User:Clancelot/ Reflections

Project 3 Reflection
Using and editing wikipedia was really hard at first. I was so confused and the intro to editing pages just have links and more links so it is hard to know what information it is important to learn and what pages have non-essential information. This is one of Postman's criticisms of the information age and technologies that create more information. I finally got a handle on it from looking at other pages and just clicking the edit button to take a look at their formatting, then I would mimic that when adding to pages. I am still working on how to use pictures in my pages. The png file format is confusing for me. All of my photos are jpg....not really sure how to switch them into this format that Wikipedia likes. I also tried to make a disambiguation page for Technopoly, but it never showed up. So those are some of my "works in progress" I think Wikipedia is a really good tool to use when you just need a general knowledge of something or are looking for a place to start. For example if you are writing a paper on Karl Marx you may go to the wiki page and learn a little about him. You could also scroll down to the reference list to find some sources (such as peer reviewed journals) that your professor would find to be acceptable. Wikipedia can help you gain a general knowledge of something and then by looking at other academic sources can help you focus that knowledge.

Class Reflection
I enjoyed the small size of our class. I was initially angry that the class was about graffiti, but it actually turned out pretty cool. I think that in general my writing would have benefited more from a science writing upper division course, but I could never get into them with my schedule. Part of the reason that it is so full is because the school of education required me to have two separate practicums this year. That is a lot of volunteer hours to fit in every week.

General Reflections
I have often felt lost and dissatisfied with CU as a school and wish that I had gone to a smaller liberal arts school like Kalamazoo College or Colorado College. I consider how big most of my class sizes are even though I am a senior in college; it is really disappointing. I suppose that I may be more fond of the school in general when I am not in the middle of final exam week.