[1]My Home Page<br>
   [2]My Glossary<br>
   [3]The Instructor's home page<br>
   [4]Other student's lab reports<br>
   [5]Syllabus<br>
   [6]Weekly homework assignments<br>
   [7]Go to bottom<br>
   
   
                             MY FIRST LAB REPORT
                                       
   Here we go again. This is the third attempt to complete my first
   labreport. I have no idea what I have been doing incorrectly, but I am
   redy to quit.
   
   After leaving class the first day, I was excited. I couldn't wait to
   get started. My father is a computer freak, so I figured "hey I'll
   surprise dad with something new." I figured mastering this system
   would take some time, but I could do it. Well now I am not so sure.
   
   frustration
   My first session began with difficulties that snowballed. I became
   irritated when the lab personnel sitting behind obviously realized I
   was confused. I had been on the same screen for about an hour. Yeah, I
   had moved around a bit, always full circling to that stupid screen. He
   just sat there talking with some pretty, obviously a genius because
   she wasn't stuck on the same page, girl. During that first hour, a
   real desire to quit emerged. All of this frustration because I did not
   recognize a screen to type in the URL of the syllabus. In spite of my
   overwhelming feeling of failure, I kept moving from screen to screen.
   I suppose my desire to complete the assignment was stronger.
   
   relief
   Finally, the girl next to me cried out for help and then the man on my
   left also asked for help. I figured it couldn't be that humiliating. I
   also stopped the attendant. He answered my question regarding why I
   couldn't access the syllabus in about 3 seconds. I did not try to open
   a file. Hello. Could I really be that stupid? I consoled myself saying
   if I had only waited a moment longer ultimately I could have done it
   too. Yeah right.
   
   feeling positive
   After navigating through the syllabus and accomplishing at least one
   of my goals, I was on top of the world. Suddenly life was great and
   this course wouldn't be so bad. With that positive note, I left the
   computer.
   
   dread
   Approximately ten minutes later, it occurred to me that there would be
   more assignments and a lot of struggles and suddenly this feeling of
   dread encompassed my entire being. How would I be able to deal with
   this shit for the next semester?
   
   my attempt to reduce procrastination
   I decided to start on my first labreport a little early. I also wanted
   to e mail the instructor and a few other people. As I sat staring at
   the terminal, the terror I repressed surfaced. What do I do next.
   Instead of wasting mega time sitting there, I asked a female
   attendant. She was very kind and explained to me that to access
   UHUNIX, I must travel through the program COMMUNICATIONS. With that
   done, I accessed my account, read some mail written by an activist,
   and sent mail to Dr. James following the simple instructions pasted on
   the bottom of the screen. Now what? There was the excitement of sweet
   success and terrror of failure all rolled into one-again.
   
   accessing CSS server
   I managed to stumble through CSS and into my account. I even changed
   my password using the command passwd. I accessed this account several
   times from the Unix prompt to be sure it worked. Then all of a sudden,
   it didn't work. I repeatedly read Login incorrect. Why? What happened?
   A few days later another laymen at the terminal next to me explained
   that I needed to capitalize my password. Of course, but I knew that.
   Any how thanks to that person I again accessed my CSS account.
   
   saddness
   Another day, I decided to attempt creating my 3 files. After limited
   success I was stuck. Luckily Kevin Bogan was there to help. Instead of
   feeling stupid, I felt lazy that I had not put in a lot more time. I
   developed the fear that everybody must be finished with this
   assignment already. I was at a loss, because I had already spent quite
   a bit of time in the center only to find out I wasn't doing enough. It
   would be easier if I were more successful or so I thought. Kevin and I
   encountered many problems that day mostly because I was clueless and
   he uses IBM instead of Mac. Needless to say, I had created the 3
   files, but couldn't get the links to work. I had to go to class. With
   a very uneasy feeling, I left the CLIC lab.
   
   Ctl x Ctl c
   Once again I have encountered another mountain to climb. The Ctl x Ctl
   C command does not work. The lab attendant was somewhat rude to me,
   probably because he did not know emacs either. Some man from across
   the hall came over. He saved my material using the mouse and about a
   thousand commands. None of which I understood. What is the use of lab
   attendants who do everything without teaching along the way? The
   result: I stumbled across this same problem another day and did not
   have a clue how to solve it. All of my material was lost, I decided to
   learn PICO because the attendants all advised it.
   
