asantama+analysis+and+reflection

__**SUMMARY


 * __Overall, wikispace building was a successful experience. I started researching for the project by looking over random Wikipedia postings. I would examin the style of writing, layout, etc. I then began getting used to the website's tools, capabilities and features. I mainly did so by simply navigating the ccit205 space. I looked through the FAQ's, Current Issues, Table of Contents, etc. I made some edits to these pages and began to understand and to get comfortable with how the space operated.

I started off wanting to speak about surveillance, but quickly realized that this category, for the most part, was already claimed. I then wanted to speak about piracy and pirates. I began to form a page about this, but quickly digressed to other topics of interest. I ended up posting a large observation on the MSN Messenger website, which I later turned into a seperate page off of the Table of Contents, linking it back to the initial MSN page. During this time, I also ended up navigating to the Tim Berners-Lee page and found myself posting a lot of W3C content. Later, I decided that this information be placed under a category of its own. So, I added "W3C" to the Table of Contents and started to gather information about this aswell.

Throughout my experience I tried to balance making postings on my own pages, with postings I made on pages created by my peers. I was able to practice editing wiki pages by first posting under FAQs, Wiki Assignment and Test 1 Feedack, aswell as Current News Events. And I also managed to post a lot of information on other topics such as Instant Messaging, Mobile Telecommunications, Tim Berners-Lee, Creative Commons and Kazaa.

__**REFLECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS This assignment was actually really fun. It was probably one of the most creative ways I have ever had to render a paper in university. I think it should definitely be kept as part of the CCT205 class agenda. I found wikispaces.com very easy to use. It is as basic as E-mail and reminds me a lot of the Gmail interface. After I understood the workings of it, it became extremely easy to become absorbed into. I would find myself spending hours navigating through pages and pages of content looking for new things to post on. The hardest thing for myself was getting started. The whole concept of the wiki is quite intimidating at first, because it is was such an unknown. It definitely just took that initial motivation to sit down and start. I wish I had started earlier because there is much more that I would want to write and elaborate on. I feel there are so many unfinished postings. But I guess this is a reality in all wiki spaces: they are nearly infinite! On a seperate note, I realized that 'a Wikispaces **Community**' does not fall short of the word. It truly feels like we were all working to build something together. It was really great to see people adding their own knowledge to articles I started.
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__**SUGGESTIONS


 * __During the initial tutorial presentation of how wikis work, wikispaces.com in particular, perhaps allow some time for students to navigate the site on the computers in front of them aswell. I think this would give all students the opportunity to navigate it **during tutorial** and personally know, from experience, how things work. Otherwise, it will take time before students will want to devote their free time to navigating wikispaces.com themselves (resulting in procrastination, which would defeat the true purpose of the wiki space).

Another suggestion is to be more specific in terms of assignment requirements. It was often difficult to decipher what was sufficient in terms of length and quality.

Overall, this was an interesting project and great experience.