Well, I must admit that I’m pleasantly surprised. At first glance, the wiki assignment that our course group was diving into head first was, to a certain extent, intimidating. But, after creating my first two wikis (http://web.cortland.edu/wiki/index.php?title=IPhoto) I can actually admit that I stand corrected. This is why…
When brainstorming ideas for my first wiki, I felt besieged. I didn’t want to write something that was erroneous or, gasp, unintelligent. So, I decided to wait to produce my wiki—choosing to blame my procrastination on the post that Alex created on our course site, which stated that no one could sign in. After reading, and re-reading, Will Richardson, I realized that I was being excessively critical. A wiki is designed to be edited (duh, Ray) so there is no rationale for me to feel this anxiety. If I write something and then realize that it is wrong, I can easily go to that page and edit the mishap. Or, in the absolute worst case scenario, someone else would do it for me.
Overall, I’m pleased with this project thus far. I just hope that my contributions are worthy—and if they’re not, I’m sure they will be with the help of my fellow classmates.
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I felt the same way about the wiki...but now I can't wait for someone to correct/add/delete or whatever. I'd rather have that than have no one care about what I'd written!
Nat
Great Ray! I'm excited about these wiki pp. Look at all this small group of dedicated wikians has produced in a short time. What a field day I would have had w/this tech. in my h.s. classroom. KES
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