Angela+Cheah

=Angela Cheah's Reflection=

Analysis and Reflection
I found that the Wikispace was an enjoyable experience and it was a great collaborative assignment. It allows students to input their knowledge and ideas while having constructive editing done from other peers as well. Despite that, I did find that some people did take advantage of their editing power and maybe went a little overboard. Some edits completely took away from the initial one (although at times it was warranted). In addition, in the beginning I wasn’t exactly sure how to work the site properly, but by the third posting it became very easy to use. As well, although the topics used were limited, I found that there was enough to research and post. Sometimes though, there were postings that had nothing to do with the course. They did provide information nonetheless and therefore weren’t a complete waste.

I think the best part of the assignment overall was the ability to do editing. Sometimes there’s so much you can add to a page and by being able to do that was great. As well, different view points were also available. If there was a subject that could be debated, the editing gave room for it. At times there was also information that may have been partially incorrect and therefore could be fixed. Also, if there was grammatical or spelling errors they could easily be fixed with the editing option.

Not only were edits great, but the fact that we could go back to previous posts was helpful. I could see the progress with the pages. What was added or removed was ready at hand.

I also learned a lot of things I didn’t know before. Just by researching myself or reading other pages I was able to broaden my knowledge. It helped a lot with the mid term as well. By having other students post notes I could compare and contrast them with mine. If there was information I missed in class it was readily available. (For those students who posted, thank you).

Considering that this was my first experience using a wikispace, I was very impressed. It was very user friendly. There was an easy in posting your own information, editing others, post pictures, adding links etc… Basically every part of it was easy to use. I found that the only problem I had was using different internet browsers. In the beginning I was using Safari on my Mac and it caused a lot of problems. When I clicked to edit a page the previous post wasn’t available. I had to copy and paste it into Word to add/edit the post. As well, I could use the add a link option. After going to tutorial though I found out that the best to use was Mozilla or Explorer.

Suggestions
There are really only two suggestions I feel I can give. The first is to ensure people respect each others posts. As well, start with small posts. Don't worry if you can't get all the information at once. The purpose is to be collaborative. Peers helping peers. And since you can edit, you can always go back. Plus, there's always chances for you to edit others so don't panic about not doing enough edits (unless you left it to the last minute). I guess I should also mention the not leaving it to the last minute part. This is mainly a concern to just students rather than an overall suggestion. Considering wikis are iterative, you need to keep going back to it to add to it. If you leave it to the last minute there will be no more topics to write about, and for the most part, as much information that is available is already posted. Aside from that I feel this would be an excellent assignment to continue in future. It really gets students going. It’s fun and for most students it was interesting enough that the contributions became immense. A lot of people enjoyed participating in it as did I.

Contributions
Spam- Added to post Google- Added to post Global Village- Started post Sex on The Web- Added to post Internet Addiction- Added to post Video Game Addiction- Started post Video Game- Created link Edutainment- Created link ICT- Added to post P2P- Added pictures Digital Divide- Started post Intellectual Property and Copyright- Added to post Table of Contents- Added links Aliases- Added name USB- Started post iPods- Added link

- The contributions made either consisted of adding links, pictures, editing, and/or beginning posts.