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**__CONTRIBUTIONS__**

 * Added movie images under the action catagory to make the page visually more appealing. The image resizing feature that wikispace has makes it quite convenient in adding images to pages that are too large in size (NOV 11).
 * Created "Food Advertisements and Children" page, added images, linked it from 'advertisments" page under "food" category (NOV 22)
 * Added a paragraph in Advertising, second paragraph under "What is It"(NOV 23)
 * Created hyperlinks to internal as well as external pages and also edited grammatical errors on pages (ongoing).
 * Added more content to Food Advertisements page (NOV 24).
 * Created Comments section and commented to material under Commercial Advertising; promoted my own page by commenting on an interesting topic and linking it to my own page for those interested (NOV24).
 * Created 'Table of Contents' for Food Advertisements page; "Related Links" section created to link to other advertisement pages similar to my own, also providing a brief description of the pages (NOV25).
 * Created a banner for Food Advertisements page (NOV26).

**__ANALYSIS AND REFLECTIONS__**
This particular wiki assignment would be my second experience with the collaborative learning tool. Last year in CCT 205 – Digital Innovation and Technological Transformation, I was introduced to wikispaces and it was an experience that I enjoyed. I thought that navigation was much easier because links and other pages were easily accessible, everything was right there on the page. Collaborative learning is beneficial because you can receive feedback from your peers. This multi-directional flow of information makes the learning experience that much more effective.

As an experienced user of wikispaces I hope that I can contribute to another persons learning experience, whether directly by adding content to pages or indirectly, by providing links to other pages so that informatin can be made available. I would like to learn how to add html to the wikispaces. Some of the pages out there are quite appealling. One aspect of wikispaces is that you cannot do the assignment at last minute. It takes some time and effort to build a learning community, thus last minute posts won’t be that helpful to other people.

Personally, choosing pages to change would not be that hard for me. I would choose topics that are of interest to me and add my opinions and my own content to it. Last year in CCT205 I felt that changing others people’s works would undermine their original work. I no longer feel this because the person whose work is being changed is capable of re-editing what another person did. It’s a continuating process that can help both people.

Challenges that I faced on this particular assigment had to do with how to build a learning community. At first it was difficult to know how exactly this could be done since there were no guidelines for us to follow. So i just thought that by creating material that not only provided insight but also viewer participation by asking questions and comments within the content, it would create a better wiki experience overall. I didn't want to just present all information and no opportunity for feedback. I don't think that wiki put any limits on what we could do with this assignment. They are such an effective tool for collaborative learning. It was all up to us, and our creative abilities. Participating in this wiki has broadened my perspective on the depths that a group of students like ourselves can create. While browsing through the content I really saw what each one of us are capable of doing, and since this is going to be my last year here at UTM, careeers within media are vast in range, and that our time here fosters our creative abilities, what we can become, and what we can achieve! Good luck everyone on your future endeavours! This was a great course. I dont feel that changes are needed !!!! Thanks Prof Mike Jones, David Gelb & CCT300 for a fun experience, oh and we did learn something too !!!