Wiegandj,+Jake

=Major Edits To The Course Wiki=
 * September 26**: edited Wiki FAQ's page
 * November 5**: edited Blackberry page
 * November 6**: Created GoogleMaps page
 * November 15:** Added more content to GoogleMaps page
 * November 16:** Created Mike Jones and Facebook page
 * November 20**: edited the homepage and VIACOM page
 * November 22:** Added some links to the Fun Video Links page and the homepage
 * November 26:** edited Facebook page
 * November 27:** edited Google Founders page
 * December 1**: edited E-commerce and Gmail pages
 * December 7:** edited Virtual Reality page

=**My Own Personal Reflections**=


 * Ocotber 22nd**

I guesss i'll do my first experience with wiki now that i've gotten fully into this whole environment. First of all, i think this is a very interesting learning environment, as besides from being something that is definatley "out of the box". What i mean by ths is that this wiki space not only allows students to learn about the process of interactive desgin, but we can alos peer edit each others work, and do it in a totally interactive forum, while developing skills we might already have (html, graphic design and so on).

For myself, i hope i can just keep expanding my html knowledge and my get introduction to the design process. I've already met some very smart and interesting people in my group Team iMagination. Watch out for us, as we have a very good group with a great diversity of skills and although it early, we seem to be working very well together. Our USB key redesign is pretty important in my opinion, as it is a very common device that students use, but it is not without its flaws which we will show in our project.

I still need to figure out what i can contribute to the wiki in terms of my content which i can update as the terms goes along, hopefully i can come up with something soon, when i do i'll be sure to update it in here though.

=November 6= Filled out all the survery that were posted on the front page, some of them were pretty bad, one asked my student number, i know the reasoning behind it (to make sure your a student at UTM) but thats personal information, no way am i giving that out.

=November 13= I guess it’s that time again, time to discuss about this crazy thing known as the wikispace. As the term has progressed, I have started to grow fonder and fonder of this little space on the internet. There have been a variety of interesting posts (one person even posted on the Formula One standings, but they have not updated it for awhile) and I have contributed and even added my own (Google Maps). When looking at what post I want to either contribute to or just read, I first of start by reading the post, and seeing how well it thoroughly explained the topic. If I feel I can add a portion of information that will add to the topic, I do so (although most of them have been done quite well so far). In regards to my own post, I left it fairly opened in order to provide room for people to add content, but not many people have, I guess I did not pick an intriguing enough topic to warrant peoples attention.

In terms how I feel about adding and editing other peoples work, I look at in the sense that if my alterations improve the posting, then I’m not only helping out the person who made the post initially, but also future readers who might want to look at the article from either a research or general interest stand point.

In terms of my own work, I just usually about once every couple days to see if anyone has edited my own work. A few people have edited my work, and they have made it better by further elaborating on topics I left very open, and by adding links and references within the text. I really appreciate these efforts as it shows to me that people took the time to actually read over my post, and were actually interesting enough in the topic to want to further develop it.

So far i guess i'll post some of my thoughts on the wiki since the final question has not been posted yet. 1. IE sucks for making edits, as the page looks really bad and the scroll bars are not in line 2. People need to learn to label their pages correctly, as it is impossible to find pages to internally link sometimes.
 * November 26**

=December 6=

Well I guess this is my final post on the wiki (I lie, I might do one or two more edits, but we’ll see. Now I guess I’ll just answer the reflection questions, so here we go!

//Have your views changed in regards to collaborative learning while participating in this wiki?//

No, I wouldn’t say my views have changed on collaborative learning while I’ve taken part in this class wiki. I still think the wiki is a really fun and enjoyable experience, that also facilitates learning. This same type of interaction could not happen with say a class blog (which we had in CCT300 last year), while the class blog was fun, it had its issues. Some people did not participate in the blog very whole heartedly, only doing the bare minimum which made the topic conversations pretty dull and boring. This wiki though, because people could choose what they wanted to post it, allowed us to pick and choose what we wanted to contribute to.

//Are there any ideas, suggestions or comments you could share for possible improvements?//

My only major comment is how people would edit other peoples work. People nitpick, and change comma’s and re-arrange a few sentences and consider that an edit. I don’t, that’s like picking up a piece of trash from off the ground, you don’t do it so you can get recognized, you do it because it’s the right thing to do. Edits like those in NO WAY contribute to the board, as there just pointless attempts to get marks. Contributions are different, as atleast they add substance to a post, but “minor housekeeping” is stupid.

//Things you thought were most productive or helpful about using wiki?//

The most productive thing about the wiki is that it was a continuous ongoing thing. I started early in the wiki, then had to ignore (in terms of posting topics and editing it) for a month because of other school work. But I always would check the front page just too see if anyone had posted something that was cool. The wiki actually made the class seem more like a personal experience as opposed to the traditional “lecture tutorial structure” as it added an element of personality to the class. Very different and I will unlikely have a repeat experience like this as I am graduating in June. It’s been fun!