Today in class, I milled around on facebook for a while before I actually got started working on my wiki. I have created a wiki at pbwiki.com called blackwomenwriters.pbwiki.com. I wrote a few sentences on the front page just to see what it would look like, and it still looks quite dull to be honest. The whole wiki making process seems to be quite consuming. I now understand why Dr. Strickland is giving us so much time to complete our final projects.
I want to have a great wiki. Something like a database where people can go and look up African-American women writers and it be fun. I want to have information and fun stuff also. At the beginning of class when I was dabbling around, I was on facebook taking these quizzes that were really fun. I want quizzes on my wiki, too! The good thing about playing around on web 2.0 websites is that you get ideas for your own wiki.
Of course I want the wiki to be colorful, and I want to have separate areas like a photo gallery, a media area where there are constant updates, an about me sections that explains why I chose to do this; But at the same time I want this wiki to be educational. When I initially set up my wiki, I had to choose what type of wiki this would be. I eventually choose educational, because this project was initially for class and also because I want people to come here to learn.
To be honest, I am a little scared, because I have never done something so major on the Internet before. But I won't let that fear hinder me from creating a masterpiece. I am a procrastinator, but one thing I know about procrastinators is that we get the job done. Being a procrastinator makes you think a lot. I envision in my head how I want things to be when I get done before I actually start them. Once I have that vision in my head I can start to really get things going, but I usually do things in like one or two sittings. So I will use my blog as my thinking area, and then I will have an awesome wiki!
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Your idea is fabulous- I haven't checked out your blog in a while and just wanted to let you know!
Thanks for the link to that article. It's great to know that I am pursuiing a field where they are actually looking to hire. Especially with the FBI, because sometimes when I tell people what I want to do when I graduate I feel like it sounds like something totally imaginary or like something straight from a movie. So hopefully I can give people a sense of an "it's possible" attitude with my project. And it seems like you have a great idea too!
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