Sykes,+Kathy


 * Contributions**

Political Cartoon – added picture Soap Operas – added content Stereotypes in Media – added content Scopophilia – added content Julian Beever – added page Chalk art – added content Photoblog – added page Blog – linked it to photoblog Bildungsroman – added pictures Billboards – added content, examples and editing Magazines – added content Fashion Magazines – added content Tim Berners-Lee – added content Ancient Roman Art – added pictures Alternative Rock – added content, and links Adult Swim – added pictures Advertising – added content Adbusters – added content Anime – added content and editing Al-Jazeera – added content

I think that by allowing the class to come together to create and share information in a collaborative learning environment is a good way to let a large number of people, our class, come together in an online world. This is what the web was to be used for; having a mass number of people come together, without having to be in one place at one time.
 * Question 1**

This space is really good at letting people take the information that they learn in class and apply and explain it in a new way for other to see and comment on. I think what is really helpful about having a class wiki is that we are able to post information and receive feedback from it; this is extremely helpful when it comes to studying because we get information from more than one source. My expectations for myself posting on wiki are not as high as I wish they would be. I do go on and check things out, new postings, and I do use it as a study tool to find different view on information which I am interested it. I just don’t really have the time to be going through and checking everyone’s work. I do feel that I will put in the same effort as others, it will just be at one point in time, rather than a few minutes each day.

I have worked with a wiki last year in 200 and found it to be very useful for studying and learning the information in class. It is much more beneficial for me to read information from a wiki rather than scrolling through information on a PowerPoint. I still don’t know everything there is to know about wiki, such as changing the navigation bars, and making tables of content. By practicing and using it more, I believe that I will be able to get the hang of it


 * Question 2**

I enjoy reading what other people have posted because I am interested in what they think about certain topics that interest me, so posting comments is easy in that respect. I also think that its really good that other are able to post links that may be related to the class, I plan on doing that also, because I enjoy surfing the web and reading articles.

The whole idea of editing other peoples work is something that I don’t really like doing. I think that if people took the time to work hard on something, than is should be right. And that I shouldn’t have to go and change it. If I see mistakes I will correct them, and even if I feel differently on a certain issue then I will comment on it and show my view, but I would not change what they wrote. If I can I can contribute something to someone else’s page than I will do so. I would hope that others would do the same to my work. I wouldn’t want to see what I have done deleted, but I would like to get feedback from others and hear their point of views on the same issues.

I go on the wiki once and awhile, but truthfully it is not something that I’m always thinking about to check on. It does slip my mind, and I do forget to go on and post things. Also because I use it as more of a study tool, I don’t think about editing pages, rather just reading them and learning about new information and what others in my class think about on certain topics. I know that as school is coming to an end I will be posting and commenting more on wiki, mainly because all my time will be devoted to school work. I do wish that I would have started a bit earlier, only because I do have a lot of work to do in the next two weeks.


 * Question 3**

I had a few problems at the beginning with wiki, I don’t know if I wasn’t saving my work properly or is someone was getting rid of it; but for some reason I kept losing the work that I posted. Some challenges with the wiki was with the work space in general. I think that is would have been better if people were assigned certain pages or areas of the space. I understand that this is not really the point to wiki, but I do believe that I would have felt like I was actually working to accomplish a set area along with my peers; and also give it a more structured school feel.

Some advantages that I experiences with the wiki was when it came to studying. I found it to be a great study tool, because not only was I able to get straight definitions, I could also read people’s reviews on the book, their ideas on McCloud’s concepts, and their thoughts on this class in general. In this class I thought that the paper and the project were great ideas and related to the project well. I think the project could have been laid out a little better, because at the beginning I really had no understanding of what was actually being asked of me. The feedback from