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USER STUDIES ______________________ Guide: Prof. Anirudha Joshi Anantha C.P. 1 st Sem Interaction Design. [ ]. [ homemaker ]. Mrs. Smitha Jaikishan. 43 years. Mrs. Smitha Jaikishan. 43 years B.Com graduate. Mrs. Smitha Jaikishan. 43 years B.Com graduate
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USER STUDIES ______________________ Guide: Prof. Anirudha Joshi Anantha C.P. 1stSem Interaction Design
Mrs. SmithaJaikishan • 43 years
Mrs. SmithaJaikishan • 43 years • B.Com graduate
Mrs. SmithaJaikishan • 43 years • B.Com graduate • Lives in Dahanu with her family
Mrs. SmithaJaikishan • She is a homemaker. • She doesn’t use computer as she’s not comfortable with its use & has never found the necessity to learn it since her graduation. • she knows typing.
Mrs. SmithaJaikishan • Family consists of • husband & two kids
Smitha • husband, Mr. Jaikishan (48) is a accountant at a Insurance company(Mumbai).
Smitha • son,Rahul (15) • is studying in 10th standard
Smitha • daughter,Sheetal (15) • is studying in 6th standard • in the same school as Rahul
Smitha’s day • She gets up by 7 every morning
Smitha’s day • She wakes up her husband • & kids by 6:30 am.
Smitha’s day • She prepares breakfast by 7 am.
Smitha’s day • They all have Break fast at 7.
Smitha’s day • The kids leave to school & husband leaves to work by 7:30 am.
Smitha’s day • The kids leave to school & husband to work. • She gets ready by 10 am.
Smitha’s day • She goes to market to buy vegetables and groceries.
Smitha’s day • She comes back and watches T.V. for about an hour
Smitha’s day • She get the lunch ready.
Smitha’s day • She takes her lunch watching T.V.
Smitha’s day • She continues to watch T.V. for a while and takes a nap by about 3 : 30 pm
Smitha’s day • She gets up by 4:30 and has tea by 5pm
Smitha’s day • She has a chat with her neighbours while she waters the plants outside the house.
Smitha’s day • She goes for a walk with neighbour and fetches the kids from bus stop.
Smitha’s day • They are back home. • Kids freshen up and grab something to eat
Smitha’s day • Sheetal gets started with homework and Rahul sits to work on the computer. And smithagets the dinner preparation started
Smitha’s day • Smitha comes to check up on Rahul & Sheetal.
Smitha’s day • Smitha, having some free time and sees Rahul playing games on the PC, asks Rahul to introduce her to few new things in the computer.
Smitha’s day • Rahul stops playing and keen on teaching mother to use computer, starts to show her around the desktop.
Smitha’s day • Smitha stresses Rahul to teach her to switch on the computer first. She tells him that she’s scared to turn it on as a wrong switch could spoil it.
Smitha’s day • Smitha is more keen on learning computer from her kids rather than her husband (uses computer in his office) as he shouts at her when she makes mistakes.
Smitha’s day • Rahul introduces Smitha to Paint. Smitha is happy to use the painting program, but struggles with using the mouse.
Smitha’s day • She feels that computer needs to be learnt from a tutor and cant be learnt by own.
Smitha’s day • She,by now, after several days of such learning, can manage to open folders and play songs.
Smitha’s day • Smitharealises that dinner needs to be arranged and leaves Rahul telling him to switch off the computer and study.
Smitha’s day • It is about 8 pm and husband comes home after work.
Smitha’s day • They all have dinner while watching T.V. by 9pm
Smitha’s day • Smitha tells her husband that Rahul taught her to use paint on the computer earlier in the evening.
Smitha’s day • Smitha & husband Talk about how difficult it is for a first timer to use the computer.
Smitha’s day • Mr. Jaikishan happy that Smitha is able to extend her computer knowledge goes on to tell that Women should make more use of computer at home.
Smitha’s day • He adds that Smitha should learn XL, Word & Powerpoint as its easy to get a job with the above skill set.
Smitha’s day • To tell kids also that computer is such a great tool, he adds that computer is essential for any business or any field today.
Smitha’s day • He answers Smitha’s concern about difficulties learning computer by saying that parents should be called to school along with their children to learn computer.
Smitha’s day • Mr.Jaikishan lets out that kids or the “good generation” are faster in learning computer unlike adults.
Smitha’s day • He ends the topic by saying • “For anyone to learn computer, they ought to be self motivated”.
Smitha’s day • The kids are sent to bed by 10pm