Shift happens part 1: You Can't Please Everyone

Hello all! For this week we are carrying on with the web 2.0 theme that has been the focus of the class and with that we have moved into the world of wikis. I have kind of a strange relationship with wikis as I have used them many times to settle arguments  ahem, debates with my husband quite a few times. They can be a great source of information however for my academic studies the use of wikis is often frowned upon. I get it, because the information can be edited by anyone that can leave the information vulnerable to tampering and therefore may not be the MOST reliable resource out there. 

With all that being said, after I watched the (kind of outdated) shift happens 2.0 video I went directly to the shifthappens wiki and tried to join as directed in the classroom. I joined the wikispaces website fairly easily but when I went to join the shifthappens wiki I received an email from Dr Scott Mcleod and Karl Fisch who informed me that the site was only for archives...I'll have to think of a work around for that...

Moving on, I still had quite a bit of work to do to get this week's homework done so I moved on to reading some of the conversations posted on the site. One of the first ones that caught my attention was one titled Profoundly Upset By This Video 

I have to admit that a part of me kind of shared his sentiment. As I watched the video I wondered where they got the stats from since there were no sources cited and I wasn't the only one as someone actually made a similar comment on a post.  Later, another individual came along and posted a link to the sources n a separate discussion. As far as this conversation, I appreciate that although this person posted a negative discussion the people that replied were respectful in their disagreement with him. One person commented that although he didn't believe it was propaganda he could see how someone may have taken it that way. Another commenter posted that even though she "loved" the video she also welcomed hearing both sides of the argument. She went on to say that if he felt that wikis weren't the answer, what did he suggest in their place.

Too many times nowadays, when people disagree with each other on social media the conversation often breaks down and turns into personal attacks. I really appreciate that everyone in this discussion treated each other with respect.

For the second part of this week's assignment I created a quick little wiki that can be found here:

http://creatingnewcontent.wikispaces.com

give it a visit and tell me what you think!