages, and I also saw a lot of standard type
links with explanations to them. I thought there is no set pattern as
far as style or artistic values go. I
thought that as much as I wanted to find new things to put on my
Home page I didn't find anything extremely ground breaking or new. However, I did see a few Homepages that I really like because they
were different one of them was written in a Font I have never see before
and I wanted to learn how to do that. Another was written out completely
I think his Home page name was Adrock. He was from Canada and he basically had a standard type of
document which just talked about himself and his interests. It was
easily understandable and it conveyed it's meaning very well. I enjoyed
reading it as well. As far as my Alternate Homepages go. I
think that I will try and use a combination of Standard and Artistic
type of styles. I think that my Indexical type of Home page has been
practiced a great deal, and I now wish to explore other avenues. I
think that I will try to put up a picture or two on one of my home pages. I
will also probably write a short summary about myself to let others know
what I am about. Kuhlthaus' book is a look at the
traditional process that all students go through in the formal education
in grade school. The book takes a second scientific glance that shows
that what was always excepted growing up is not true. The book shows
that the library search process is not a search and gather mentally which
focuses on the completion of the project, but a process by which
individuals extend their mental constructs to incorporate more than what
they already know. This in turn expands the mind and allows for the
incorporation of new material. Kuhlthaus' book describes
and observes the cognitive and affective processes that are present in
the accumulation and interpretation of new constructs. The book shows
studies that have been performed on high school and college students, and
deseminates the information in the form of a process. In order to cope
effectively the book gives the gist that one should view the library
search as a process. The process the book suggests that we use to cope
with the stress of new information is to realize that at the beginning of
a search the amount of anxiety is expected to increase. As well as a
rise in confusion and a sense of being overwhelmed. Viewed in this
manner the book suggests that the initial frustration and anxiety can be
viewed as normal and expected. When this is done students feel more
competent and realize that the initial suffering will soon pass and sense
of accomplishment will result. Thereby, justifying the sense of
frustration an anxiety felt early on in the initial search. In Kuhlthaus' book I saw a lot
of myself in the readings'. I discovered that everything that I was
doing in class was written about in some form or detail in the book. I
read the book because I wanted to get it out of the way. After reading
most of the book I went back and read some parts of the book again so
that I could see that all the adjustments that I made were just a
part of the process.(See to cope) The book(Kuhlthaus' book) talks a lot about what
happens to students in it. I however found it difficult to relate to the
theory the book proposes, because it seems like every time I start a new
assignment in the book I find that it is a whole new problem. I don't
feel that the anxiety and stress are a part of the process it just seems
that I am not competent or won't be able to do it. When the project or
homework are over it seems as though the whole process is about to start
over again. I don't feel satisfaction at having to log on and know
what is out there. I mean what's the point of learning if we will
always be behind. Didn't somebody once say that ignorance is bliss. If
we know that knowledge is limitless, then why do we continue to search
for it. Isn't it pointless. I don't see the rewards of continually
punishing myself from week to week just to get through this class. I
think that I have already realized that the process is not a fun one. In trying to relate
to the process I have found
that yes I know that I am in the process of seeking meaning, but it makes
the process no less bearable if you can't finish the homework. I am
having similar problems finding the reason that I took this class to be
justifiable in and of itself. Meaning that this classes goal seems to
be preparing ourselves for the fact that we are never going
to be fully competent in this world. I guess that to cope in this world is all we will ever be able to
do. I would like to think that we take a class so that we can learn to
be competent. I feel that it is kind of ironic to find out that we will
never be competent. The process that the book describes has
allowed me to deal a little better with the fact that at least others go
through the same thing. It is said misery loves company. I guess that
my cynicism comes from the expectation that I would be able to master the
internet and have it at my side in case I ever need to use it. I now see
that the process that has been described above (seeto
cope) is not meant so that one can master anything, but with the
understanding that one must be prepared to deal with the uncomfortable
and the unexpected should be expected in learning anything new. In this weeks' homework assignment I have found an interesting
correlation that discusses the learning aspects of Kuhlthaus' book and
the learning process itself.
