W14. What did I learn in this course?

I think this is my last post in this blog... It was really great time to learn about the collective intelligence. :-)
I've used Wikipedia once before, But I don't know how to do it well. Especially when I took 'Globalization' course, my editing was terrible...

As you see, I've got many warning messages... It was not easy for me... But now, I have a little confidence about editing Wikipedia. I learned a lot of things. Now, I could added the photo through Wikipedia Commons. And I could made a table. I could add a reference.

I think that Collective Intelligence is a puzzle that is made by everyone. We don't know the whole picture just seeing a piece of puzzle. Collective Intelligence have the same way. It won't complete just one's intelligence. It was needed by many people's knowledge and help. And that is what I did in this course.

W14. What did I learn in this course?

 First, I learned how to add references and how to cite information. It is important to clarify original sources. It makes the information that I add more credible. I realized the importance of citations and references.

 Second, I could understand copyright a little better than before. Honestly, I didn’t care about copyright when I just enjoyed contents on the Internet. Copyright law can conflict with the principle of Wikipedia, so it is careful to add information without free copyright license.

 In addition, I could know how collective intelligence works. I thought that Wikipedia is perfect information source before this semester, but it is not complete and forever. This is the aspect of collective intelligence. I think it may not be finished.

 Finally, I learned about recent social movements. I found out free culture movement through Wikipedia. The principle of Wikipedia and the way it works reflect the current trends of culture and also show the future of culture.

 This course was so useful and interesting. I usually wanted to learn about collective intelligence before, and this class was a great opportunity to study about it. 

W14. Can Wikipedia disappear?

 As we have learned in class, Wikipedia has the idea about ‘free knowledge for everyone’. Most Wikipedians like this idea so they have enjoyed their edits. But the principle that anyone can edit contents makes Wikipedia unreliable and uninformative, and also this can lead to decrease of Wikipedia users. Editors on Wikipedia actually have decreased for few years.

 Wikipedia has own grammars and rules. They make writing articles easier, but they also does not. It can be time-consuming to make more constructive and better edits. Some information does not follow Wiki grammars and rules, and they finally will be deleted by other wikipedians. It is valuable to make many well-structured articles, but we have to spend a lot of time on that. I am not sure that how many people are willing to invest their time into trying to make better edits.

 There are more problems about poor quality of writing, vandalism, neutral point of view, and copyright law and so on. Some people look these situations as a crisis of Wikipedia and I agree with that opinion. However, I don’t think that Wikipedia disappears because it relates to other social movements like free culture movement. I think these social movements are natural trends. I cannot conclude that they are right or wrong, but I think these trends will lead way of enjoying all contents. So Wikipedia may not disappear but will change their methods of running easier and improve problems.

W13. Good Copy Bad Copy

I think good copy and bad copy not exist.
Just copy.
copyright is very important for owner.
but illegal copy is so many and my information is not mine.
so we need to protect that.
copy is bad thing, but sometimes we can get new idea thought someone's information.
so we have to use reference about information.
reference is very important to use information.
I think reference is etiquette.

W13. Good Copy Bad Copy

As you Know, I was absent from class last week. Because I was sick. So I couldn't watch this documentary, But I found the video at YOUTUBE.
(link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEKl5I_Q044 HERE!)
My favorite music genre is Hip-hop music. So sometimes I saw some ugly plagiarism controversy.

like this case ☞ http://kpopdecoder.com/2013/11/06/caro-emerald-finally-spoke-full-text-delving-primarys-i-got-c-plagiarism-controversy/

This case was that A famous Korean producer aroused controversy about plagiarism.  

I know that the boundary between plagiarism and sampling is very vague. But I've been shocked after this problem. I trusted his music wholeheartedly. All of his fans did that way ,too. But this case has seriously damaged the credibility of his discography. I still don't know it was plagiarism or  sampling. But I have a bad feeling about his music.

I think Bad copy is come from producer's mind. If he stated clearly it was sampling. It would't be the problem. 

W13. Good Copy Bad Copy

I was impressed with remix music in Nigeria. They download music they want to use in remix. It can be piracy but there is not copyright law. Watching the video, I thought they just enjoy music without considering personal interest. But it is difficult for me to decide a certain position about copyright law and free culture.

