Leo's+Final+Reflection

Online education is becoming more and more popular. While we do this almost autonomously, I think it is important that we are reminded that a major reason why we are replacing some parts of the traditional way of teaching onto online learning is because we think that education is more effective online. However, I think that all this effort is in vain when online education becomes worse than being in physical classrooms, even if we are saving money. Throughout my mentoring for this class, I think that we can only judge effectiveness of online education only if all the prerequisites are in place. Below are a few things that I think are essential in my experience. We use a desk, pen or pencil, and papers a lot of times when we work on something academically. Since we are moving our work on computers, we need something equivalent if we want to do anything with computers.
 * Introduction:**

One thing i noticed when searching sites is that it is very helpful to have a second monitor. This is also my set up when doing most of the work for this class. Usually when I find resources for the HTH students I search for websites on my notebook LCD and on the compile them into resources on an external monitor. Having 2 monitors is like having a desk that is big enough for 2 pieces of papers; having only 1 monitor is like having a too small desk. Where is the arm rest with 1 monitor?
 * Multi-screen workstation – The desk and pen or pencil.**

When working on a browser like Firefox 2.0, the tabs are really useful. It is like a box or folder and whatever is in it is stuck there. Opening two browsers on two separate monitors is like having two boxes on a table. It is not convenient when we want to work on two things that are from the same box, we have to look at one and put it back before we can look at the other one. Fortunately, Firefox 3.5 allows us to move tabs from one browser window into another. Now we can work with any two pieces of papers we want and fully utilize the monitors.
 * Firefox – Freeing the stuck papers**

For week 6, we (the UCSD mentors) learned about how we can better find good resources online. After viewing the video ([]) and using it on Google search, I think that every student should look at the video and learn how to search. It is actually quite simple. First thing is to find advanced search, and then type in search terms in boxes labeled “all these words” and “one or more of these words”. Next, do two separate searches with these two “Domain” constraints: “.gov” and “.edu”. Lastly, try to specify the time range if you are need information published in different time frames.
 * Learning to use the Google search engine.**