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Wikispaces Contributions
Throughout the term I have contributed to the following topics:
 * Macromedia Flash
 * Panopticism
 * Panopticon
 * Foucault
 * Surveillance
 * Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
 * Telematics
 * Cyberpessimist
 * Cyberoptimist

Reflections and Observations
Upon the introduction of this assignment I was highly confused on the intended goal. However, within the few weeks of this assignment I managed to begin new topics and collaborate with existing pieces. These additions in wikispaces have given me a sense of building a small community through writing. As I look back on some my first contributions, I see how other have built upon my ideas and added information I may have forgotten. In addition, I also attempted to build my ideas upon the works of others. However, I created most of my major work within the beginning of the assignment because I felt it would have been easier to start a topic rather than add what is missing. I also attempted to move articles in appropriate places since many had not done so.

Almost like an addiction, I kept coming back to revamp pages that had created over and over again. I cannot mention the number of times I returned to wikispaces and provided edits because the list would be too long to write. As I did return to some of pages to add a table of contents, I found fellow classmates had already created one. I liked the idea of a collaborative written community because, as well educated university students, I trusted the class and their edits. I never encountered any negative comments or personal wars. In some ways, having this assignment count as a graded mark could partially be responsible for this successful collaboration. However, I can see how in public domains such as Wikipedia, people can deface the material just for prank sake.

Future Suggestions or Ideas

 * 1)** In the future I would suggest emphasizing the need to particularly label their pages more specifically. For example: the surveillance page contained Jeremy Bentham's idea of the Panopticon. Before I found this page existed, I wrote my article believing the topic of the panopticon had not yet been created. After discovering the surveillance page, I moved the content of the page into a page specifically labled panopticon and added some missing content. Another example could was how a page was labeled "About GPS" rather than simply "GPS". **

2)** Another suggestion could include having a portion of the assignment mark allocated to the importance of editing. I think this would illustrate the importance of editing during this current age. **

3)** Now that this assignment has been completed, I was suggest providing next years students with an outline early in the semester as well as this example.

4) Maybe it was just me, but I read 2pp as meaning 2 paragraphs. The whole word should be written out next time as I had to edit this page on the last day it was due. I later found it posted in the Q & A page. Personally, I don’t think everyone would have the time to read through the whole section. It should have been written on the assignment document

On the other hand, I would like to commend wikispaces for helping me through the first test. The postings of test notes aided not only myself but also my fellow peers.

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