Jennifers+Reflection

Wikispaces constructed an informative yet creative community for which I had the opportunity to participate and develop ideas on a variety of topics such as, digital divide, intellectual property, virtual reality, online advertising and outsourcing. The process of researching various topics and combining different resources to develop a topic has been an interesting concept. As this strategy broadened my views on the Digital Age and the construction of innovative concepts and ideologies. In addition, Wikispace has provided a social network of scholarly literature and creative ideas. I believe Wikispace elaborates on the interesting concept of editing where students have the opportunity to build and guide other students to construct a stronger community base. Through collective editing, online pages illustrate growth and concepts from different genres. Furthermore, the concept of synchronizing pages between Wikispace offers a wider range of information for research and knowledgeable information. Wikispace has become a focused community, which relies on a grand vision of an online encyclopedia helping students do research and be aware of current issues in Information Technology. What attracts me most to this project and makes me more active here than on any other wiki is the goal of becoming an authoritative source for information about the material named by the pages. Moreover, the easy to use interface was simple, clear and provided efficiency and user friendliness. I believe Wikispace has established to be an an Internet encyclopaedia "by the people", I think it would benefit from recognizing that context and taking advantage of the realities of the Internet Wikispace could serve as an organization of information on the Internet as well, organizing other Internet resources through URLs within its structure. Reflecting upon the collaborative writing experience, I believe everyone respected one another and tried to build a stronger content network rather than mutilating the space. The organization of the web space was well organized and provided a professional aptitude. The content was well organized with work cited and links so people could learn more on the topic of interest. It was a good experience to contribute to a variety of topics rather than being stuck to one issue. This assignment compromises the whole point of collaborative editing and writing, an iterative process that takes place through time. Wikispace is an online community built by collaborative writing and editing. As such, a wiki is not just a repository of individually authored material, but a collective space requiring collective maintenance Additionally, Wikispace is more than an individual voice, rather a collaborative database for increasing group knowledge and understanding. The future of our world will increasingly depend upon the various groups and affiliations that we become part of and help drive and sustain. These will be the new organizations that will end up as an ecology of overlapping systems to operate our future societies.