Lester+Writeup

=Introduction=

There are not many chances in school to do a project that you can really admire. In CCT205, the wikispace assignment is something that I feel proud of. I’ve watched the wikispace grow little by little by contributions from everyone. I never really expected much from the assignment to tell the truth. Somehow along the way I learned just how beneficial wikispaces was it was crunch time for the tests. As soon as I saw how much people put effort into writing actual content into this project, that’s when I felt that I should be a part of it.

=**Reflection**=

Now that I’ve become a part of this project, I’ve learned to love it. Many projects seem to bore me but this one really caught my interest. Interactivity is what won me over in the end. I find it amazing how everyone can just edit each other’s content to help them improve for the better. However, I did find it frustrating sometimes seeing how people edited stuff before I could get a chance to. The drawback is also that not everyone sourced where they obtained their info from so I could not tell if it was reliable or not. Overall at least, everything was fine. What really impressed me was how people came up with interesting ideas aside from the actual project. I enjoyed seeing the topics of interest section grow. Seeing people contribute content that is not very necessary proved to me how much fun a wikispace could be.

=Contributions=

Some of my contributions to this project that I have made are four wiki-pages. The pages I created are about MSN Messenger, Sex on the Web, Technology and Business, and a summary of the assigned reading of Chapter 23: The Public Sphere. For MSN Messenger, I wrote a description of what it was about and labeled most of the features it has. After a while, I came back to the space and inserted some more content about concerning the next generation system of MSN Messenger. For Sex on the Web, I wrote about three views of the sex culture online, why do people engage in cybersex, and some information on pornography and information seeking. In Technology and Business, I wrote about how Information Technology’s role in businesses and security issues. The summary was intended only for use as a study guide for fellow students. In addition to these, I modified numerous pages for grammar, content, and value.

=Suggestions and Ideas=

I suggest that all students and not just CCIT students should be encouraged to work with wikispaces more often. I found this project enjoyable and wish that the CCIT program could convince every class I have in the future to have a collaborative piece of work such as this.