Gordon_Lai

=Gordon Lai's Analysis and Reflection=

Main Contribution:
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 * **November 3, 2006**
 * Major write-up on YouTube with examples and logo added.
 * **December 8, 2006**
 * Edit YouTube and re-organized the Sources.
 * Added a paragraph on net neutral in Sir Berners-Lee page.

Community Building and Maintenance:
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 * **October 6, 2006**
 * Fixed and Re-Added all deleted names on Analysis and Reflection page.
 * Add anchor links for better navigation on Analysis and Relection.
 * **November 2, 2006**
 * Unbolding unneccessary links on the Table of Contents
 * **November 13, 2006**
 * Added a table of content for Facebook
 * **December 8, 2006**
 * Added a table of content and spell checked for Brand Awareness.
 * Table of content added for Sir Berners-Lee

October 5, 2006:** Wikispaces isn't new to me since the beginning of CCT300 course this year. I have "discovered" Wikispaces a few years ago, joining other people's spaces as well as creating one for my own (mostly on personal interests). The concept of where everybody in the electronic world being able to share and edit information that are presented and created by others in a medium really fascinated me. By having this collaborative learning environment, sharing information or simply, creating a website, has becoming much more easier and faster compared to the past. Although I have use Wikispaces before during my leisure times, it is still the first for me to have a spaces with over hundreds of people. Creating a space of your own depends on your personal preference, but a space for an entire class is totally different. In this Wikispaces, I expect myself to gain more knowledge that I currently don't have and be able to give out to others in the same ways.
 * Part 1

When contributing or changing on other's posting in Wikispaces, I would usually choose topics that interests myself. I tend to add some personal opinion or facts that I knew that wasn't added onto it. Mostly I would correct grammars mistakes or emphasize on points that are weak (that suppose to be their supporting points). Usually when adding or editing other's work, I tend not to delete information that are posted. Deleting information that you think were irrelevant might not be what others think. I would also like others to not delete my infomation that I added on, since I have did some researches on it. I regularly check on topics that I have posted and would do some self-editing. I wouldn't really mind people altering or editing my work, since it does add knowledge to me and improve my points (not unless they were just messing around and destroying other people's work).
 * Part 2**
 * November 2, 2006:**

I have an enjoyable and fun experience working on Wikispaces. It was highly effective and efficient working in a collaborative environment such as wiki. There were challenges however. By the end of the course, people were rushing in for final completion on their pages, which created a huge confusion with the editings -- there were problems like 2 to 3 people editing the pages in the same time!! Aside from the deadline rushes, working on the wiki environment daily is enjoyable. People were able to help each other on topics that they are working on. We could easily correct their information that they provided or even add on additional interesting facts that they missed or might not know. Work tends to be finish up fast, which I believe is a huge advantage for collaborative environment against other types of learning environments. Another benefit that I acquired from wiki was during tests time. Even before the tests, people had already posted tips, notes, and reviews of the courses for anyone to study on! This was a great idea, since we could help each other on how to study for it and work together to overcome the questions that everybody was stuck on.
 * Part 3**
 * December 8, 2006**

Some suggestion for Wikispaces, it would be great to have some new additional features! Such as spell check, text alignments, and prevention on multi-editing at the same time. While looking back, some of the readings I did on other pages that I came across contained tons of spelling or grammar mistakes. This was easily solved when I copy them all onto Microsoft Word. It would be great if the function was available in the system itself, rather than copying and pasting on an external program! Text alignment might be an addtional plus, but it would be fantastic to see text positioning in different location, rather than plain old "left". Besides, text that are aligned in a different position can catches people attentions, especially if you wanted to emphasize on a specific idea within the topic!