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=YanYan Yiu's Analysis & Reflection=

Contribution:

 * September 27** - community building; included several links to Car Fascination although I do not know how this topic is relevant to the course
 * October 24** - first analysis
 * November 14** - second analysis
 * December 01** - Created WiFi page & content
 * December 06** - community building; added content to Nintendo Wii and toc
 * December 06** - third analysis
 * December 07** - community building; added toc to wired world, webdesign2, web site design, wiki, m-commerce, sidekick, praxis, and mental models
 * December 07** - created page and content for Nintendo DS Lite

Analysis:
This isn't my first time to use wikispace since I took CCT205 last year but in a way it's kind of different. Last year I didn't start posting till last minute and all the content was created already, I just build on the community. This year, if I am hard working enough, I can actually create my own content and build on community. It it intimidating though to start your own posts cause you don't know if what you're posting is correct or what others will think of your work. At first, I was scared about how I would feel if someone edited my content; would I feel offended or upset? But eventually I was ok with the idea because my content might not be always right or suitable for the page. I wouldn't edit other people's post either but my second time around I figured if I know I'm right and what they wrote is inappropriate I will change it. It's nothing against the person. It's how we learn through this collaborative learning environment and I appreciate it. This year my goal is to contribute more than I did last year, quality and quantity. I expect myself to source appropriately and not copy stuff off of other website. That is something we do often. I have also seen people take content form CCT205 and posted it in this space as their own work, but that content includes other members' edits as well. Last year, the wikispace in 205 was great. All the information was relevant to the course and students even posted study guides and stuff up and it really helped. They posted anything that was related to the course and this was a big bonus. Under table of contents, almost everything was there and each posts had links to another. It was great. The community build was awesome and I hope this year it will be even better.
 * October 24**

We're on our second analysis already yet I havent been posting much. It's hard to work on four wikispaces at the same time. I think most of us are at the point where we think these wikispaces are very tedious and annoying. I haven't been posting as much as I could have but with other courses and our project wikis, I find that I put the class wikis at the bottom of the list; possibly because the due date isn't any time soon.
 * November 14**

I only choose to edit or add on to topics that interest me or that I already have knowledge of. It's easier and less time consuming than to research a topic I don't know about, learn it, then post it. I really enjoy the idea that we're allowed to edit other people's work; adding or deleting. Not everyone's contributions are correct and these edits help correct it and I think it benefits all of us in the long run. It also helps that it won't embarrass you if you write something wrong when someone else edits your work. I do have a habit of regularly checking the topics that I have created to see how many edits and changes there were. I don't check the postings for community build though simply because you don't remember where you've posted and those posts could be minor posts as well. Other people have changed my work before but it didn't bother me that much because I know it's for the best, unless the changes were worst than what I had, I would change it back but I wouldn't go and stalk that person to see who made the changes. We should know that our work would be edited by other people and accept it when our work has been changed.


 * December 06**

Looking back at my first wiki analysis, I can see that I have not accomplished my goal. I said that I wouldn't start posting on wiki last minute and yet it's the same. With four other courses and one including more wiki its hard to keep collaborating on this. People are still posting up irrelevant information on each space. I still think the whole wikispace in general is a good idea for collaborating for information but if we were to do it as a class and people are forced to do it for marks depending on how much they post, it makes them start posting irrelevant information. I think wikispace would be fun as we collaborate information through time and when we want to but it's not when we need to post a certain amount of stuff in a certain amount of time. I really think the edit box should be improved, perhaps with a palette or jsut even make the edit box content be able to scroll so that we dont have to keep scrolling up just to bold something. The most helpful thing about this wiki is that people posted up study notes. That was the only thing I've benefited from.