   <a href="glossary.html#Pico>Pico</a><br>
   Pico was fun and easy. All of the commands are pasted on the bottom of
   the screen as promised. I made 3 files and wrote a second lab report
   with limited frustration. Maybe I would finish this assignment only a
   week late. One attendant then informed me that I could not save my
   material without a diskette. My heart collasped. I felt very sick. All
   of my hard work. This couln't be true. Another attendant insured me
   that I could. Again, he used several commands that I did not know and
   left me sitting ready to logout.
   
   losing a file
   So here we are today. I figured I could work on my links to the
   instructor and start the new assignment. No such luck. My files were
   still there, but anywritten stuff in the file had disappeared. I
   wanted to run out of here, crying. I thought of calling Dr. James at
   home, apologize for quitting (and for calling on Sunday) and
   withdrawal first thing Monday morning. Then It hit me. I need this
   credit to graduate. Never mind the quitting part. Suddenly UH feels
   like this prison where I am forced to do my time, like it or not.
   
   I have paged through the next assignment. It doesn't seem too
   difficult. If I could only get my links to work.
   
   [8]Go to the top
   [9]Go to the bottom 
   My Second Week
   Finding information in a hypertext environment seems simple so far.
   For example, calling up the [10]Syllabus
   can be done through telnet. After logging on to the Unix system, type
   in telnet, then open and finally www.soc.hawaii.edu and the (WWW)
   world wide web prompt will appear. At this point type in leon and his
   home page will come on the screen. One needs only to page down to the
   Syllabus for course 409 to find it. There are many links throughout
   the syllabus. To follow up on a link simply arrow to the right. When
   you have explored that information thoroughly, continue pressing the
   left arrow until the original page reappears.
   
   string variables & searching
   When hunting for a specific, at least on Pico, one needs to press the
   slash key and the instruction ENTER A STRING VARIABLE will show. Type
   in a key word and the computer will search through the document to
   find that key. Once you have found that key word and read the
   information, press the up or down arrow to move within the document or
   hit q to quit.
   
   links & anchors to aid navigation
   Navigating throughout the course files can be made infinitely simpler
   when the author places links and anchors in the document. At the same
   time, this can become confusing if no links or anchors have been
   added.
   
   depression & pessimism
   Of all the instructions given this semester, the most difficult by far
   is to overcome the depression and pessimism. I guess there will always
   be a time when I feel both of these. Today I wanted to run out of the
   lab and withdrawal from the course. This was not a viable solution for
   me. I dealt with the depression by looking at things realistically.
   Could I really withdrawal from the course without offsetting my plans
   for the next year? No. Yeah, okay it would be safer to quit, but some
   day I will need to face the information age. My way of dealing with
   these junk emotions is to spend a second validating my feelings. Yes,
   this really sucks and I have every right to be pessimistic. I've just
   lost my hard work for the second time. So after that moment, I collect
   myself and jump right in. I'm able to rationalize that the assignment
   will still be due and ultimately no amount of crying or whining will
   convince Dr. James to give me the three credits without some effort
   and a product on my part.
   
   feeling productive
   Now that I have finished my assignment for week 4 with the exception
   of making those links work, I am relieved that I spent my Sunday
   productively. A lingering fear still exists. My lab reports and links
   are useless without Dr. James's access to them. I will wait for his
   input through E-mail. I hope it gets here soon enough. Also I am
   terrified that I will lose all of this information again. I have
   worked so hard today that losing this stuff would be a very big
   setback.
   
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   [13]Go to Lisa's second lab report
   
   
                               MY THIRD REPORT
                                       
   reading Robyn Carl's reports
   At first, I didn't want to read Robyn Carl's lab reports. I figured it
   was busy work to get us started. I spent as much energy avoiding the
   assignment as possible. Besides, I thought, "what could she teach me
   anyway." I finally decided to take a few minutes to browse through the
   reports. Her scores seemed okay. She had an 11 out of 13 written on
   most of them. I was not sure if these were good scores and I wondered
   what her final grade was. I convinced myself that professors pick
   these papers because they embody what they expect. I chuckled a little
   and thought "no problem. I can write as well as she." Then I laid the
   papers to the side and forgot about them until Dr. James asked who was
   ready to volunteer for presentations. I could have went, but decided
   reading the reports thoroughly might help a little. So I did. I spent
   one half hour reading Robyn's reports. Although she didn't give me
   specific instructions on approaching certain problems, her reports
   helped me feel normal.
   