Kuhlthaus' book (see The book) discusses
redundancy
and it's effects on the anxiety level of information searchers. I have
understood this to mean that new information that fits into our present
constructs can be a beneficial and broaden our understanding of the world
and our place in it, and yet still be retained. The problem of
information
that is not redundant is that new structures must be created by the mind
in order to be able to use the new information. The problem that this
causes the individual is that it stresses and raises the anxiety level
of the individual. If this redundancy
continues it causes the individual a great deal of stress and
learning is retarded. I see a direct correlation from this class and the
problems the book discusses as probable sources of anxiety and stress.
The reason that I feel that this class is more stressful in any other is
due to the fact that all the information that we obtain in this class is
usually new and we are allowed to rest on our haunches. While in other
classes we are allowed to just cruise and take it easy because most of
the information fits neatly into our previous constructs. At this time I
would suggest that who ever is reading this see my definition of
constructs. A perfect example of a construct and the way that they make us learn
something new is to associate something new with something old. A Cyberspace learning community for example is the
combination of something that has never existed before and something that
we all are familiar with. It is by this method that I believe that people
incorporate new constructs into our lives. Without them even knowing
what they are doing. By pairing together these constructs we come up
with something wonderfully new, and yet it is very simple to comprehend
see CSLC for
example. In discussing new information and information shock I think that
people become overwhelmed when they take in too
much new information.
In other words their previously held constructs are inadequate for the
addition of new and foreign material. I believe that coping with information
shock is probably one of the common problems that I
have faced in college. It seems that all my stress comes from foreign
material it is not the material that I do know that bothers me, but the
material that I am unable to understand, or to comprehend. In order to
to cope therefore I am learning to adopt a process. Before I finished my work for this week I just wanted to comment
on something that I saw on the net the other day. I was reading over my
work for this semester and I came upon a link. I used the link and read
the document there it reminded me a lot about being PC for those of you
who don't know what PC is see Grant Harada's Internet Glossary Files or
press here. I read the file and
it upset me a lot not because the proper attitude was supposed to be
upheld on the internet. But, because someone's freedom of speech was
being censored. I have a personal problem with censorship. While I do
believe that an individual has the right to speak there mind a lot of
people don't and therefore their rights are taken away. Whoever reads this file be it a
child or an elder please note that
the people who have the most rights have the highest moral obligation to
uphold those rights. Many of our ancestors fought diligently and many
may have died fighting for the simplest of rights, be it freedom of
speech, or the right to vote. I am the V.P. of ASUH I do not usually say
that I am involved in student government because people usually have a
negative image of student government and politics. I'll tell all who
consider themselves individuals and free. You are foolishly ignorant if
you believe that your rights are being upheld. I have traveled
the world and spoke with the highest officials in our state and in the
country. I educate young Americans and citizens who naively and
foolishly believe that their best interests are in the heart of
politicians. I was just recently appointed as a delegate to represent all of the
schools in Hawai'i. I met with Lt. Governor Mazzie Hirono and sorry to
say that she broke her campaign
promises. I wish that I could sit here
and lie to you and tell you that people are fighting for the betterment of
students rights, but I can't. However, I must tell you that we as a young
generation are getting slammed. Our job out looks dwindle our education
is being cut, and we can no longer afford to let politicians be held
unaccountable for their actions. I implore all of you who reads this participate in your future
and vote. Gov. Cayetano recently cut 35million dollars from our schools'
budget. That cut will affect the future of all the people you know in
Hawaii and for one reason the school is closely tied to the economy of
