Aug 28th, 1995
YoonWhan Cho
Psy409
Dr. Leon James
How difficult was this week's task (lumping all the sub-tasks together)? circle one.
Very easy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Very hard
This week's rating=9 How much negative emotions did it cost you, all in all?
Very little 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Very much
This week's rating=8 How valuable for later use is this knowledge or skill going to be for you?
Not useful 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Very useful
This week's rating=10 How likely is it that you'll be getting good at this week's tasks?
Not likely 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Quite likely
This week's rating=8 How satisfied are you with the computer and Internet systems?
Not satisfied 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Very satisfied
This week's rating=8 How hard did you try to get through this week's tasks?
Gave up easily 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Refused to
give up
This week's rating=9
BUTTONS AND FIRST
FOSSILIZED ERROR I didn't know anything about it so I just
clicked on "Home." When I saw the
sign saying "Welcome to Netscape," I felt little relaxed. I looked for buttons
like "What's
New?,"
"What's cool?,"
"Net Directory,"and "Net
Search."
And I felt panic because there was no way I could figure out how to start
with
buttons. I began to worry about things that I was supposed to do. I guess
that was one of my fossilized error that I always try to take one step further
and get panic wondering how I get there. I should've taken step by step
without worrying ahead. At that point I began to interpret the figure of
buttons as they were initiating the surfing in the net because whenever I click
them I was able to continue to move on. However, I continued to click on any
buttons since I didn't know how to continue. I was little frustrated at that
time because I wasn't really sure if I was on the right track. I was just
keeping moving but didn't seem to get into deep inside. I felt lost in the
Net. I felt like I was loosing the interest for a short time and got scared
because I was worried what if I develop a phobia. That was the time when I
found myself in another fossilized error that I always get too serious about
little mistakes and hinder with process. I guess I should always accept any
mistakes as a part of getting to know the Internet and be more generous about
them.
Buttons like "what's
new?," "what's
cool?," and "Internet
Directory" took me to
various interesting sites where I actually picked up many informations. They
made me feel that I could do some more works with the Net. I felt I was
actually surfing in the Net. I felt little bit confident than the beginning.
SECOND DAY On the second day, I felt much more
relaxed than the first day. But I still
had to work on so many things and felt burdened. However, I began to click on
words hoping that they are buttons. I clicked on words that were not
highlighted and it didn't work. I made sure that only the highlighted words
work as buttons.
I found "Home" button and "back" button to be very useful. Whenever I get
bored I didn't have to deal with them I could just press "Home" button. And if
I made any mistake I could press "Back" to trace back to where I was. I
wondered How it took me so long to figure out the usefulness of those two
buttons.
For my group topic, I had to get in to the "Net
Search." I clicked on the
button and waited with excitement. In "InfoSeek search engine" I typed in my
topic,
parenting. Finally, I found something that was related to my topic. I was
little puzzled when I had to print out but it worked almost same as word
processor. I clicked on "Net
Directory" for the first time. I saw many
interesting sites like "Art," "Computer and
Internet," and "Social
Science." I
clicked on "Social Science" and saw the word "Yahoo" which Dr. James
mentioned
in the class. Just thinking about the fact that Dr. James mentioned the word
was making me comfortable and clicked on "Psychology." I found
several useful journal lists.