   fitting in
   All of the frustration and anger I have felt so far this semester, she
   had experienced too. It was nice to know someone else felt like a
   novice. Many people say they feel like a novice, but they certainly
   don't fit into my schema for novice. At first, she was serious,
   writing everything like it had happened and somewhat dry. Then she
   breaks down. Her personality shines through the words and in my mind I
   can almost picture her banging away on her computer and feeling lost
   and hopeless. At one point she discusses teaching her friend how to
   use Internet. Some times they have a lot of fun, and other times she
   is miserable. Robyn talks about being overwhelmed with the semester in
   general and the desire to push her friend as quickly as possible. She
   feels guilty because the friend is enjoying the information age and
   Robyn wants her to quit and leave so she can finish countless other
   assignments. I understand completely. There are times when I need for
   everybody to go away so I can accomplish my goals, but they won't
   budge. I become angry and irritated. So much so they usually do leave.
   Leaving me to feel ashamed and self centered. Like most of us, Robyn
   spent the semester feeling very excited over small breakthroughs or
   very drained at what felt like huge setbacks. Overall, I think Robyn
   experienced many classic symptoms of information shock.
   
   what I learned
   By reading these reports, I learned that what I experienced was
   normal. Most of us felt overwhelmed, slightly depressed, and even
   desperate at one time or another. Robyn reported her emotional states
   throughout the semester and very little cognitive processes. For that
   reason, the reports did not help me to understand or complete certain
   functions, but they helped to calm my fears a little.
   
   My suggestions are to read the reports written by past generations as
   quickly as possible and to thoroughly read and explore the syllabus as
   early in the semester as possible. Sadly enough, it usually takes the
   due date of an assignment to shift most students into high gear. For
   this reason, maybe the due date for presentations should be the
   following week and make these presentations a priority. This year,
   they were due the second week, but because of other questions and
   problems to be solved, they were not presented that week. Enforcing
   this assignment will achieve two things: first it will give the
   students some idea of what to expect for that semester and to realize
   frustration comes with the territory; secondly, it will show that when
   something is assigned, it must be completed because it will be
   reviewed in class as scheduled. This is important to me. After 4 years
   in a university setting, I have learned that very few classes stay on
   schedule. For this reason, if I forget or more realistically,
   procrastinate for a while it is okay, because the assignment will not
   be discussed anyway.
   
   My Week 6 Lab Assignment
   Positive Mental Attitude
   Mr. Raad, please make a link to this paragraph. Thanks. It seems that
   many people underestimated the amount of time needed to complete this
   course. I certainly have. At this point, I want to plead that I have
   other courses and another life besides school. I don't believe that
   would gain much mileage because we are all struggling to make time.
   One of our classmates has something to add on the value of positive
   mental attitude. [14]Check it out.
   
    Success It works. My link to someone else works. If you are not
   interested in a positive mental attitude, try my link just because it
   works. Well, what am I feeling? Definitely a positive mental attitude
   - abbreviated PMA from now on! I feel awesome. I have accomplished
   something. Could I truly understand? Probably not, but none the less,
   I've done it! Sadly enough with every success, I gain some courage and
   feel positive, but doubt always lingers in the back of my head. Just
   now, I made something work, but I attributed my succes to luck and
   some little voice said, "don't get too excited. You will screw up
   soon." How is that for PMA.
   
   Well I have attempted to search several traffic documents, all without
   success. At the UHunix prompt, I typed in web crawler. I was
   pleasantly surprised when a list of options appeared on the screen. I
   chose to search the whole internet catalog. Again another list of
   options appeared on my screen. So I chose All Subjects hoping this
   would lead to a place where I could type in traffic. No such luck. At
   this point, I felt sure that I was not doing things correctly. I
   decided to try something new.
   
   At this point, I typed in internet gopher at the UHunix prompt. I
   clicked on the option 3 around town. Since I wasn't able to locate
   anything resembling traffic, I chose the Academy of Arts. Here a list
   of the displays thru Jan 8 1995 were listed. Well it is clearly later
   than the 8 of January. They need to update their list. Maybe I could
   get a job updating their file on the internet. I was also able to
   access the bus schedules and surf reports, which could come in handy
   if I had a computer and modem at my house. Since I live in Kailua,
   driving to Uh to check the bus schedule and wave reports doesn't sound
   like something I will do often. It is still nice to know I can find it
   if I need to. I tried several other searches. No luck with traffic
   documents. Perhaps I wasn't reading or writing my search words
   correctly. Oh well. More luck next time.
   
