Human-Computer Interaction Introduction to HCI What is HCI? The study of how people interact with computers and to what extent computers are or are not developed for successful interaction with human beings. •What is HCI? “Human-computer interaction is a discipline concerned with the design‚ evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them” (ACM SIGCHI definition of HCI). •Creating usable systems
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A Simple Exploration of Bounded Rationality by Susan Fisk “Psychological theories of intuitive thinking cannot match the elegance and precision of formal normative models of belief and choice‚ but this is just another way of saying that rational models are psychologically unrealistic.” -Daniel Kahneman Sit back and imagine that the United States is preparing for the outbreak of an unusual disease‚ which is expected to kill 600 people. Two alternative programs to combat the disease have
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Interactions are reciprocal acts that take place between people and are conducted through symbols‚ words‚ or gestures that stand form something else. 2. The family can be seen as a unity of interacting personalities‚ with each member having a social role. a. Over time‚ our interactions and relationships define the nature of our family. b. Our identities emerge from the interplay between our unique selves and our social roles. 3. Symbolic interaction has several weaknesses
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you play in today’s group interaction? Is this something you would like to change or maintain in the upcoming small group sessions? I tried to keep the conversation going and stay active as much as possible when necessary. I also showed gratitude when one of my group members would offer their help on some tasks we have planned for the future. 5. Sometimes a group member will introduce an idea‚ class theme‚ or group goal that sets the tone for your group’s interactions. We will often call these events
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As a retail worker‚ I notice many parents that come into my store to shop for themselves‚ however‚ a majority of parents bring their children along with them. I have never taken into account child and parent interaction in a retail store‚ which is why I have decided to observe a child and parent in this context for this assignment. The child that I observed was around two years old‚ of male gender and caucasian descent. The parent of the child was his mother‚ was around the age of late twenties/early
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Observations Using observations Free Narrative The free narrative technique of observation‚ when a description of all that is taking place is written down‚ is useful because: • We don’t need a lot of equipment‚ just a pen and paper • We don’t need advanced observation skills However‚ the difficulties that may be experienced: • You have to write quickly • You may miss information and details when watching and writing • Child may move about • The child may
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Grammar Subject: What is the weather like today? Lesson objective: Students identifying and describing the weather Assumptions: Ss know basic vocabulary: weather‚ temperature‚ degrees‚ cold‚ warm‚ snow‚ storm‚ etc. STRATEGY 1 - PRESENTATION Interaction Patterns: T>S‚ S>T Timing: 20 min Purpose of Procedure: To interest students‚ to learn the vocabulary Materials needed: Pictures with different weathers‚ stickies with adjectives: cloudy‚ cold‚ foggy‚ freezing‚ rainy‚ sunny‚ snowy‚ stormy‚
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Einstein. He highlighted a particular point which goes like this‚ “I fear the day where technology will surpass human’s interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots”. There is no doubt that technology had increased the productivity rate of human beings using the least effort. However that being said‚ with the increased productivity rate‚ what would happen between the interaction of humans? Well‚ most likely‚ we would not be communicating with each other or even greet one another in the near
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Properly conducted classroom observation is a powerful tool in the continuing professional development of teachers. The revised performance management arrangement for teachers‚ which came into force on 1 September‚ 2007‚ clearly set the expectation that classroom observations are to be developmental in nature and multi-purpose in usage. The Education ( School Teacher Performance Management) Regulations 2006 state that the total period of classroom observation allowed per performance management cycle
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that let the animals compete with each other for resources in order to survived and it’s also a place that its interaction occurred among species. The study of predator and prey interaction is important because we were able examined the influence between predator and prey evolution and the effect of prey’s population structure (Zhao‚ 2014). We observed the predator and prey interaction by playing a role of predator and prey with our group members. We did our experiment by set up the different structure
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