kristinadoyle



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 * November 28/06:** edited the Gmail page to make it more of a well rounded description on privacy issues
 * November 28/06:** edited the sculpture page so it practiced better netiquette and formatting (capitalization, underlining and bolding of subheadings are not necessary) - also edited the table of contents so it was properly bulleted and not in capitals
 * November 28/06:** added my RPG link to the video games page.
 * November 28/06:** added a bit of information and cleared up some ambiguity on the YouTube page
 * November 22/06:** posted my main contribution of my media genre analysis, I chose RPGs.
 * November 18/06:** created a new page on the Class Novels page on the graphic novel I did - Salamander Dreams. Check it out, it's a great read!
 * November 18/06:** cleaned up the Class Novels page - the formatting had gone a bit wonky (I find that to be a bug in wiki and semi annoying) and people were putting images of comics right on the index page, which isn't good design as it slows down loading to a gateway page and is largely not necessary. Also the banner creator cited his images, but from Google - which isn't correct, technically you must source the pages. Google is just the engine used to find them!
 * November 17/06:** reflection two is up!
 * November 15/06 -** re-vamped analysis and reflection page
 * November 8/06** - cleaned up formatting and clarified link titles on table of contents page



//October 5th, 2006// --- As a second year CCIT student, it is my first time at Sheridan and also my first time using a wiki as an aid to a class assignment. My first hand feeling towards the wiki is very positive. Anything concerning technology is a definite advantage for me. I've been constantly using computers and on the web since I was nine years old. I was the high school nerd who asked if I could make an online interactive presentation instead of a poster board all the time. Now, in college, I'm being told that one of my projects will be completely virtual on a wiki? That's awesome, it appears that I've made the right choice to be here. I feel like technology has finally caught up with me - and that's a good thing.

The fact that this web project is collaborative is just an added plus. I firmly believe that the internet will be (and, for many people, already is) the main "information brokerage" of the world concerning absolutely everything you could ever imagine. The more brain-power we have behind this movement, the better. Collaborative efforts of pooling information can only make the individual stronger. It creates a league of people who, hopefully, have very well rounded views - basically, have learned to have an open mind. Information can move much faster if we aren't repeating history. Now, we can take what others have said, agree with it (or disagree and rebute) and continue to build on it without having to put all the work into re-discovering the same original ideas produced.

I am a bit behind my work as of late due to a great deal of weekend working on swapping a truck engine... so I am slightly late getting the ball rolling on wiki work. However, I plan on setting a weekly date to look over wiki developments and make edits I see fit. My main wiki portion should hopefully be on the genre of online forums. I will attempt to contribute as much of my knowledge as I can, and more importantly, read and absorb the ideas and knowledge of others.



(Because I am taking part in two different wikis - and to keep it somewhat interesting for you guys - I'll answer partly here and partly on CCT333)

Ugh, unfortunately I'm a bit behind in this wiki reflection - I'm having recurrent problems with stupid [|acephalgic migraines] (migraine in which you get the aura, without a headache. It's great that I don't actually get migraines, but it's not possible to drive the 1.5 hours to Oakville across the 401/403 with no peripheral vision and blind focus spots. HAHA) and that gives me a bit of trouble making it to labs at times... ah well. On with the wiki!

My method for going about editing and contributing to posts is pretty simple. Every day, I pick a section of the alphabet to go through, and I concentrate specifically on the articles in that section. I go through them with a fine-tooth comb for things ranging from:
 * simple spelling and grammatical errors (I find grammar to be more of an issue thanks to spell check), to
 * arcticles that are just blantantly incorrect, not referenced accurately, or contain opinion or personal bias; and finally,
 * if there is anything worth expanding on or adding.

I do regularily check my own postings for alterations, however, none of my posts have really been touched as of yet. I'm taking that as a compliment, I think! However, I would not be opposed to someone altering my work if I agreed with it. If I truly believed that my original work was a better version, I would contact the editor in question and ask for a clarification of views in order to sort out the best thing to put on the page.



I encountered two main challenges while working collaboratively on this wiki. First was actually making the time to work on it! Since it does not really have a firm “due date” to schedule into a calendar, you really must fabricate your own deadlines for editing, analysis and reflection, and writing the main bulk of your article(s). Secondly, finding something that was editable or fit for contribution was a challenge too. Many people made their articles so in depth that it was difficult to challenge it at all.

The main advantage of wiki work I found was the test review at the end of the semsester. It takes a lot of the pressure off studying and also was great insight to read and get other students’ point of view on the online readings and texts. All classes should have one of those!

Regarding the course as a whole, I think the structure of the main culture jamming project worked very well. Instead of having a massive workload at the end of the semester like most other classes and doing a half-assed job simply because of the time crunch, our project was sectioned in small chunks throughout the year that were manageable and easy to work with.


 * Kristina Doyle** is a twenty year old student studying in her second year of a CCIT major and Digital Enterprise Management specialist. Outside of school, she works at one of Ontario's largest digital imaging chains selling photo equipment to both professional and amatuer photographers. She does a ton of stuff for fun, including (but not limited to) photography both for fun and for money, writing, graphic and multimedia design, riding horses, driving anything with wheels and an engine (stick shift please!), and modelling. She's definitely a bit of a tomboy - in a nerdy, Halo-champ way, and a macho, gettin-greasy-workin-on-trucks-for-a-week-straight-without-a-shower way (unfortunately, both of these are true.) She's loving the CCIT program so far!