   Big thanks to Beauchemin. She helped me discover where to find the
   appropriate place to search. Sadly enough, typing in traffic only lead
   to more far off places than I ever imagined. For example, my first
   search through web crawler in the homework assignments lead to Steve's
   humorous archives and Star Trek jokes. These were a lot of fun, but
   didn't really help me complete my assignment. Something interesting
   happened when I attempted to make a bookmark. I pressed the a to save
   the document to my bookmark file. Instead of pressing L, I was given
   the option D or C, but no L. The computer assured me this process had
   been completed so I moved on. The next time I attempted to make a
   bookmark, I was given the options d,L, or c. Again I was informed the
   process was complete.
   
   Feeling embarrassed is quite common in the information age; however, I
   am still too embarrassed to ask questions in class out of fear that
   others will think I am as dumb as a bag of hammers and that Leon will
   be aware of how far behind I really am. After all, aren't we suppose
   to know everything already? Anyway, I know that the internet is not
   secure, but here is another question I should have had answered many
   weeks ago. I have made two bookmarks lately, but have never created a
   bookmark file. Does this mean that even though the computer assures me
   the bookmarks have been made, they really haven't? And do I need to
   create a bookmark file? If not, where are my bookmarks being stored?
   Anyone who knows the answers these gripping questions, please email me
   or feel free to link. Here is an anchor
   
    Here is more discussion on class silence. It was a topic in the
   online socializing corner for students and professors. [15]Silence:
   how it affects us all.
   
   
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   <p><a href="../../leoncomments.html#week9hw">Link to Leon's list of 
week 9 assignments.</a><br>
  <a name="Week 9 homework assignment">Week 9 homework assignment</a><br> 
[19]Week 9 homework assignment
   [20]Student Socializing corner
   As part of homework assignment for week 9, I read the comments made by
   many students on Plato. A lot of the comments were redundant. Of
   course, many students express similar opinions especially in large
   groups. The section I found most interesting was the comments on
   multiple choice tests. Some students preferred the tests; however,
   most did not. As a person who hates multiple choice tests, I wish all
   professors were forced to read these comments. I agree that grading
   tests for very large groups can be a real pain in the butt, but after
   all I'm here for an education. As long as there are grades to
   summarize my knowledge and progress as a college student, at least
   pick exams that will accurately reflect my behavior; however, poor
   that may be.<br>
   Another comment that  caught my eye was one made by Dr. James
   regarding <a name="eye contact">eye contact</a> of students. Some 
students had finished chewing
   up professors for being poor teachers when Dr. James commented that
   the breakdown in education can be contributed not only to the lack of
   teacher ability, but also to the lack of student motivation. I have to
   agree with both sides. When I transferred here from Penn State
   University, the chairman of the Psych department tried to talk me out
   of taking a course with a certain professor. The chair wouldn't be
   specific, except to say there had been numerous complaints about this
   prof. I assumed, incorrectly, that many of the complaints were
   unjustified. Well, I took this course and dropped it several weeks
   later. What a waste of time. Don't judge me. I had never dropped a
   course in my life and had never backed down from a challenge. This
   prof was not a challenge, but rather a joke. I then made a complaint
   myself to a semi-important and knowledgeable person who responded with
   "Well we all recognize the problem. But this prof is tenured.... Well,
   we are hoping he'll retire soon." Is it any wonder the community views
   UH students as job risks compared with students from mainland
   colleges?<br>
   The one response I wanted to remind Dr. James of is that the mix of
   cultures here in Hawaii makes teaching very difficult. You mentioned
   eye contact as one indicator of whether students' are paying
   attention. Well, remember that many cultures are taught that to make
   eye contact is to be <a name="disrespectful">disrespectful</a>. Your 
students may be paying
   attention, but unwilling because of cultural beliefs to make or keep
   eye contact. On the other hand, there is a great possibility that you
   are correct. If this comment has sparked the interest of those
   hardworking students, please read the background information provided
   in the next link. [21]Eye contact. <br> <li>After I made this link, I 
was unable to find the subject in the plato discussion.  Dr. James 
informed me that many of the paragraphs had been entered in that article 
that should not have been there and taken out.  I can only assume that my 
paragraph has been eliminated because after searching through the 
document again, I was unable to locate it again.<br>
  <a href="../../leonplato1.html#top">Here is a link to Dr. James' 
article on Plato.</a><br>
   