the state. If the state's economy is bad our education will suffer. I
am sorry to tell you this but the way they treat our professor's here I
would not be surprised if the school lost their accreditation. It may
not affect you now because you haven't seen what I have seen, but mark my
words it hurts all of us when they cut the budget for our school. Go to the top What I hope to do by telling you this is not to upset you but to
motivate you into taking action. By taking this
class we have learned a lot of useful tools before I took this class I
had no clue as to what Email was. I
didn't even know what a modem was
either. Now I know how to use Pine and
when I get done with this class I plan to use the knowledge I have gained
and help others. Can you believe I one of 10 ASUH members who actually
knows how to use email. Pretty sad huh! If I could get any or all of
you to participate in a single project you would know and learn a lot
about the school you have attended for so long. Well I'm going to get
off and stop preaching. I have one thing to say PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATE,
PARTICIPATE! Before I leave this section of my report I would like to comment
on a few of the other students reports. I personally agree with what Jill
Kaneshiro says about reading the book. I would have found it a lot
easier to go to the library and would enjoy being there. To See Jill
Kaneshiro comments press the next link. What Everyone Else Thinks After reading a lot
of people's reports I have come to realize that everyone follows the same
trend. Almost all the reports are similar in once
sense or another, but I am glad to say that I found a particular report
that never seizes to amaze me. The lab report that I suggest that you
all check out is Diane's lab report,see the link
HYPOTHESIS. I
had myself a grand old time reading her files it never stops. Her wit
and intellect just keep coming. I wish I could come up with some of the
stuff she thinks about. In Navigating Swedenborg's
Home Page I found a great deal of interesting philosophies of life
and religion. It seemed like they were answering questions about
life, religion, and the whole ball of wax. I found a particular article
that was written by a student I assume to be very interesting. It
reminded me of a friend I once knew. My friend had a philosophy or
religion that was very different from everyone I had every known.
This normally would not have intrigued me but he was unlike anyone I had
every met. He was a top college athlete who majored in French and art,
and had a job, on top of the fact that he had a 4.0 G.P.A. It amazed me
to think that anyone could do what he did. So I started to hang around
with him and learned a great deal. Anyway, the reason I brought him up was that he had a similar
philosophy to a girl who wrote and article about good and evil. He firmly
believed that good and evil were intertwined.
He used to tell me that good=order and repression, and that he had a firm
belief in the principle of chaos=freedom and choice. He used to preach
to me that everyone believed in order and being good, and that he
believed in being evil and living with chaos. I asked him if he believed
in God and he told me that he was an atheist. I never knew anyone like him
and I was intrigued by his philosophy so I wanted to know more. In time, we became best friends and I
learned even more. It seemed that he believed that his life was filled
with chaos which he later told me that his life was filled with choices.
I started to understand what he was saying, and have since that time
adopted many of those choices. He taught many, many things of which he
taught me that life is filled with choices(chaos) and that we have
unlimited choices at any given time, and it is with these choices we have
freedom and chaos. He taught that people don't like freedom and chaos
because it is too much of an existence to live with so people create
order/good in order to have a orderly or good life. He taught me with
these restrictions put on life one can then go on living, and then he
told that is why many people believe in God, because it makes sense, he
said. This is the part of his philosophy
I always had problems with, and after reading the Swedenborg files finally
came to realize why that is true. I have always believed that
God is the Supreme and Omnipotent being, and through his power which he
gives to us that we have the power to do whatever we wish. I believe a
lot of what my friend taught me to be true not because his beliefs are
right but because they are truisms. They exist whether people wish to
believe or not. Such as people have choices regardless whether or not
they think they have and that is the reason our life is so wonderful.
