Mistry,+Vina

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Content
-Crime -History of Motion Pictures -Last Train to Deadsville
 * My page:**

-edited and added matrix to action movies -added to borat -added to chalk art -added to Sir Tim Berners-Lee
 * Contribution to others pages:**

Community building and maintenance
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-Fixed the home page -Added utm, sherdian pictures on homepage -Fixed navigation bar -Added reinventing comics and online readings pages -Added to interesting website -Cleaned up table of contents -Added important in bold red letters to home page -Added title bar to digital divde

Analysis and Reflection
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**Part 1:**
I really enjoy using the wikispace as good tool for collaborative learning. I have had experience using the wikispace in cct205 for the first time and I was shocked at what it can offer to a large group like our class. I must admit my first reaction was not exactly positive, however I have learned hands-on how this space works and how it enhances our learning process. This interactive space not only allows people to contribute individual work, but allows others to view and edit pages according to their personal suggestions. The collaborative writing is very beneficial to people who not only want to contribute but also increase their knowledge on a given topic. I am also using wiki for my cct333 class as well, so by the end of this term I will have even more knowledge and experience using wiki.

From my past experience I really want to be able to manage my time more efficiently especially because I have two classes to manage. I will expect myself to set a strict schedule and work on wiki as much as possible every week. As an experienced participant I will definitely aid in the community-building portion and also answer questions that people who have never used this site may have. I am excited about how this space will turn out and how I can utilize my skills to enhance this space.

**Part 2:**
When choosing a posting to contribute I usually look to see what else is out there. This should be the first step so there are no duplicate pages on the space. Once I get an update on what is on the space I look through the class lectures or reading material to find topics that interest me or know a lot of information about. I find that being confident in a topic will help me add lot of information. If I find that someone has already posted a page that interests me I will then add to that page as much as I can to enhance the site.

I really enjoy editing and making pages look good so I look for that when I am changing a page. One thing I really like doing is making title bars in photoshop. I think this makes the pages more creative and adds to experience. I think it’s important to add and edit students work because sometimes it’s hard to point out your own mistakes. We all do assignments and wish that someone could look over them before submission; this is the same kind of idea. This can be a sensitive subject as some people do not like or get offended if someone alters their work. However not to be offensive but this is a collaborative environment and these people need to understand that the real world does work this way.

I try to check my pages regularly to ensure they are not destroyed and see what’s new on the page and if I can add anything on the page. I would love to see if people can add information or edit my work it would make it that much better. I think its common courtesy for people to change something where they see fit because it enhance the space.

**Part 3:**
The End of the term

I really had a good experience this year just like last year. I think enjoyed it a lot more last year only because it was all so new to me. This year I was experienced using the wiki and found that I knew how to operate the system a lot better making me very efficient at using the space. This helped in the group projects as well. However, I came across some technical issues in the beginning of the semester with the pictures. This soon got resolved and I was off adding pictures and title bars to everything I could. I really enjoy doing the creative aspects like that. I think it makes it a fun learning environment, much better then other school systems for example web ct.

I think this year the topics were put up faster which is a lot better because you actually get the time to read and edit the postings. Also, the topic was defined and it stopped people from adding things that were not appropriate for the course which was one of the things I didn’t like about cc205, the topic was a little too broad. Having the set topic also enabled the two classes not to intertwine as a large percentage of the students are probably enrolled in both courses. On this note I mentioned this in my cct333 analysis being in both classes made it very difficult to manage time. Having four spaces to control, I just wish there were more time in the day.

Overall I liked having wiki as part of our learning process. There are things I would change in the interface. I know with technologic improvements will fix the little problems. However, I am grateful for having this experience it really helped keep things organized in the course and would enjoy using this space again.

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