Tang,+Jill

__**Major Contribution**__ December, 8 - Contribute to "Our Final Thoughts" pg December, 8 - Contribute to the "Bossa Nova' pg by adding pictures December, 8 - created the "Classical Music" pg December, 7 - added comments to the final test feedback

1. **When first encountering wiki at the beginning of the course.** > >
 * What do you think/feel about this collaborative learning environment ?
 * What are your expectations for yourself ?
 * If you have previously used wiki in another course, describe what you have previously learned and how you want to expand your understanding.
 * What can you contribute as an experienced participant?

When I first encountered using wiki for CCT300, I was confused in the beginning because I was not familiar with how the system work and had completely know idea where to start. This is the only course so far that I have taken at Sheridan that uses wikispaces, because other classes such as CCT204 uses Web Vista and I am more familiar with the content. However, during these times, I tried to come on to Wikispaces as often as I can to view the course website, I realize and understand that wiki is actually a very useful tool and an information collecting site. Students can just come on here and gather the informations they needed or take a look at other students' contribution to the site. When students have questions, they can also come on here, post their questions and expect to get an answer they needed. At first, I did not like how wiki works because I am not good with creating websites and attaching pictures and links so I thought it was confusing. I always complained in mind that why couldn't we just use WEB VISTA or other sites for subsitution. However, as the time goes, I started to get involved more and actually try to understand the steps and actually find it interesting. I have also been the kind of students that does my things at the last minute, therefore, after this course, I have realized that I should set a goal for myself and actually have a good time mangement. I should contribute more to this website by editing pages and not just surfing the net by reading other's post. Since this is my first time using wiki, I don't think I am considere as an expert. However, I have definitly gained some useful experience and learned that I should always contribute on the way and not just do everything at the last minute. That way, I can reduce the stress and the pressure that I have to take. I should dedicate myself to wiki every single day for at least 10 minutes by editing pages. If i come across with Wiki again in my other courses, I definitely have a more clear idea with what I am doing and with what I am working on so I can help others with their work.


 * 2. Think about the following and answer to the best of your ability:**
 * How do you choose which postings to contribute or change?
 * What are your thoughts on adding, editing or re-arranging other people's work?
 * Do you regularly check your own postings for alterations? Has anyone changed your work and how have you felt about it?

For the contribution part, I try to look for topics that interests me and things which I have a clear idea with the topic. I try to pick topics that is more general which I can add more details to the page. Other than reading, I think I should contribute more to edit, adding and re-arranging other people's work because so far, I have only done some readings in other people's site but have not really edit them.


 * 3. As a final reflection for the course, post your thoughts and ideas on:**
 * challenges or limitations you experienced while working collaboratively on wiki
 * advantages or benefits from participating in this wiki
 * things about the course you thought worked well and/or suggested improvement

While I was working wiki, at first I find it really challenging because I had no idea where to start, so the things I could do was limited. However, as time goes by, I tried to take more time and followed more procedures and finding wiki pretty interesting to work with. I think the advantage of using wiki is that it actually allows me to do some information gathering before I get started on any assignments because I can simply refer to other people's work and observe their work and catch some interesting ideas that jumps into my head. Also, when I come across difficulties, I simply just refer to the FAQ and find answers to my questions and confusions. I really like this course because I have a better idea how mass media works and the different genres in many fields. I really liked the novel anlysis project and it was really interesting to read the text book since it was all just comics =)