Kim,+AllBright

//**ALLBRIGHT KIM**//
//**Personal Contributions**//

Project "Naive"

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November 22- created Maus page and added thoughts and summary of graphic novel Maus. Also added images and maps that were part of the graphic novel.

November 23- created a page dedicated to Buy Nothing Day and announced in the home page.

November 23- Created images and linked videos for Buy Nothing Day that provided information to purpose and history of Buy Nothing Day and encouraged viewers to partake in this event. Also provided email address to adbusters that will allow students to enlist their ideas as to how they would participate in this event.

November 23- created a page dedicated to Microsoft Zune v. iPod. Encouraged students to partake in a discussion to get opinions as to what their views are in the release of the Zune and how it would affect the mp3 industry.

November 23- added videos of CNN coverage of Zune release and what would happen if Microsoft designed the iPod video for Microsoft Zune v. iPod.

November 26- created Comedy Central v. Youtube in raising awareness of what the effects of Google's ownership is having on youtube. Also encouraged feedback and discussion to students.

November 29- created the Tap Water Challenge to encourage students to partake in project "Naive."

December 4- released the video of Project "Naive"

December 7- created Our Final Thoughts page to get feedback from students to what they've learned to how they enjoyed it or any opinions they've had since the course is now complete.

December 8- created Web 2.0-Is it all about google?

December 8- created BskyB and Google page

December 8- created Youtube teams up with Verizon page

December 8- created Apple phone?

December 8- created documentary genre page.

Analysis and Reflection
1. In honest terms, wiki is brand new to me, the only other wiki that I have utilized was wikipedia, using it as a source for "scholarly research" (just kidding). In terms of my initial thoughts and feelings regarding this collaborative learning environment, I must say it is very community oriented, and I definitely do enjoy the idea of "open editing." Personally, it creates opportunities paving the way for learning material to be hands on. In certain respects I feel like this a good tool for editing. I can place my work on a wiki and allow another user to improve or edit my work, given that the priviledge isnt abused and is monitored. The expectations I have for myself would be to enjoy this first unique experience and expand my knowledge from this collaborative environment. I really want to use this experience to simply learn about how other people are employing the wiki, and to see how effective this environment really is. Since I am a first time user, it is hard to really discern the effectiveness of wikis but for myself I have really learned more about utilizing the open editing concept in taking my learning to a different level. Nice job wiki. Also it is interesting to see the variety of content even within a small space for CCT300, the plethora of information that exists from just one classroom astounds me. I really think wiki should be implemented into education curriculums in the future, it is definitely a useful learning tool. I dont know much of what I can contribute to wiki as unexperienced user, but my objective at this current stage, is to really interact with the material and be able to ascertain information in a useful manner through open editing. Nevertheless, my contributions will mainly stem from course requirement purposes and curiosity. I am quite interested to see the different edits that my fellow peers have contributed as it will be an influence to my learning. :)

2. When I choose my postings, I look for material that is of curiosity or of interest to me. I also look for material that I have a fond knowledge of. Since I know people will be reading the postings, I am careful in the edits that I make, regardless of even my name isn't posted since the monitor will be able to see. I also will choose postings that have recently been discussed or for particular people's postings that I wish to contribute to based on the relationship I have with them or if there was a previous discussion that I had with them. When I actually contribute or make edits, I particularly look for material that is inadequate or material that could be expanded in terms of information. If I am very curious and there is a particular opinion or information I am seeking, I will post discussion material that requires editing. Like I said in the previous question, I really think that the whole concept of open-editing is brilliant, well that is, I enjoy it because it does create a unique learning environment. Although one could argue, it is not the responsibility or job of another individual to add on to or edit another person's work, it definitely does allow a learning curve to emerge. In some ways it could be indirectly be "group work," since it is a collaborative environment. To a certain degree, it is like information being chizzled into place, since the initial information is being edited to portray better accuracy, more depth, and understanding. This "chizzle" will definitely place the information into place, allowing users to have the most informative and up to date information in existence. In checking my own postings for alterations, I would check to see what I could have improved on, or to see that my information has been correctly or justifably edited. :) Since I am a beginner to this wiki concept, it is difficult to fully grasp my intent or my feelings/thoughts for that matter since much of my work hasnt been changed but as I gradually become more and more involved with other people's postings and my own, I will definitely be more conscientious to my work.

3. In terms of challenges or limitations that I experience while working collaboratively on wiki was that due to frequent editings and rearrangement of information and material it was difficult at times to navigate through the wiki in exploring the plethora of themes and ideas that were being generated. Sometimes it was exhausting to really explore the entirety of the wki in a sense that some of the topics outlined in the navigation bars were often too broad or were placed there by people which had no reference to the course. But still, the building of a community through the wiki was essential in the learning process of this course. Many of the media and Internet sites and material were very strongly amplified through this Wiki and successfully augmented in the learning process. Although the course material was set up very nicely and efficiently, student interests and material could have been better organized by the students. At times, I saw students just throwing things up under "Misc" or even on the home page. I definitely liked the idea of genre, in organizing the material and also allowing collaborative work to be implemented. It was very efficiently aligned with course work. Good job Mike! In the future though I suggest, that maybe more specific categories be created or be implemented so student material or topics of interest would be more easily accessible or displayed. Overall though, even though it was my first experience with a wiki, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I dont have much complaints because my overall experience has benefited me quite largely. I think it is a very effective learning tool in carrying out course content and even allowing students to learn from each other experiences and opinions. This course was very effective in taking that approach so that students really utilize the course material in applying it to real world situations. I really enjoyed how the course content was really down to earth, allowing creativity spur many moments. I loved this course, regardless of what my grade may reflect, I enjoyed it thorougly and allowed to be down to earth with much of theoretical aspects that a critical analysis of media teaches.