After re-reading "Blogging and New Literacies" I have started to reevaluate my wiki. After looking over it today, it is not very appealing. After all of our studying about blogs for the last 10 weeks or so, I still forgot that web 2.0 is not just about words but also about format and design. This project is going to be a lot harder than I had thought. How am I going to grab the interest of individuals who may not know or care about Greenpeace? I have pictures and videos, which are always a plus. Tomorrow I am going to work on the color and size of the font.
I have also noticed with the wiki that I am more cautious, or at least more aware, of my grammar. Although I perform well at editing other people's papers, it is very hard for me to edit my own. I know what I mean inside my head, so when I reread a paper, I seem to skip right through my errors. Because the wiki is open to the public, I find myself going back over my writing even days after I entered my information. Unlike a paper, it is not just a teacher or a few of my peers reading my work, but possibly the entire world. (Okay, that sounds a little extreme, but it is open to all.)
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It's stressful having to put your writing out before the world, isn't it? That always worries me!
While format and design are important to the blog's appearance, once your audience is grabbed, it's not so important. I say this thinking of how I use Google Reader for the blogs I want to read, and the reader takes all the "pretty stuff" away, just leaving the text. So, I guess it's really the text that should be holding your audience.
How did you start your wiki? Is there a website that you go to to build a wiki like bubbl.us is for brainstorming please tell me?
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