Mazur+Reflection


 * Summary of Contributions:**

I began by creating two pages of my own material. One difficulty that I found was finding a topic to write about. I did not leave it to the very last minute, however, I did not start it right away. So when it came to creating a page a lot of the topics were taken. However, once I found a few topics creating the page was rather easy. After my two pages were complete I wanted to edit other pages. However, like with the topic dilemma, I found that many of the pages were quite elaborate and most of the main details were covered. If I were to do it over I would have started to edit earlier so that I could add to the starter stubs rather than finding pages which I could add something here and there. I had a fear of adding something that was not relevant to that topic or adding minute points to several pages. I tried to make my edits valuable and not just add a picture here and there, so while I do not have as many as some, I feel that my contributions to the site were substantial in content. I also filled out the necessary components that most of the people added to, such as my name on the alias page and my pages to the table of content.


 * Reflections and Observations:**

I found the whole wiki idea to be quite new to me. I had heard of wikipedia but never used it or understood what a wiki was. The idea of deleting someone’s work was a bit frightening to me because I did not want to delete something that would end up being important, so I did not edit near as many as some people. I was impressed with how user friendly the site was. I was worried that I would not know how to do simple tasks like creating and editing pages, but the process was very easy and quick to learn. I did however try to make the effort to edit. I could it hard to find good topics to edit, guess hat is what you get for leaving it towards the end. My biggest concern with the wiki page is that it got too big. I am going to be honest and say that I have not gone through half of the items on the wiki. There are so many pages and so many links within the pages that going trough the site would take days.

I was pleased with the way the wiki as a whole cam together. I was skeptic at first as to how it would look and the content itself. From the pages that I have been to and seen I was impressed with the professionalism and educational value each page had.


 * Suggestions:**

The first suggestion would be to break it up into tutorials. It would make the wiki smaller and hopefully give everyone a chance to look at and maybe even add to everything. However, this may lead to less content and therefore not as effective as doing it as a class, but I do think it is something to consider.

Secondly, I strongly recommend that students contribute throughout the assignment rather than leaving it for the end. Once you are on, the process of posting and editing is fun. Plus it is much easier to edit the starter stub that people have posted.