Collaborating w Emma

Upon reflecting on my time as an e Society 211 student, I have come to the conclusion that I have in fact learned many lessons and skills. This being one of my first four classes as a college student, I have learned how to stay on top of my studies even if there was not always something to turn in every night. In highschool if there was reading, I never really did it unless it was for a test or a quiz. But, in college, you need to do the assigned reading or else you are a fish out of water in class the next day and in this class in particular, you need to have a grasp on the reading in order to be an asset to your group. In addition, I have also learned how to communicate and meet outside of class with a group and you cannot just allocate jobs and hope for the best. I would have to say that I think this , and this are my two best posts. I could not narrow it down to two replies I liked the best, I think this is partly because I feel like I rushed them and if I could change anything, I...

To expand on what we learned last week about Wikipedia, this week in class we checked back in on our pages that we edited and were to attempt to add an image. My group in particular was shocked to discover that the page we edited was still fully intact. This was shocking considering our topic had to do with suicide and was a very sensitive topic. And in addition, we added a whole other category of information as it was originally only gothic music’s effect on suicide and we added 500 words on how country music has similar effects. We did notice that after we posted, our page was flagged for review. I think no action has been made so far due to the fact the page was a “stub” and not really developed due to lack of interest and it was an obscure topic. We really struggled with adding a photo due to the reuse rules and it seems difficult to keep an image up there unless you own the rights to the image. Wikimedia

This week in class we learned and got hands on experience with using wikipedia to collaborate. This website is always my first stop when doing a basic search when I have any curiosity about literally any topic. Whether it comes to doing background for a research paper, settling a debate between friends, or shear curiosity. It is such an easy accessible site that gives quick important facts and information. Even more relatable to this course, it is 100% based off of online collaboration. Users can upload and edit the information. In class, our groups were even given the opportunity to edit a “stub” or an incomplete page. The information is closely monitored to ensure the credibility of the website and the information on each page. Although in grade school and even high school, it was drilled into me by my teachers that wikipedia is not a credible source due to its collaborative nature. But, after some research and what I've learned in esoc 211, everything added it is so closely mon...

Hi, my name is Emma Ciulla, I am from Phoenix, Arizona and this is my first semester that the University of Arizona. Although I am technically a freshman, I was lucky enough to attend Xavier College Preparatory, an all girls Catholic school and St. Thomas the Apostle for 1-8 th grade. So I am very used to a very rigid and strict learning environment. I say I am lucky because I had the opportunity to take dual enrollment courses with Rio Solado community college while I carried out my four years. I only had to take 1 online communications class outside of my regular course work at Xavier. In doing this, I was able to graduate with my Associates in Arts degree 2 weeks before I graduated from high school. This makes me technically a Junior at the U of A. I really really wanted to take advantage of all the extra time I would have available. I am in Greek life and have decided to pursue the undergraduate law program but, would will still have too much time on...