raysanalysisandreflectiononwikispace

=Analysis and Reflection - Raymond Young=

Brief Summary
For my own personal addition to the wikispace, I contributed the page about intellectual property and copyright infringement. After that I went around looking at the contributions of others to see what I could constructively add to what they already had. Initially, it was easier to add content, links, and pictures but as the wiki got closer to closing, it got more difficult as a large amount of information would already be posted and their would be nothing further to add. I made contributions to the following entries; eBay, Yahoo!, Bill Gates, MP3 Software, Bittorrent, Internet Explorer, email, spyware, and a couple of others which I fail to recall at this point. Some of the contributions were more lengthy than the others but generally it was easier to add on rather than to delete information that was already posted.

Reflections and Observations
I found the collaborative writing experience to be quite interesting. I found that after a page was posted within a few hours a significant amount of information would be added to it by other users which in turn enhanced the content and the learning experience for everybody involved in the wiki. Addtionally, I also observed that as time wound down that most people were just posting about random items that couldn’t be vetted by the community. As a result, I don’t think the entries in the end will be as strong as those that were posted with more time left because the late entries won’t be subject the rigorous editing/vetting process the early entries were.

Suggestions
For future CCIT students, I would suggest that they get started early because if you wait until the last minute to do this, they’ll find that anything and everything has already been discussed and they won’t be able to add content in a constructive manner. Additionally, getting started early leaves you plenty of time to fix your own entry and that of others which only enhances the wikispace. In essence, it’s what the wikispace is about, collaborative editing.