User:Fordpa



Discovered Wikipedia editing in Winter Quarter 2011-2012 at the University of Washington for the class Info 447. This class covers many different facets of Wikipedia and the sharing of information and as part of that class I am doing my part to edit Wikipedia.

About Me
I am a 3rd year student freshly admitted to the University of Washington's Information School. Currently 20 years old, and living in an apartment a short walk from campus I spend most of my time on my schooling. Even though I am going to a school in Seattle I am actually from out of state, being from Oregon's Portland metro area I am somewhat used to the city life. One reason I choose to come to school out of state despite having to pay the exorbitant price of tuition is because of Oregon's comparitive lack of schooling in my field of Information sciences.

I am the youngest son of my mother Regina, having an older brother Kevin and sister Kathleen. I am the only child of my father Barry, my dad being different from my siblings father. With both my sister and brother being married and living on their own I am now the only child to not be in a serious relationship leading to some interesting remarks from my parents.

Info 447
[Info 447], "The course focuses on the design and use of collaborative technologies to communicate, share information and coordinate activities. Emphasis will be split between social aspects of adopting and using collaborative technologies and technical infrastructure to enable collaborative applications. The course will include a discipline overview and history as well as a range of selected topics."

Sandbox Page for Assignment 2 [Hard Link]