God's gift to us is life, what we become is our gift to God. In this part of my labreport I will discuss the social context of
the exchange. I have found that in the articles I have read the
individuals seem to be well educated and have some idea of what they are
trying to get across. Their arguments seem to have some substance to
them and their rationality of thought is not for me to question. I try
not to judge others because I feel it is not my place to judge what is
right or wrong. A lot of times I think that to many people judge, and
for the wrong reasons. My rational for judging people and their arguments is to try and understand them, and then
to see if their arguments have any faults to them. By keeping a
objective point of view I feel I can learn the most from them and yet see
if there are any faults in their beliefs. I find by doing this it helps
them to develop their own beliefs and makes them understand and clarify
what they believe in. I think, and believe that the points they were trying to get off
were sometimes missed by me because it seemed they were discussing some
foreign topic that I was not familiar with. It seemed the context of
their discussion and the points they made seemed to be based on the
assumption that everyone has read Swedenborg. I find myself embarrassed
by the fact that I haven't read Swedenborg. I found that the
participants in the archives to be trying to answer the question who am I?,
and where and what is my place on earth? It seemed to be the question
that everyone was trying to answer, because all of their responses talked
about their beliefs and how they see the world. It was my conclusion
that they were trying to express their beliefs about the world, in an
educated manner. My visit to this Cyberspace area was very useful because it
allowed me to see an realize a part of my life that I had been lacking
the spiritual side of my
life. It seemed that it had been to distant in my
thoughts that I had all but forgot that religion is and always will be a
part of my life. I was kind of happy to do this report because it made
me question where my values were, and what my values are. I guess that
in my hectic life I have found little time to be with myself and to be
with the ones that I love. Since that time I have found that a lot of
what I have been doing in my life to be out of line with what I want
myself to become. The exploration of the files affected
me, and it did so in a wonderful way. I found myself thinking for
once about the spiritual side of my being. I found it to be lacking. I
have found college to be a very cold and impersonal place. Where the
school educates us and then tells us to leave. I felt a sense of being
lost in this huge university, and kept telling myself just graduate and
get out. I now think that much of my college experience has been outside
of the domains of what professor's and staff have tried to teach me. I
feel that the college has made me a better person by placing myself in it
but not with it's education. That I could have learned by just reading a
book. I find myself to be lacking spiritually because I feel that I have
lost my sense of inner-self trying to impress everyone and not to just be myself.
Go to the top From this moment on, I will try to spend some quality time with
those that I love I feel that it is long overdue. For example I turned
down the chance to spend time with my family just so that I could get a
head in a few classes. Never will I be so callous just to get some
things done a head of time. I feel as though I am waking from a long sleep and seeing the light of day. In describing how I relate to titles, file
names, and e-mail/url addresses.I first try to figure out what is being said
by the individual. Next, I usually try to figure out why the person said it,
after I understand what is being said or have at least tried to. I try
figure out how I will get back to the document if I have any further
questions. This is the part I always dread there are so many possible
combinations of URL addresses that I usually give up after half and
hour. If I can't figure out the address by then I usually don't try to.
I figure there are other things that I can do with my time instead of
looking up one address and linking it to my home page. In the time it
took me to find the address I could have linked ten URL addresses instead
of one. It is for this reason that after a half hour or so I usually
abandon my efforts. Some helpful hints on trying to figure
out URL addressees, I first suggest knowing what file the document is
in. Try to first figure out how many links you have used. Figure out
where the document is and then look at the bottom of the screen the address
usually shows up on the border of the computer screen when you change
documents. I create or make up file names by
thinking about the simplest way to summarize a general theme of the document
in one word. I do the same thing when I create my anchors or sub headings. I
try to keep the anchor down to one word but I usually end up using more.
Sometimes when I am trying to centralize a theme in one word, I end up
putting whatever is the most convenient, but I usually try to create an
anchor that most people will recognize and will stand out. Plus, I also
realize that whatever anchor I use will be recognized by people because
it is highlighted in blue. I recognize and remember anchors that others'
use in their documents by the way that the word stands out against the
rest. If it is a common word it usually won't stand out. So when I
create an anchor I try to make sure that it will stand out also. I interpret other people's file names by first knowing whose file I
am looking for then trying to see what their file is about. Go to the top I don't keep track of my files as of yet I usually spend a lot of
my time organizing before I start to create my documents, so that when I
come back to them I know exactly where they are.
As far as diskettes are concerned I haven't bought any yet I plan to
after I am done with the semester so that I can save everything on
diskette so that I don't have to continually come back and do it time and
time again. I keep track of my email addresses by
creating an email file in my directory so that whenever I
don't remember the address I just go there and see what they are. To see
Grant Harada's email files press here. In the article on titles on which Dr. James
discussed the characteristics of titles. I found it to be rather dull.