 Free culture has the good purpose that all people have a right to enjoy creativity and contents. As the video showed, copyright can inhibit creativity and it has protected for particular interests. However, I think paying for contents made from others is also important. This can make contents more valuable and I show respect to people who create them by paying for them. So I am not sure the assertion that free is right, and I don't think that copyright law becomes useless. I think the range of copyright law and the concept of culture will be more expanded.

 Current phenomena about enjoying contents freely are seen as natural trends because all kinds of contents can be consumed based on digital technology. All people who recreate contents with their own creativity must be stopped according to current copyright law, but this will not be stopped. So I think copyright law should think back about how it has influenced creativity and culture, and it should seek for compromise plans with free culture. Copyright law needs to be changed following recent culture trends.

Good copy bad copy

There are few sentences spoken in this video that I still remember and makes me think again.
"Who owns what?"
"What is the real purpose of property?"

It was so natural to think that things need to be owned and people need to pay when they use other's work. However, technology is getting developed, and the world is getting globalized. It's somehow impossible to clarify everything whether it someone's own work or not, and even if we can do so, I don't see any point there. Someone in the video said that 'freedom brings more vibrant economy' and I agree with that. This made me think of Wikipedia. If people don't have freedom and fun from it on Wikipedia, they are not gonna spend that much time there, or Wikipedia wouldn't be as this big.
The main thing is the way of earning money is getting changed. Singers used to sell their CDs to make profit, but now it's not a good way anymore. I think when we share things, we all can develop together.

W12. My weekly edits

I edited my wiki project's articles. It was not easy for me because I have a poor English..
So my partner, Dalbit had a hard time to edit it. I'm sorry for that... But I think I did my best. The best difficult thing is that there are few reference about our project. So we had a hard time to find that. I don't know how to deal with this.

And I made a big table in 'How I Met Your Mother' TV series' article.

I copied and pasted the HTML, and found the information at official site. It was hard, but I made it.

News article. Suspicion of fabrication in Wikipedia by Government of the United Kingdom

I want to share this article with the classmates because this can remind us of how we need to use Wikipedia. This article is from  Korean  Herald, 2014-05-01.

○…영국 정부가 인터넷 백과사전 위키피디아를 조작했다는 의혹에 휩쓸렸다.

누구나 사전내용을 편집할 수 있는 개방형 체계를 악용한 위키피디아 정보 교란에 정부 청사의 컴퓨터가 사용된 것으로 드러나 논란이 번지고 있다고 30일(현지시간) BBC 등 현지언론이 보도했다.

정부 컴퓨터를 이용한 위키피디아 정보 조작 및 훼손 행위는 100건이상으로 정부 인트라넷용 인터넷주소(IP) 2곳이 출처로 확인됐다.

정부 전산망을 통한 이뤄진 위키피디아 정보 훼손은 비방이나 부적절한 내용을 달거나 불리한 내용 삭제, 잘못된 정보 전달 등 방식으로 이뤄졌다.

위키피디아의 ‘베일’(veil) 항목에는 2006년 10월 정부청사 컴퓨터를 사용한 편집자의 작업을 통해 이슬람 혐오적 내용이 추가된 것으로 나타났다.

이 편집자는 주석을 통해 ‘철자를 재배열하면 단어 ’evil‘(사악한)이 된다’며 ‘베일은 무슬림 여성들이 주로 착용하며 무슬림은 테러리스트와 연결된다는 점을 주목해야 한다’고 덧붙였다.

인종차별적인 이런 내용은 위키피디아의 다른 자원봉사 편집자에 발견돼 6분 만에 삭제됐다.

2005년에는 정부 컴퓨터를 이용한 위키피디아 편집으로 토니 블레어 당시 총리의 부인인 체리 블레어에 대한 부동산 특혜 의혹 내용이 삭제된 사실도 드러났다.

닷새 전에도 1989년 힐즈버러 참사 희생자를 조롱하는 내용이 정부 컴퓨터를 통해 위키피디아에 편집된 사실이 공개돼 영국 정부는 이번 사태 무마에 진땀을 흘리고 있다.

