Video Capture Reaction
As I began to download the program Camtasia, I began to imagine what I thought I would look like while surfing the Internet. I imagined a very boring stream of Facebook, YouTube, homework, and work related tabs. I imagined a very concentrated me listening to music and drowning out outside noise. What I got was close to what I imagined except I realized I became more distracted during certain times.
After watching the initial intro video and pressing the record button, I went off to do the work that I had been assigned. I began by debating whether to start my work assignment or to finish off some homework. Instead, after about 2 minutes of debate, I decided to “unwind” and watch some YouTube. I was on YouTube for 40 minutes when I decided to finally start my work. I noticed that when I was watching YouTube, I was focused and rarely distracted by anything else. As I started to do my work, I became distracted very easily. I would constantly check my phone, tab out to different websites, and find ways to distract myself from the actual work.
I always knew that I would get distracted when doing homework, but I never realized how much I actually became distracted. It was fascinating to see the time I wasted doing things that were not necessary. Instead of taking 4+ hours doing homework and work related assignments, I could have easily finished in 2-3 hours. I also realized that I would get up more often and walk away from the computer to interact with my roommates.
I eventually forgot that the program was still running and left it on for about 6hrs. I didn’t watch through all of it, but it was practically the same over and over again. I found that I was not only easily distracted but I would go out of my way to become distracted.
As I began to download the program Camtasia, I began to imagine what I thought I would look like while surfing the Internet. I imagined a very boring stream of Facebook, YouTube, homework, and work related tabs. I imagined a very concentrated me listening to music and drowning out outside noise. What I got was close to what I imagined except I realized I became more distracted during certain times.
After watching the initial intro video and pressing the record button, I went off to do the work that I had been assigned. I began by debating whether to start my work assignment or to finish off some homework. Instead, after about 2 minutes of debate, I decided to “unwind” and watch some YouTube. I was on YouTube for 40 minutes when I decided to finally start my work. I noticed that when I was watching YouTube, I was focused and rarely distracted by anything else. As I started to do my work, I became distracted very easily. I would constantly check my phone, tab out to different websites, and find ways to distract myself from the actual work.
I always knew that I would get distracted when doing homework, but I never realized how much I actually became distracted. It was fascinating to see the time I wasted doing things that were not necessary. Instead of taking 4+ hours doing homework and work related assignments, I could have easily finished in 2-3 hours. I also realized that I would get up more often and walk away from the computer to interact with my roommates.
I eventually forgot that the program was still running and left it on for about 6hrs. I didn’t watch through all of it, but it was practically the same over and over again. I found that I was not only easily distracted but I would go out of my way to become distracted.