So I put it off for a while and then came back to it. After reading some
of it I found that a title is essentially one of the most important areas
of an article. Either it catches your eye and you remember it or you
don't. It never occurred to me that a title was very important. Yet I
remember a few times trying to come up with titles for my papers just so
I could submit them. I never learned why we used titles when I was
growing up, and I never thought to ask. The area I want to talk about in the story or
article we read was called cognitive. It is on
the tenth computer screen on this document. The cognitive measure
As I read the article on titles I thought to myself that's
interesting that the way we interpret the titles has a correlation to
it's meaning. I never considered it yet I have always know that a title
and it's meaning pertain to the content of the paragraph. When I take
certain classes I usually find myself looking over the titles of the
paragraphs just to remember and learn what's in the book. I never
thought that the titles were memory cues to my learning process. Yet I
have practiced doing that throughout college, and high school. As I read the article I found myself saying wow, I never knew
that something so simple could be looked at in such a complex and
intricate way. I have found that it amazes me to find such in depth
research into something I have always taken for granted. After reading the article I found myself
saying stuff like why would someone want to figure this out. Then I
thought to myself this is very important if you were writing and article
or an textbook for students of any level. This would be extremely
important to those who want students to learn as much as they can and to
be recall. I'm kind of glad that I read over this article it gave me an
idea how I should study for a test that is coming up. Well It's time to
go. After comparing my report to others'
reports. I would like to think that my report is just as good as anyone
else's. I think the more important question that I need to answer myself
is whether or not my report is comparable to what I have done before, and
is it something I am proud of. I think that at this point and time I
cannot accurately judge my report because I need time away from it to see
all the faults with it and right now all I see is hyper text. I think
that during the semester I was going to go blind with it. I would like
to say that it's okay if not all right. That's it no more no less. To finish my file took a
lot more than what I would have expected. I think that I wasn't prepare
for the vast amount of work that I had to do. Many times I found myself
sacrificing all my free time in order to get it done, not because I had
procrastinated, but because I had not allocated enough time to do it in.
I wish that I didn't have to spend so much time working on the
computer I think that the only way to accomplish it was to spend
hours upon hours in order to get it done. I think
that what I needed to accomplish this assignment was a firm resolve
to get it done no matter what. I think that to accomplish the task
truly challenged me and pushed me in area's that I was unfamiliar and
very weak in and to me, that has made all the difference in the world. Was it worth it is a question I do
not usually like to answer because it usually isn't. This time I can say
that it was, because I have learned not only a great deal, but I have met
and made many new friends. It has been a great new experience. I wish I
could say I enjoyed it more than I did, but the lessons I learned are
essential to my success in graduate school, and I am extremely fortunate
to have such an experience. I would like to say I started at the beginning not knowing anything
about computers but that wouldn't be true. So I shall say that my knowledge of computers is limited to word
processing and not much more. I went from there to learning how to
access information systems across the world. I have learned a great
deal and similar to going into a library that has many great books I have a
lot more to go. Whether or not I master the system is not a question I
can honestly answer, because I know that my school has just begun. If there was one thing that I had done
differently I think that I would have given myself more time to play on
the internet and just explore. I think that the lessons we learn are
invaluable, but true enjoyment I have found only comes from playing. I
think this is true, because you can do whatever you want. There is no grade
for playing it just pure enjoyment in the net. You can do whatever you
want and no one will penalize you. Plus it will help you in class if you play
around in the internet. So I suggest for future students the
real joy in this class is not getting and A but getting to know your way
around the Net. My suggestions, for the professor are
that the most useful hints are linked to and not much else because the
students might be overwhelmed with all the hints. I suggest that future
paragraphs be labeled by codes such as alpha, beta, or something simple
and well thought out, because it is difficult to find exactly which
paragraph said what. I think the files need a certain type of subject
heading every paragraph so that it becomes easier to skim through the
paragraph. I suggest picking one topic for the entire paragraph and
using it only once in the students' entire lab report. I would hope that professor James
continues his efforts in creating a generational Cyberspace super
document. I think that it is very admirable that Dr. James is
accomplishing the true essence of science by compiling vast amount of
research based on Kulthau's principles of seeking meaning. I am glad he
has set such a goal for himself and I would commend him for it. I can say that I have accomplished a
lot. I can also say that I am happy with what I learned on the
internet. I think that the most important lesson that I have learned
this semester is that life will always present you with new challenges.