   Today I had a major accomplishment. I suppose I should have made it
   light years ago, but I'm a little behind. I saved the Plato article to
   my diskette from Netscape. It was so incredibly easy. Kevin Bogan has
   told me several times of the conveniences of having this stuff at
   home, especially the articles that just need to be read and commented
   on. This new tool should be a real time saver. The lab person that
   helped me was excellent for the most part. Of course, Clic lab was
   buzzing with people trying to finish up last minute assignments. He
   came over immediately and walked me through the process. It might have
   left a longer lasting impression if I had handled the mouse, but the
   steps seem like common sense.
   
   <a name="Saving to diskette">Saving to diskette</a><br>
   The first thing that needs to be done after getting into Netscape and
   finding the article you would like to save, is use the file command at
   the top of the screen. Move the mouse down to the command "Save as". A
   screen will appear where you can save the document as text. Once that
   is in, insert your diskette. The screen will then give you the option
   as to where you would like the article saved. Click on the disk and
   away you go. Of course, you need to click on the save command
   afterwards and for anyone who is wondering, I was working on a Mac.
   Good luck.<br>
Well I finished reading the article written by Dr. James.  Here are some 
interesting information and comments.<br>
<a href="../../leonplato1.html#platocommuni">Plato communication</a>  I 
hated using the computer.  I was agitated because I couldn't get to the 
computer labs and irritated with myself because I wouldn't create spots 
to work on learning these new skills.  I loved the excitement of learning 
something new, but frustration, fear of stupidity and eventually 
depression prevented me from using the the computer.<br>
<a href="../../leonplato1.html#affectiveedu">Affective Education</a><br>
This is my first cours using the computer in this way.  I like it because 
there is very little paper waste, but the system is very time consuming 
to learn at first.  This system is also convenient for the professor.  
The professor can read the labs as they are being written.  This system 
would be excellent for courses requiring any type of journal.  I believe 
all courses will eventually be like this.<br>
<a href="../../leonplato1.html#notesfiles">Note Files</a><br>
The Dr. J and comments forum seem really helpful.  Not only are they 
interesting, but it would convenient to keep a record of all 
conversations with the prof.  This would aid in preventing repeated 
questions.  I guess we had something similar in this class with FAQ, but 
an open forum would be nice too.<br>
<a href="../../leonplato1.html#persona">Anonymity</a><br>
I really like the idea of having an alternate identity.  It would be fun 
as well as supportive of student interaction and honest commenting.  Is 
this sort of thing possible on the web?<br>
After reading the article on Plato, I can definitely understand the 
advantages of including this in course work.  The students complain a 
lot, but definitely see pluses of the extra time.  <br>