정부는 조작 논란에 정부 조직과는 무관한 일이라며 진상조사 의지를 강조하고 있다. 하지만, IP만으로는 관련자 색출이 어려워 고심하고 있다.

위키피디아 운영을 지원하는 비영리재단 위키미디어UK의 스티비 벤턴은 “방대한 정보공유공간인 위키피디아의 정보 훼손 시도는 용납될 수 없다”고 밝혔다.

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BBC said that there were some edits in Wikipedia done with Government of United Kingdom intranet IP. The edits was more than 100 times. The thing is the information edited includes words of racial discrimination. Also context about immoral behavior of Cherie Blair in 2005 was deleted. 

How to find reference list?

When i make reference some topic.

When i click credit reference, i see just '{{reflist|2}}'

how to make more reference this situation?

W11. After watching 'Laws that choke creativity' by Lawrence Lessig

 I could not understand all, but I think that in this video he said laws hinder enjoyment of contents. Laws have traditions and want to keep them. But the manners of enjoyment of culture have changed, and this can differ with laws. As said in this video, culture compatible with laws is a communication from the top down. Laws allow people to just accept the contents from media. In the past, technologies making contents were specialized, but now most technologies are democratized. So anyone can create contents when they want and what they want although they are not experts. I think recreating original contents with new creativity is amazing thing regardless of copyright issue. I also agree with his mention about amateur culture. It does not mean immature but it means free and pure enjoyment. I am impressed with the saying “for the love, not for the money”.

How can I solve this problem?

I want to connect articles between ko and en but it shows that it already done.

But I can not find the article that related in bar on the left-side.

How can I solve this problem?

W11.My weekly edits

In my English Wikipedia, I made some user boxes. Though it is very simple,

I had some trouble because it was my first try.

Indeed, I made it! :D

And other English Wikipedia edits was very small part of articles, same as usual.

In Korean Wikipedia, I added MJ's new album information.

I' m so proud I did that. :)

And I participated in talk page, 'Mnet 아시안 뮤직 어워드' article. 

It was my first time to reply in Wikipedia. So I was a little nervous.

These are my Korean Wikipedia's contribution.

B. Reinventing the encyclopedia game

After watching TED Talk "Reinventing the encyclopedia game" by Rives.
TED Talk

Encyclopedia game sounds fun but mysterious at the beginning. I started to watch this out of curiosity. This talk was obviously fun and encouraging. Rives showed how we can play Wikipedia. I learned that Wikipedia is a place where we can not only put the information and edit, but also explore and feel adventurous. I think the more and more people contribute to Wikipedia, which means the bigger collective intelligence we have there, the more this game will be fun. I tried to do this game starting from my hometown, I was able to know more about its history, but then I ended up specific area of different city where I hadn't known before. I used to think that game should have a winner or competition system, but I have to re-define 'game' which is just fun to do.

What would make writing on Wikipedia easier for me?

I think we can write wikipedia easy. Because we can see other topic. and we can copy the "form". so we can write wiki as we wish.

- "Imitation is the mother of all creation."

W10. What would make writing on Wikipedia easier for me?

 I think I can use Wikipedia better than before through some trials and errors. I learned some norms on Wikipedia, and now I edit articles concerning the norms and their forms. Honestly, they bothered me and I thought that they were troublesome. But I think they are enough helpful when I edit articles on Wikipedia. The norms and forms on Wikipedia help me to make writing easier, and learning new norms and grammars on Wikipedia is exciting and useful.

 Another thing that makes writing easier for me is that Wikipedia has a lot of wikipedians. It is a little embarrassing to be pointed out shortage of my edits, but it makes my edits more developmental and I think this fact can make me write articles of better quality.

W10. What would make writing on Wikipedia easier for me?