Another lesson I have learned is getting upset is not the solution to the
problem but the problem itself. I think that my goal for the future is
to look at the learning process as a series of experiences that cover the
entire spectrum of emotions. The process if viewed in a positive manner
is fun and challenging, but the process of incorporating new information
into our existing constructs if viewed in a negative manner becomes
painful and very stressful. I think that this process is the same as the
process of life and whether or not you master life is whether or not you view
something as a challenge or a problem. The view you take determines
whether you enjoy the ride or hate it. I think it also reminds me of the
lesson that you can measure the size of the individual not by what the man
has accomplished but by the problem that stops that individual. I know that whatever I choose to do with my
internet skills is still open to debate. However, I am certain that my
future lies in using computers and accessing wide amounts of information
and interpreting them accurately. Regardless whether or not I am on the
World Wide Web I am certain I will use the computer skills I have
obtained through taking this class and apply them to the real world. I
think that in the future there will some sort of internet, but I am not
sure as what type yet. I hope that it will continue to expand my mind. I plan to update and use my files whenever I
can in the future I have found that the internet has become and
integral part of my life. I think that this generations files should
be made available to the next semesters students. I think that they should
see what our class went through and how much work it took to get through this
class. So that they can have an accurate perception of what this class
is like, and what to expect. I expect that most students will just look
to our files as a means of reference to see what is done with them. The
likely hood of them linking to our documents is pretty good I feel,
because we have submitted quite a bit of linked Cyberspace that they can
benefit from. I plan to visit my files whenever I have the inkling in the
future I don't know when that may be, but I think that I will have many
fond memories about the good old days. I don't know what will happen to
the files but I would be surprised to find them. If they were still up
I think that they would be outdated. I think that this will
happen, because of the information
explosion age. I am almost sure that that our files will become
obsolete. The only way that I could see that my files would still be up
is if I updated them every other week which I doubt I would do that often
because of the hectic and fast paced lifestyle I lead now. A few suggestions for students taking this
class. I would first suggest that they have a high tolerance level for
stress, and the ability to persevere under the most severe and adverse
situations. I would suggest that the students taking this class in the
future not too take any other classes that have a lot of work to do in them.
I think that it is important to realize that this class in mostly on your
own and you should not expect that much from the professor. Because
most of your training and education will be due in part to working with
other students. I suggest that you become close friends with the other
students when you first start the semester because you will become
friends afterwards. On the first day of class I suggest that you get
everyone's E-mail address. I strongly insist on getting to know each other the first day,
because so much rides on you pulling together and building a community
network. Students in class link and bond to each other because of
certain problems. One of which may not be apparent at the beginning,
which is the professor and his expectations. Dr.
James demands a great deal from the students' time. If you fool
yourself into believing that you will breeze through this class you
will have a great deal of stress. This class will be the most
challenging and stressful of your college career. When I say this it
is not meant to frighten you but to make you aware of the harsh
realities of school and this class. An idea for more homework for future students would be to have
them explore as much Cyberspace as possible. The
idea would be planted in the heads of students initially, by having
them see what the internet has to offer them. One suggestion that I have
would be for you(Dr. James) to actually go down with them to the computer
room and look up a topic that the class might be interested in. This
would get them to see that there is a lot of information that is out
there that is available to them. After you have given them an actual
example of what someone is capable of doing by actively using the
internet they can't help but fall in love with it. I think that if
students can make the connection that all the information they could ever
want is available at their finger tips. They would be more than willing
to start, and maintain their files. I think students should be encouraged to use the system and have
it benefit their lives. I think that students would be more encouraged
and even addicted to using the internet. If they had more of a personal
stake in it. I think one more way to facilitate that type of addiction
would be to have them find 5 links per month on totally different topics
that they are interested in. I think that a file such as this could be named
personal explorations
home page. This would encourage the students to learn more about
themselves and society in general. If the students are actively
pursuing things they enjoy then they would be more apt to incorporate it
as a daily part of their life. I remember taking a class in psychology
a few years ago it said the definition of learning was a relatively
permanent change in behavior. I feel a practice such as this would
incorporate it into their daily lives. A suggestion for college students taking this class is to
schedule all your time at the beginning of the semester and allocate
as much time as you can to this class. I suggest spending a great
deal of time at first. The reason I suggest this is due to the fact
that many have never used the internet before.