<a href="../../leoncomments.html#week10hw">Link to the homework 
assignment for week 10.</a><br>   
<a name="Week 10 homework assignment">Week 10 homework assignment</a><br>   
[23]Week 10 homework assignment
   The following is a link to <a 
href="http://polarmet5.mps.ohio-state.edu/hpp/browse.pl#HomePage 
Publisher:Browse Pages">Yahoo.</a> Here one can find all sorts of
   things including 1500 homepages. This can be real useful when creating
   the 3 alternate homepages.
<a name="Notes on my standard home page">Notes on my standard home 
page</a><br>  
I looked at the home pages on the WWW.  They were interesting to some 
extent, but seemed to lack any real personality.  For example, several of 
them were indexical.  They simply listed items on their home page without 
graphics or explanations.  I did find one by R. Sampson who must be a 
stock broker because his entire page relates to stock market and business 
information.  To check out a link to the Navy Publication manuals <a 
href="http://www.ncts.navy.mil/navpalib/index.txt">try this link</a>  I 
also came across the unofficial home page of Rockwell International 
science Ctr.  They had nothing up.  This blank screen made me feel like I 
was super intelligent.  Here I am a simple college student who has 3 home 
pages with lots of stuff and this International Science Ctr. didn't even 
have one decent representative of their company.  Isn't technology 
amazing?  The third home page I explored on the WWW caused a general 
protection fault in module screen to flash.  The home page was Red Wolf 
and I chose it because i thought it might be the homepage of Red Wolf 
beer.  Guess I won't know anymore for now.<br>
 <a href="standard.html">Link to my standard home page.</a>  This home 
page contains brief explanations for the link options one has from this 
page. <a name="Creating this home page">Creating this home page</a> was 
simple, but time consuming.  In 
order to create this home page, one must open a new file.  To do that, 
find the www$ prompt.  Next type in the editor either <a 
href="glossary.html#Emacs">Emacs</a> or <a 
href="glossary.html#Pico">Pico</a> then space and the name 
of the new file period html.  For example the line would look like this 
to create a new file named sloth using pico as an editor:<br>
www$:  pico sloth.html     Isn't that simple?<br>
<a name="Notes on my indexical home page">Notes on my indexical home 
page</a><br><a 
href="runyan.html">runyan.html</a> is a link to my indexical home 
page.  This type of home page is a listing of links without explanations 
and has links to these links.  This form is helpful because one can 
immediately see and explore the links without reading a bunch of stuff.<br>  
<a name="Notes on my artistic home page">Notes on my artistic home 
page</a><br>The 
third format used for home pages is <a href="art.html">art.html</a>.  
This home page relays information to the reader in a creative way that is 
unique to the author.  For example, I love the color green and animals.  
If you link to my artistic home page, you will see lots of green and a 
few animals.  I would have put a photograph of my two Boxers, but 
couldn't get a photo that seemed appropriate for the millions of readers 
viewing my home page.  <p>
<b>I would like to note that there have been problems with my lab 
report.  It seems that all the html code written before a certain date 
has disappeared and subsequently those links are invalid.  I would have 
fixed the problem by re-entering the html code by hand, but at this late 
date could not manage the time.  Also I e-mailed Dr. James, but have yet 
to receive a response.  Anyone who knows a quick solution or has 
experienced a similar problem, please link to <a name="problems with 
phantom html code">problems with phantom html code</a></b>.<p>
<a href="../../leoncomment.html#week11hw">Link to home work for week 11 
as assigned by Dr. James.</a><br>
<a name="Week 11 homework assignment">Week 11 homework assignment</a><br>
This week's homework assignment dealt entirely with Generational 
Curriculum Papers.  I didn't receive one so I can't comment on the one I 
received, but I did hear a few of the presentations.  It seems as if the 
papers were interesting.  The students talked about games and issues 
discussed on plato and seemed really helpful.  One student even suggested 
that these papers be read in the early weeks of class to motivate 
students.  Although I didn't read one, from the students' reactions, I 
would have to agree.<br>
<a href="../../leoncomments.html#week12hw">Link to week12 home work 
assignment.</a><br>
<a name="Week 12 homework assignment">Week 12 homework assignment</a><br>
<a href="../../leoncomments.html#week13hw">Link to week 13 homework 
assignments</a><br>
During this week, we were supposed to go back and correct any errors and 
make our files look neat and  clean.  I used this week to make up past 
assignments and to take a breather.  Looking back, there is sooo much I 
should have done.  Oh well live and learn. <br>
<a href="../../leoncomments.html#week13hw">Link to week 13 homework 
assignment.</a><br> 
<a name="Week 13 homework assignment">Week 13 homework assignment</a><br>
<a href="../../leoncomments.html#week14hw">Link to week 14 homework 
assignment</a><br>
<a name="Week 14 homework assignment">Week 14 homework assignment</a><br>
<a name="Titles">Titles</a><br>
When I was younger, I had a real problem with titles.  I thought that 
titles including those of people were there simply to inflated egos.  Now 
that I am older, titles are helpful as well as informative.  They help to 
keep order and classify objects.  For people, titles give you an idea how 
someone will react based on the education.  Someone who is an MD may feel 
very differently than a PhD. based simply on their background.  Titles 