 I don't think I can handle the Wikipedia perfectly. Not that long ago, I had hard job to put 'the talk box' on my user page. The conclusion was very easy. But I spent much time because I'm not good at English... I think my poor English skill is the biggest obstacle to do Wikipedia to me. But I think the biggest advantage is that Wikipedia provides many languages. So if I have a trouble in English Wikipedia, I can find almost same articles in Korean Wikipedia. It will be the same help inversely.
 And I want to talk about 'Wiki Beta Program'. It is helpful definitely, because HTML system is not so easy for me. But sometimes HTML is more convenient than Beta system. I think Wiki Beta system will be better as just a summative level.
 And I always use the Wikipedia commons. I love this system because I have many pictures that I want to share with Wikipedia. The best advantage of the Wikipedia commons is that 'JUST ONE UPLOAD, I CAN USE THE PICTURE EVERY COUNTRIES' WIKIPEDIA'. It makes my edit on Wikipedia much easier for me. :)

W9. My weekly edits

w7 and w8 English edits total: 10 articles

w7 and w8 Korean edits total: 10 articles

I almost edit very minor thing. So there are nothing special...

I like taking pictures. So I edit the articles through the Wikipedia Commons.

and This is my last Wikipedia commons' contributions.

All of my pictures are made by myself. So it doesn't bother with copyright.

And I can handle the descriptions that can be diverse languages.

So I will change my picture's description like this. :)

What would make writing on Wikipedia easier for me?

The system of Wiki is different from others. I am spending much time than other page like blog, facebook because Wiki is more difficult to use compared to other program. Although they provide new-version beta program, because of its imperfection, it's incommode to edit articles. Except systemic problem, to improve quality of Wiki, I try to find many references and images. Frankly, I am not good at editing articles so that I need time to search information, modify article and confirm it again. Building better quality of article needs time. Now, I can supply reference and modify imperfect contents.

W9. My last edit about a picture on Wikipedia

 As I showed my edits in last class, I wanted to add a picture of Korean actor on English Wikipedia. I found the picture on Korean Wikipedia, but I didn’t realize that the picture is only on Korean Wikipedia not on Wikimedia Commons. It didn’t work on English Wikipedia and I didn’t why. After last class, I notified the uploader of the picture on his talk page and uploaded the picture on Wikimedia Commons. But it took a warning massage for deletion because of uncertain copyright license. I thought that it is okay with the Korean Wikipedia article’s link, however it was not enough. So I asked for help to Galadrian to solve this problem. He suggested that this picture should be deleted even that on Korean Wikipedia. I think some pictures of the uploader can be deleted since his pictures’ copyright did not be confirmed.

It is great to add many pictures on Wikipedia, but it is more important to pay attention to copyright. Copyright license allows other people to use and share pictures, and I think this should be the purpose of uploading pictures on Wikipedia.

B8. What would make writing on Wikipedia easier for me?

I definitely can say that I feel using Wikipedia is much easier for me than before, and I think that's because I know how to use it. The first way of making it easier to use Wikipedia is about how much I know about this. But it doesn't mean we need to know everything about how it works because it is open for people to looking at what others do and follow that. So the most important thing is how much we are eager to learn and improve this Wikipedia world, because if we have will, we can certainly do what we want to do by asking around for help. I can tell by experiences that there are so many people out there in Wikipedia to help others. Also, being interested in what's happening in the world would help to make it easier to write on Wikipedia. This is a sum of human knowledge which means we share what we know. The more we know, the more we can put into this world.

W7. Why Free Culture matters?

free culture means anybody can participate in and create. I think it is one of collective intelligence in other meaning of Wikipedia. Wiki can make participation of people. but, Strictly saying, the way to be operated wiki is little different other collective intelligence. the concept that Anybody can edits all articles is really innovative and fair but because of easy accessibility, it is structure which would be leaned one-side in selecting issue. most of articles are still weak. Collective intelligence in company, People try to make various, elaborate, wealthy information to success their projects. of cause they have enormous funds. the key point is they have clear goal, there is direction led to want to go, and they exert themselves to build data finely and fast. Free Culture is good for everyone. the more important thing is remember continuously the reason why we start, and what we want to do.

W7. Why Free Culture matters?