If you have not used it before please take the time to ask as many
questions as possible. Another suggestion that I would recommend is that you view the
whole class as a process in coping with the information age. This
class will drill the idea into your head and compound the facts that
we live in a computer age. Those who embrace and accept this will grow
and flourish, and those who do not learn the
skills to survive will perish. My last suggestion and comment is that through it all do not give
up. If you have been on the computer for hours and have not
completed a single thing stop and relax. Then come back and go for
it. It also helps to have a computer and modem at home. It also
helps to have a computer and modem at home. Oh and keep a great diary,
very important. Make sure that Dr. James is not teaching another class
that is similar to one your taking. He sometimes confuses the
instructions for classes. For example he once thought that he gave us
instructions for our class, that he actually gave to the other. I spend
about ten hours back tracking just to correct the things we were
supposed to do. Another way you can circumvent this problem is to view
other students files from the other classes that he's teaching and ask
questions about his other classes' files so that you can be prepared in
all ways. If I could suggest any homework I would say that a homework could
be a week of exploration it would shock the students. Because it
would force them to explore themselves and their own interests. I
think that an award given could be the most interesting lab report,
and the neatest link. Maybe even the farthest most unheard of link, maybe intercontinental. I would
suggest that the most helpful Cyberspace award be given every week
because it would change from week to week. That's about all that I can
think of for now.
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Finally, ask these 3 students by e-mail to place a link to your
paragraph in their paragraph, if they are not yet aware of your request.
No Time(anchor)
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Almost Done(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly comments
What's New
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Lab Report 6(anchor)
Other Students' Labreports
March 9,1995(anchor)
Lab Report 7(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly
comments
Dr. James' Homework
Other Students' Labreports
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Trudy: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui
loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Diane: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui
loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Jason: If you have the
time please make a link in
your file from your paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui
loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Carol: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui
loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Nicole: If you
have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui
loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Linda: If you have the time please make a link in
your file from your paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui
loa!>
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
PART 3(anchor)
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Lab Report 8(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly
comments
Dr. James' Homework
Other Students' Labreports
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Lab 8 March
10,1995(anchor)
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Psy 459
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
March 11,1995
((Terri: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Michelle: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Kendall: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Josophine: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Caroline: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Danell: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the Bottom
((Shane: If you have the time please make a link in your file
from your paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
((Joleen: If you have the time please make a link in your file from your
paragraph to this anchor. Thank you. Mahalo nui loa!))
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Lab Report 9(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly
comments
Dr. James' Homework
Other Students' Labreports
Go to the top
NAVIGATION
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Lab Report 10(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly
comments
Dr. James' Homework
Other Students' Labreports
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Grant Harada's Alternate Home Page
Grant Harada's Alternate Home Page
Grant Harada's Alternate Home Page One
Grant Harada's Alternate Home Page One
Grant Harada's Alternate Home Page Two
Grant Harada's Alternate Home Page Two
Grant Harada's Alternate Home Page Three
Grant Harada's Alternate Home Page Three
Lab Report 11(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly
comments
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Grant Harada's Internet Glossary
Dr. James' Homework
Other Students' Labreports
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to Bottom
Go to
the top
Go to the Bottom
Lab Report 12(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly
comments
Go to the top
Dr. James' Homework
Other Students' Labreports
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to Bottom
Lab Report 13(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly
comments
Dr. James' Homework
Other Students' Labreports
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Lab Report 14(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly
comments
Dr. James' Homework
Other Students' Labreports
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Part 2: Read the instructor's [87]article on titles and comment on its
content. Be sure to link your comments to anchors in that article.
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
titles
story
Lab Report 15(anchor)
Dr.James' weekly
comments
Dr. James' Homework
Other Students' Labreports
Go to the top
Go to the Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the top
Go to Bottom
Go to the Bottom
Dr. Diane
Nahl of the School of Library and Information Studies at the
University of Hawaii