Szczepanska,+Marta


 * __Timeline:__**

October 4th:
 * Created //**Johnny the Homicidal Maniac**// page and wrote information on it
 * Added myself to the Analysis & Reflection Section

October 5th:
 * Started writing on **Gutter, the** page
 * Created a banner for **the Table of Contents** in Photoshop and uploaded it into the wikispace... unfortunately I also messed up some elements on **the Table of Contents** page and I don't know how to fix them. Hopefully someone else will.

October 8th and on:
 * Wrote on the **//Johnny the Homicidal Maniac//** page.

October 24th:
 * Added things on the **Genre of Music** page.

November 12th:
 * Finished the plot on the **//Johnny the Homicidal Maniac//** page.
 * Wrote analysis part on the **//Johnny the Homicidal Maniac//** page.

__**Reflection:**__

I feel that the Wikispace website is very easy to use and that is its key attribute. Everyone is able to learn it as they work on their project. You do not really need instructions to use it. Although, I used it last year I did not know if I would still remember how to use it. However, it was easy to jump right back into editing and posting pages. I had no problem with it at all.
 * Part 1: October 5th:**

After taking part in the Wiki assignment last year for cct205, I was a bit scared about doing it again this year. I remember joining the wiki space quite late last year and all topics being already taken and described in detail. However, after joining the wiki space this year, I noticed that a lot of topics are still available. I am very excited to start early. I learned my lesson from last year.

This year I am expecting a lot more from myself. I want to post more contributions to the Wikispace more frequently. I also want to spend more time on exploring other people's pages. I went back to my Wikispace from last year and discovered many interesting topics I did not look through last year. I also want to try to utilize the information on the Wikispace in other classes. I did that last year and I think it is incredible how much this project can help us in other courses. As an expirienced participant I would encourage others to consider using Wikispace for their research in projects from other classes.

After using the website this semester I have realized some interesting things about it. I found myself learning so much from other people's pages. Instead of doing my own work I would spend time reading and learning from other pages. The Wikispace really is a **collaborative learning expirience**!
 * Part 2: November 12th:**

However, because the project is so open to when we can complete it, I found myself never to have enough time to work on it as project deadlines and exams in other classes occupied a lot of my time. This is a good, as well as a bad side of Wikispace. It allows the members to space out the work they put in the project into their own schedules but it could be dangerous as the semester goes by fast and time to complete the project is running out.

I usually end up changing or contributing to the postings that I look and read through because those are the ones that interest me. I plan to contribute and change more of other people's pages as soon as I totally finish mine. I do not have a problem with changing people's work or people changing my work. I believe that it is for the best of the WIkispace that the best, most informed and correct work is posted. That way we can all learn the most from this Wikispace.

I do check, out of curiosity who changed my work and what they have changed. For example, I posted a banner for the Table of Contents, however someone made a better one and replaced mine with theirs. That does not bother me at all because I really like the look of the new banner. Eventhough our work is not always shown in the most recent version of the Wikispace it is part of the history and we still get credit for it. This makes the Wikispace a very fair environment and allows members not to be bitter about others changing their work. Another example of this is the page The Gutter that I started contributing to. Someone else finished the stub that I made at the beginning of the year. This is my own fault because I did not have anough time to finish it and I passed up that chance. The other member did a great job on it though.