According to Wikipedia, Free Culture (Movement) is a kind of freedom to distribute and modify creative works in the form of 'free content' by using the Internet and other forms of media. So Free Culture activists dissent from the copyright law. So these positions always cause controversy. Because their justice doesn't coincide with the existing law (that is a copyright law). So Free Culture might be illegal.  But I think Free Culture is necessary. Because I think that Free Culture relates to the right to know. I don't have a professional  law knowledge. But I know everyone has the right to know. I think Free Culture satisfy our desires to know. So I think Free Culture should be necessary our lives though it is against our current law.

W7. Why Free Culture matters?

 I think Free Culture can encourage people to participate in the culture. Anyone can have a right to use and share anything, so the quality of the contents in Free Culture maybe can be lower. But the contents also can be edited and restructured by everyone. So, the more people can participate in the culture, the more chances to improve and develop contents are given. I think Free Culture works in this way.
 In Free Culture, There is no information redlining. People are able to get information which they want to know, regardless of their age, sex, race, academic ability and so on. However, we may get too much information to manage it. It means that indiscriminate information that is not confirmed can be distributed. So, we have to try to distinguish contents and information with an insight.

W7 Why Free Culture Matters?

'We all can make, edit and share. I think that's the biggest change which made free culture.
With understanding 'remix', the time is getting closer and closer when everything is from everything which means there wouldn't be anything new. When that time arrives, what's the point of owing and having them priced which will never be bought?'

This one above is what I wrote in last semester. I focused on sharing things so that we can change and develop more. This time I want to think how 'free culture' actually can benefit people. There was a guy who wanted to share his academic knowledge with his friends and people, so he made a website which anybody come and study more. Other people who experienced the website started to open what they have, and the website is getting bigger and bigger, and nicer and nicer to everybody. I think in this world, we have a gap for the rich and the poor. It kinds of limits what we can learn by what we got from our parents, but if we use this free culture for education, I think more and more people can learn no matter where they live and how much money they have. It can make the world more equal.

w6.How important is it to be civil online on the Internet?

Thanks to internet, we are freer than before. we can search curious things using laptop or phone just with few minutes. With internet, we can make more creative products and it is easier to approach information more and more. If you can't find people who agree with my opinion off-line, you can just upload on-line community where you are able to communicate freely on the internet. On-line, it is realized that chat to people living on the other side of the earth. Any one has capacity to insist what he think regardless age.
Although it is freer than off- line, there is inequality between users on-line. So, even on-line is civil world, we can feel that it's not in freedom. Sometimes someone operates our access of on-line for political or other reasons. We need to have doubts to improve our skill to face the world.

W6. How important is it to be civil online on the Internet?

 I think online activities must be going to become collaborative in any way. Online users cannot ignore other users. Internet is another society where people can share their opinions or even their daily life. And people expect to receive help by asking questions or searching information. The information on Internet is given from other Internet users. That's why being civil is important. While using Internet, we have to interact with others. If we are not civil online, the internet environment can be damaged and it is not easy to work collaboratively. Being civil is important especially for collective intelligence like Wikipedia. People should be able to express their opinions openly, and respectful reactions can encourage more active discussions. I think this attitude can be an important point to keep online community.

W6. How important is it to be civil online on the Internet?

We always meet a large amount of people in the imaginary world what we called "the Internet". We usually can't see their shape. They just exist their imaginary name(like user name, ID), and their actions (like comment, or mention...). And we also be showed about ourselves like that to other Internet users. So we always don't have enough information to others. So we need to be civil to consider this situation. If we have come into conflict with other people in the Internet, it is hard to resolve the problem. So conflict will accumulate and the Internet world will fall into confusion soon. And sometimes this problems come out the real world. Some conflicts can be the real crime. Of course, I give the extreme example. But it happens quite frequently. So we should be careful using the Internet.

W6. Can we trust Wikipedia?

 I think we can trust Wikipedia when we have many conformable sources on Wikipedia articles. As we learned in class, Wikipedia is not perfect and complete. The information on Wikipedia can be changed and can be discussed anytime, and maybe it will happen forever. This aspect of Wikipedia is positive, but it also can be a negative side of Wikipedia. The purpose of all information on Wikipedia is not to suggest "truth", so Wikipedia can have personal opinions and bias. The sources that are added on articles are for just verifiability, not for neutrality. So as there is a saying that "Wikipedia is a good place to start, but a bad place to finish.", we must not just accept the information on Wikipedia. To trust Wikipedia, we have to check whether the references on articles are reliable or not, also we should try to distinguish facts from opinions.

