Scarchilli,+Jessica

Contributions
Oct 4 > Added my Topic of Pop Art to the table of contents > Wrote the first section of my reflection Oct 19 > Added new page to Lab 2 section of 300 wiki space which would hold the culture jamming assignment entitled ndj Oct 23 > Added information to page entitled photography > specifically in the biography sections of each photographer > House keeping and worked on contributions list Oct 30 > Added to discussion on action movies Nov 1 > Created proposal page ndj and added content Nov 2 > Created links to Action Movies page and further developed discussion on topic/ also worked on housekeeping of contributions log Nov 3 > Answered second section of the reflection questions Nov 7 > Added section entitled "Perks" onto Gmail wiki as well as images Nov 9 > Added my own section entitled __Pop Art__ to the 300 wiki space and focused on editting and creating links as well as adding images Nov 10 > Added links to my own section entitled Pop Art and worked on housekeeping (added table of contents and organized material/bolded key points/added images) for the wiki entitled Soap Operas Nov 13 > Added content to Borat wiki Nov 15 > Created new culture jamming page detached from any of our actual names and added content to it (my new alias is now maggiedog) http://torontobyass.wikispaces.com/ Nov 19 > Added text and images to Pop Music page. Nov 24 > Added text and did house keeping to our culture jamming site entitled http://torontobyass.wikispaces.com. Linked section entitled "other pop art, artists" to other wiki sections which elaborate more on specific pop art artists I did not discuss. Nov 25 > Added text and images on culture jamming site entitled http://torontobyass.wikispaces.com. specifically in the Monday November 20 section. Added text on artists on my own wiki in the "other pop art, artists" Nov 30 > Added section entitled related links to Pop Art wiki Dec 05 > added references to work i added to the pop music page, Photography page, action movie and Borat page Lastly I answered my last analysis and reflection question Dec 08 > Completed last minute edits on my own page

Reflection
Oct 4 2006 Having already experienced the wiki technology through my cct205 wiki space, I am finding that this time I no longer have to struggle through understanding the program, thus allowing me to focus mainly on my content. I also feel that this time around I can allow myself to be more creative in my writting and topic matter since nothing in the wiki world is permanent. Though throughout my first experience I saw this unpermanency as being an issue, on my second time around I have been able to come to the understanding that, it is because of the ability to constantly be editing that makes wiki spaces are so unique. This time around I am going to attempt to make edits at least every two to three days, as to not be so over whelmed in the last few weeks of the semester. I am hoping that in getting a head start I can hopefully be more free to add little extra touches here and there to make certain wikis more visually appealing (ie. pic and graphic text).

Nov 3 2006 When contributing to Wiki spaces I first searched for subjects which could relate to material I have already studied. I feel that in choosing these subjects I am able to contribute information that I am sure is correct. Having already studied a topic also aids in providing sources of reference as well as allowing myself to further build upon knowledge I have already learned. If the subjects presented do not relate to any of my areas of study, my next step is to find a subject that I think would be interesting to learn about. Because wikispaces has such a casual writting tone I think it is imperative that the writter be enthusiastic about what they are writting about, or the subject can become dry. When deciding what to edit I always try to ensure that the information I will be adding to someone elses work will be relevant and appreciated. Often information added to my own pages is completely off topic or uncomprehensible. As the main contributor to the page I often find this to be very annoying and overall deconstructive of the entire wiki environment. In response to these additions I usually just delete the added information.

Dec 5 2006 With this being my second wiki assignment I noticed the challenges faced the first time around in attempting to learn the wiki program were no longer an issue for me. This in turn allowed me to focus mainly on content and layout which overall made things move much smoother and allotted more time to be spent on content. Though being able to spend more time on content was beneficial, I found that whenever I tried to work on the layout of my content I often became very frustrated with the wiki program since many of the controls and functions are not really mapped properly and are overall very limited in there actions. I also felt that overall not many people contributed to the community maintenance part of the project. Their were numerous times in which I purposly left sections in my wikis that could be easily filled in by others, but unfortunetly no one ever took advantage of them. Though this saved me time in the editing department it also made things very boring.

Overall in reference to the course as a whole I found the information covered to be very interesting. Both the Proff and the T.A were always very enthusiastic about the material being covered, making the language exchanged, exciting. In terms of the assignments, I really enjoyed the comic analysis and culture jamming project but, could have done without writting another wiki. I also would have prefered a midterm and final exam in oppose to just a final.

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