Triston+Darrall+Reflection

=Wiki Analysis & Reflection=

Summary of my contributions
My contributions to Wikispaces in regards to content and community maintenance were reasonable. I constructed a researched entry on Palm Markup Language (PML), which is a not a well know innovation. Palm Markup Language is another type of markup language similar to HTML and XML that is used strictly on handheld devices such as PDAs, pocket PCs and Palm Pilots. I believe this innovation is useful for handheld devices and I wanted to bring it to the attention of students. I also submitted an entry on chapter 1 from The Information Reader by Manuel Castells detailing the future of the Information Society by Japanese critic Yoneji Masuda in order to summarize the key concepts for students in cct205. I also spent time reviewing various topics I was familiar with and contributed content to help strengthen the entry and to attempt to link particular entries together based on concepts. I have contributed content to such entries as Computer Mediated Communications, Information Society, eBay, Identity in CyberSpace, Synergy, just to name a few. I corrected a few spelling errors on entries with spelling errors that caught my attention and lastly I posted another researched entry on Technology-enhanced language learning which is an educational innovation that implicates the use of technology to facilitate the teaching and learning of a second langauge. I learned about this innovation recently after completing a book on the innovation with the same title for a langauge course and I thought it would be interesting to share with fellow students.

Using Wikispaces
Wikispaces being my first experience with editing Wikis, was an interesting experience. I got to witness first hand the collaboration of information assembled into a form of database that started with basically nothing and grew into a large collection of scholarly entries. The idea of student helping student has always been very helpful but Wikispaces took the student helping student principle one step further by allowing a large selection of students to contribute to the peer reviewing and editing of another students work. I have noticed that students have used proper etiquette on Wiki pages and that students have put considerable efforts to make reasonable changes to Wiki entries.

Suggestions
In regards to suggestions for future CCIT students and Wikispaces, I would recommend starting off small and working your way up. I would also suggest checking Wikispaces everyday to see what new entries have been submitted and to look over entries that are familiar. Looking over entries that are familiar first simplifies the editing process by allowing you to contribute previous knowledge. In general I recommend using Wikis for learning about various topics at a fast pace, for Wiki entries typically consist of a refined and well-constructed analysis of a topic.