B6 The thing that I worry

The thing that I worry is that I might not be able to double check the information on Wiki and get the incorrect information or references. However I've learned how the references work on Wikipedia, so I am more less confidence of using the information correctly. Also I think I need to remember that Wikipedia is the first place to search, not a place to finish.
I was also worried if I put the wrong information by any chance, but I realized the power of collective intelligence and I trust it. It might take longer than I expect sometimes, but I am sure somebody would correct what I edit/put if it's wrong although it doesn't meant I don't have to be irresponsible of what I upload. The good thing is Wikipedia is open to any discussions and it makes Wikipedia richer and healthier.

w5. the thing what I worry.

sometimes I talk about wiki with my friends. whenever discuss with my friends, they say that they can not trust wiki. because many people can upload the data and adjust whatever. actually I agree this opinion. as dalbit mentioned, occasionally wiki used tools of instigation. also, whoever can add information means they may not be professional. many articles missed references. we would better discuss how to restore reliability of wiki

W5. Surprising things on Wikipedia

 I am surprised there is a lot of information, and also there are a lot of people on Wikipedia. Many people see my edits. They change and improve the articles. I was amazed that my edits was improved even I edited them just a few minutes ago. As Linus's Law that we learned in class, more people can participate in editing, more information get valuable, I think. Another thing that I am surprised is people have their own interesting areas. Each person has particular areas in which they want to edit or add on Wikipedia. They do not have to be experts and they are not. Participants on Wikipedia don't have to make knowledge, but they read and study information on original sources and introduce the knowledge with references. So the information on Wikipedia has a lot of original sources and it has to be. It can be the sum of all knowledge as more people volunteer for it. And I am also surprised that wikipedians are wiling to accept other's advice and to talk or discuss their edits.

W5. Can we trust Wikipedia?

When I edit Wikipedia, I always put the reference on it as soon as possible. I think that putting a reference is giving the trust to Wikipedia's users. When they check the reliable reference, they might think 'this article is quite reliable!'. But we shouldn't exclude the case that someone could make a mistake paraphrasing. And someone add his/her subjective thinking unconsciously. And they might be add plausible gossip calculatedly. So we always need to talk and think about our collective knowledge. Wikipedia has a good system about that. So I Think the knowledge in the Wikipedia quite reliable.

What surprising me the most.

I think I was surprised at the beginning when somebody corrected my typo not long after my edit. I had felt nobody would care what I do on Wikipedia, which might be the reason sometimes people misbehave, but when I got the feedback quite instantly, I felt that Wikipedia is alive and I gotta be careful putting the right information.
Also, the surprising thing is that there is nothing we can't do as long as we try. I remember that I was wondering why I couldn't put the picture of a company into the infobox. Peter said that was weird too and he helped me to ask people around how to do so or if we could do that. Wikpedians helped us to create a new line in the infobox which we can add a picture, and I felt so proud of doing it. As I was told during the class, we can't know everything, but we can surely try to do what we want to do, and there are always people out there trying to help me out to make Wikipedia better and more trustworthy. That's what I was surprised the most about Wikipedia.

w4. my wiki edits

this week i edited 10 articles in Korean and English.

I focused on people.

first person is Dongju-Yun. He is a poet.
I put some details about his life, works and references.

and I make it correct my Cheongju article that you mentioned.
Also I added information about person Hyeonmoo-Jeon, who is very famous celebrity as a MC
I tried to make a additional materials in articles
So, I added his award history, education background, programs that he did and his public website link in reference part.

More I make articles, More I learn it better.

About enable e-mail

teacher.

you requset to me enable my email

Is this right?

W4. My weekly edits

 Thanks to Wikipedia Adventure, I could learn a lot of skills about Wikipedia. But I still have problems about Wikipedia. I should study more and more about Wikipedia. Here are the things that I learned last week.

