Thaya+Theva



=Hello!=

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=The Reflection:=

This assignment started with a fear because I was far behind in the class when I enrolled and I feared I would not have a chance to catch up. That fear ate up most of the time; I would log onto the 205 main page and read through the contributions of my fellow classmates and for the most part I feared they would get mad if I wrote something to correct them. I started contributing late but once I started I could not stop because I wanted it to look good and function well as a whole unit.It was studying for the midterm exam that helped me understand the community and the level of good influence we had on each other. In the past whenever we had a major assignment or test people would help each other on the discussions page on WEBCT but this was far better because everything was linked and everyone contributed to make it better. It was a matter of constant house keeping in a house built by the whole class. When I look back to when I first started reading the contributions and than compare it to the community we had created over a period of a month I am amazed at just how much of this course can be learned from this one Website. I actually understand well why last minute work on this project really is not a good idea and that even the smallest contribution really does impact the overall product.When I started to create my own pages I dealt with subjects of interest like Smart Home and Media Center. I later did Marshall Mcluhan because I thought with in such a big Communications space a section on him was needed. While reading through a page on Ebay I got the idea to create a page on Paypal the decision to create four spaces was not a random decision but one that I thought needed to be done.

As far as real suggestions are concerned I feel I am not able to give any specific ones but if I were to make a suggestion it would be that too many students are cutting and pasting more emphasis on writing their own summaries of the researched content would make for a more valuable experience. I would certainly suggest continuing to use Wikispace as a learning tool to understand online communities and Community building for future courses.


 * The pages I created:**


 * Marshall Mcluhan
 * Paypal
 * Smart Home
 * Media Center


 * Maintenance:**


 * Created Gail Benick page
 * Participated in online reflection
 * Fixed appearance, function (links), spelling and grammar for several pages.
 * Added information where information was lacking and deleted information that was redundant.