Zaib,+Sobia+(Reflection)

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Term 1
//**Contribution**// • Mistakenly became an organizer, so accepted many invitation • Added table of contents section • Adjusted edit navigation. • Added topic “Comics”

Reflection
I have used Wikispaces before in cct205, which was offered in winter 2006. Professor Michael John used to be my teacher’s assistant (TA), whereas this time he is my professor. My initial response was not happy at all because though it is a very helpful community to build up some ones learning skills, but again at the same time one also has to be very active participant in order to provide a constructive environment for others. Over here one may raise a point that “Hello! Welcome to CCIT”, but I think I could defend my self, until I was mistakenly made an organizer. After getting that experience of becoming an organizer I realized that not only it is a very hard job, but also our teachers really wants to help us.

They chose wikispaces over other things like “WebCT vista” or black board, because it not only user friendly, but also let the user to get familiarity with web designing software’s that also have the same (but also have advance) functions, such as Dream Weaver. I was enthusiastic, plus experience from 205 encouraged me to become the first one to start up the space. My initial contribution (making of table of content) was one of them. Besides this, I also put the first (or one the first one) topic there. This time I was much passionate until again something happened to me (refer to term 2 reflection). Using Wikispaces for the second time, actually once again put me on a platform, where once again I challenged this my self. “That no matter what, I have to be an active member of this space”.

My Concern related to wikispace is very shallow. I think the color combination (black and gray), or simple color probably bugs my aesthetic sense. ( I am artist so colors play a very important part in my life). Whereas for suggestion part of the question, I still have to dissect it both from in side and out side. So at this moment I really don’t have any suggestion.

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Term 2
• Made personal reflection section • Gain experience with available tools and integrate them in-group project.
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Reflection
My perception regarding usage of wikispaces remained the same, its the cognition that took me to a lot of hurdles. I was passionate and confident but I lost all of them when I got the first response on the topic I put there (that was “Comic”). According to the organizer that is not exactly looking for. They want much more deliberate issues up their. This anecdote actually made me more confused and instead of accelerating my coarse of discovering wikispaces, I felt dark and blank. No emotion, no passion existed.

I can imagine a reader might think this as a fake story, but look from an artist’s eyes. I don’t consider my self a very good artist, but I am very picky about even the slightiest thing. and this thing actually really lowered my moral. But I had to stand up. This time I don want to be criticized again. I want to come up with a better topic. So mission of exploring wikispaces as an outside spectator, really didn’t come out, though I have able to generate some concerns and suggestion from working on my group project. My biggest concern was the contribution, since I became unsure of doing any thing that if I put that is it going to make sense with the course content or not?

Once again color combination is on my hit list. I didn’t like any of them. So what where was available, me and my group member agreed upon (the only thing we focued on was on dissabilty issue, as most of the guys are color blind). I also felt the need of more font option. Image placement is something I really hate on wikispaces. It is very confusing, time consuming and heart throbbing process (you just feel like kill the computer).

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Term 3
//**Contribution**// • Made another topic “Design”, with proper research (in regards to the course) • Added funny videos • Added reflection on test • Edited table of contents of several topics, according to hierarchical need • Edited navigation bar • Added (back to the top) feature in exam analysis section and several other places.

Reflection
My Sculpture told our class once “there are two kinds of artists exist in this world, one which work way ahead then the actual due date, and second are the one that comes up with the best results in a very end. (Just to let you know, I am an art and art history student and the poster with pact analysis and the sink presented by SMVS was made by me). The reason I put it up there was that I was so confused that what topic should I choose as a platform for my analysis that it took me a while to figure out. Then this time I want to go with full preparation and result. I don’t just want to present some information, but also want to put what I think, what I believe and where that topic can be integrated along with the course content. In fact to some degree I want to make it like a blog. I do like the concept of wikispace, but the way every one is using it is seems more like to get marks. One may raise the point that since I didn’t do much contribution that is why I making this lame excuse. but in reality with the a close look at the stuff posted on the wikispaces, it wont be hard to detect that we are just posting the information, are we gaining any knowledge (other than the topic we are concentrating on). i might be wrong, but it seems like all the editing is done with close mind. I might be wrong, but that is what i have noticed, especially among the people I am surrounded by.

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Final suggestion
Beside other suggestions that I posted earlier, (like color, font, and advertisement), I want to suggest some more things like there should be spell checker should also be integrated. Whereas file attachment function is pathetic, so they should also make it more effective. Concerns that I have concluded are related that most of the students are working on the space as are made to. Instead of editing, suggestions that what should be added or what can make the point much clearer? Rather than change the content. This thing should be there to specific time limit. So people respond quickly and space become more interactive. So with in the member, there should be a time limit given. So make the auction that the more the more and better information given by someone will get that topic. This could be done among 5-6 six groups, and groups challenge each other.

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