for files are helpful becuase a computer system would be a mess and much 
too slow to accomplish anything without them.  <br>
I usually make a filename based on a mneumonic or some other feeling or 
emotion I am experiencing at the time.  A few years ago, I named a file 
after my husband because he popped into mind when I thought on this 
particular topic.  I still remember that file name and contents to this 
day.  Sometimes I will include a date in the title if the material is 
dated.  For example, the work I do requires all material to be dated.  
The file name always included the client name as well as the date of 
interaction.  <br>
When viewing other people's file names for the first time I always assume 
the material has something to do with the file name.  When I am unable to 
establish some connection, I usually spend a few minutes trying to 
visualize where the name could have come from.  Anchor and link names are 
created much the same way.  I read through the paragraph and try to 
summarize the important points in a phrase.  That usually becomes the 
name.  It is very helpful to look at a link and decide if it's worth 
while to follow.<br>
Keeping track of files names has been somewhat challenging for me.  I 
haven't come up with a decent file system that works.  Some have suggsted 
using directories, but with my need for instant gratification, I rarely 
ever achieve a really organized system.<br>
<a href="../../leoncomments.html#week15hw">Link to week 15 homework 
assignment.</a><br>
<a name="Week 15 homework assignment">Week 15 homework assignment</a><br>
As I was browsing through the web pages, I was really impressed by the 
progress of some of my fellow students.  Grant Harada has an impressive 
collection of lab reports.  <a href="../harada/labreport.html">To see 
his lab, take this link.</a>  Other students really suprised me as 
well.  Honestly, I guess I'm a little embarassed.  Ididn't put the 
effort into this class the way I could have.  In my opinion it shows 
in my work.   It took a lot of motivation on my part to complete 
these assignments due to becoming pregnant and fighting <a name="morning 
sickness">morning sickness</a>.  Also my motivation was stamped out 
because of frustration and living so far away from campus and having 
a full time job really put a damper on my availability to sit at the 
labs for hours on end.   Afterall, I would say it was worth it.  
I've learned a great deal and enjoyed the computer experience.  I am 
happy about having knowledge that is new and upcoming.  Most people 
are not aware that this technology even exists and the ones that do, 
are unable to access it.  <br>
<a name="Suggestions for future generations">Suggestions for future 
generations</a><br>
<b>Do Not Procrastinate!!!!</b>  If there is one thing above all others, 
do not fall behind.  Although the assignments are not that long, a week 
behind usually becomes two or three.  One usuallly spends the rest of the 
semester trying to catch up.  Keep on track and enjoy the class.  For me, 
I entered the class with a decent amount of computer knowledge.  Nothing 
compares with html code and really it is not that difficult to learn.  A 
lot of my learning was trial and error.  A whole lot of error.  I didn't 
go as far as I could have for reasons mentioned above and laziness as 
well as procrastination.  I feel I have made a lot of progress and made a 
few friends.  I have also opended up a whole world of knowledge that I 
didn't know existed.  The exposure itself was an eye opener.<br>
<a name="My future in WWW">My future in WWW</a><br>
I would like to continue using the computer after graduation.  I will 
first need to buy one and get connected to some of the distributors we 
discussed in class.   My next real goal though is to introduce my dad 
to this world in December when I visit him in Pennsylvania.  I would like 
to help him set up his own homepage and use Netscape or whichever 
technology is available at that time.  My fear is that I won't know how 
although I 've managed to create and use graphics all this semester.  Who 
know maybe we will start that family tree Dr. James keeps mentioning.<br>
<a name="Suggestions for Dr. James">Suggestions for Dr. James</a><br>
The length of the assignments are fine.  They are not too long.  Try to 
include some psychology in the course, afterall it is a psych course.  If 
there is other research dealing with the computer, have the students read 
and comment on that.  Maybe have the students search for a psych topic of 
their choice and make links and comment on what they learned or research 
flaws they found.  Another suggestions is to incorporate that persona 
idea into the class.<a href="../../leonplato1.html#persona">Try here to 
link to the original idea on persona.</a>  I'm not sure if it can be done 
or how to do it, but it sounds like a lot of fun.  Also using some of 
class time for joint time in the computer labs with you and Kevin as 
monitors would be help beyond belief especially in the beginning.  Take 
the second half of class and use it as time for the students to ask 
questions they can't explain in class.  This will increase the 
student/prof one on one time which is lacking at this university.  I 
think that interaction will increase attendance as well as student 
ineraction and motivation.<br>
I would like to revisit the G1 files in later years to see the progress 
being made, but I don't know who could maintain these files.  Also I had 
intended to leave the files as they were because I didn't realize I had 
an option.  Afterall the blood sweat and tears, I'm hoping someone will 
read these files.  Again thanks for the exposure and definitely keep up 
the cyberspace community.  I think all college courses will eventually be 
taught on this level.   
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