I really enjoyed the readings and activities this week, so much so, that I have decided my essay should be on wikis. I feel I have enough information on this topic to effectively analyse how wikis have changed the way people communicate and collaborate – we will see how I go. I have a little experience in wikis (unlike blogs which is all new to me) as I have used typewithme and other wikis in other units to work collaboratively on university assignments and I have to say I have been very pleased with them. I most like the functionality to contribute to discussions in real-time (much more effective then bouncing emails back and forth) and the ability to use slideshow functions to determine how much each individual has contributed to the project and revert to earlier versions (if and when necessary). I am also getting the hang of blogging and find it very therapeutic and a great way of reflecting and getting my thoughts out there. I think I will be using both of these web 2.0 tools in the future (I will certainly encourage my students to use them).
I found the first activity quite easy and a bit of fun. However I still haven’t managed to work out how to put this into practice in reality and make a contribution to wikipedia – I just can’t seem to find those simple edit, save and link buttons that are the most notable features of a wiki. Oh well, perhaps the discussion board will give me the answer. If not, I will endeavour to crack the wikipedia code and make my contribution as I am really curious to see what happens to my contribution after a week. Happy studies followers J
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