Weekly Post and Reflection #8

Hello again everyone!

Another week of ADED 1P32 is behind us and this week’s time was spent exploring the online tool wiki and reflecting on the rights and responsibilities of a digital citizen. A lot like last week, the tool introduced this week, wiki, was a tool that I had already discovered in my lifetime as a digital citizen. Like the blog post by Marshall Brain Stated, Wiki are one of the sites that always pop up on Google searches and like he also pointed out, they are so popular they are one of the top 100 sites in the world (How Wikis Work, Marshall Brian)! Wiki’s are pages full of information that I commonly use when I quickly want to find something out for both personal interests and educational purposes. Like stated on Donald Clark’s blog that we read during for this weeks content “wiki is not the finish line it is the start” (Clark, 2012). To describe my use of wiki I believe this quote is very true, as I always use wiki to give myself a better understanding of topic that I am about to write an essay or do a project on before I go to educational resources for more information. The ease, convenience and abundance of information that wiki’s provide is why it is a great starting place to understand and gather information on a certain topic. 

When comparing wiki to other tools that we have discovered in this class such blogs, Google docs, and Evernote, my opening comments would be that I believe Wiki is a different type of collaborative platform then the other ones. Wiki is a collaborative platform however it based on real information and facts, which is usually backed up by references that are cited throughout the page. Where, in comparison too Google docs, blogs, and Evernote these platforms are more for personal opinions, views and a place that these opinions and views can be built on collaboratively.  In summary, although all the platforms that have been introduced in the last few weeks are collaborative learning tools, I believe that wiki is more of an informational collaborative platform, and the other ones are opinion/ personal based collaborative programs.

Also during this weeks session we explored the rights and responsibilities of a global citizen, which included in developing a personal mind map of the ones that we believe are the most important. Out of the top five listed on the map, it is my belief that the responsibility to respectful at all times, the right to privacy and the right to freedom of speech are three most important rights and responsibilities.  

Esler C.C 2016

In conclusion, this weeks discussion about Wiki and the digital rights and responsibilities of digital citizens can viewed upon as two things that are closely related. The reason i state this is because Wiki is viewed upon by many a place that fosters plagiarism and can condone the misuse of digital rights and responsibilities. Therefore, I believe that in order for Wiki to remain for its intended purpose and work for everyones advantage, it is important that we learn these rights and repsonsbilites and help maintain a healthy online environment. 

Thanks for joining me on my adventure through week 8, I look forward to the upcoming week in ADED 1P32! 

Brandon  

Works Cited 

 Brain, M. (n.d.). How Wikis Work. Retrieved March 8, 2016, from http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/wiki.htm 

Clark, D. (2012, December 4). Wikis – wickedly clever, underused learning tool. Retrieved March 8, 2016, from http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.ca/2012/12/wikis-wickedly-clever-underused.html