 First, I could use Wikipedia Commons. It was really fun and exciting. I love taking picture using my camera. So I will much use Wikipedia commons in the future. I edited 5 articles(3 in English, 2 in Korean) and used 5 my picture through Wikipedia Commons. And Someone gave me some thanks message!! :-) It was my best time in Wikipedia. 

Second, I wanted to fix my old article. It was translate article when I took 'Globalization' last semester. But I think I still don't know how to fix it perfectly. Because I'm still not good at editing articles...  

How can I made like this?

and..

this??

and what do they mean and how can I edit reference like this?

I will appreciate someone teach these things. :)

And Here are my last week's edits.

(You can see bigger when you click the image)

W4. About my edits last week

 I made some mistakes relating to references and copyrights while editing last week as I presented in class. I tried to paraphrase the edits about Korean food on English wikipedia, but I am not sure that it is okay. And similar thing happened on Korean wikipedia. When I added a book reference for my edit, someone asked me to check if I COPIED and PASTED contents in the reference. I was a little embarrased, but it was an opportunity to understand trustworthy information and references. Also, it was helpful to know how to use Wikipedia and how Wikipedia works. I could learn about when we can use and trust information on Wikipedia or any other websites. I think it was a good experience.

B5. Can we trust Wikipedia?

I want to ask first 'can I trust Wikipedia?'. My answer would be 'pretty much yes'.I remember that I said 'the more I use Wikipedia, the more I trust this encyclopedia because I could feel that it is alive with many people working on this' during last semester. I have an opinion now which is similar as last year but kind of different. I somehow think it is upon one's ability to be able to trust Wikipedia or not. If one knows how to use/navigate Wikipedia properly, Wikipedia would be really trustworthy, but if the one doesn't know how to do so, it is much more likely to have distorted information. So, I would like to encourage many people who only use Wikipedia for getting information to actually try to edit and know more about how it works so that they can distinguish good and bad information. Someone said not to use Wikipedia as the end of information, but to use this as the start of searching. I agree with that. We can definitely start searching with Wikipedia, but we shouldn't end the process in this, we need to check sources and different engines to make sure that the information in there can be trusted.

Why use Wikipedia?

   When I was young, there was a pack of encyclopedia in my room. The book was interesting and it was like a father to me because it taught me a lot. The time has passed and the 'internet' was presented. The communication between a person to a a person was only valid in the real world, off-line, however, the new on-line world dramatically changed the way of communication. Many people share memories of not only encyclopeia but also books from their young ages. As the internet develops every second, people's information and the new communication met and mixed. Nowadays through Wikipedia, people share their own encyclopedias online. For example, some might be a profession to music, and some might be a scientist and these two can share their expert information - which should be only TRUE - through Wikipedia. Human being is a social animal and it lives by communication. Wikipedia helps human being to communicate professional things.

first time in class

Today. very interesting study.

because i  announce first. it's so shake my heart. but it's good.

when this week, i want upload the picture about my edits.

but i't so difficult for me!.(copyright,etc...)

i think in wikipedia, copyright is so important. so uploading pictures is difficult. is this your? not your? yep.

finally i know how to upload images and use it. because i used ko.wiki. :) 

i know how to upload images, so i will make many edits.

but i don't know about }}{{I,[],*...etc it's extremely difficult. 

i think ctrl+c, ctrl+v is very good skill in computer. haha

Syllabus

You can download the full English syllabi from here.

Here is the Korean language summary:

<집단 지성 - Collective Intelligence in Practice>
1. 출석 - 5%
2. 토론 및 활동 - 15%
: 이 수업은 토론과 활동으로 구성되어있다. 학생들은 토론에 참석하고 질의응답을 하고 다른 활동에도 참여해야
한다. 메인 활동은 각 학생은 1분 내외의 발표를 해야한다.
3. 과제 - 30%
: 소그룹(2~3명)으로 구성하고 다음 주제와 관련된 적어도 2개의 아티클을 선택한다. (사회학, 집단지성, 한국)
- 선택한 아티클 중 하나는 영어로 된 것이어야 하며, 하나는 한국어여야 한다.
- 두 개의 아티클은 지역 위키 백과에서 개발해야하지만, 위키피디아에 별로 없거나 전혀 없는 항목이어야 한다.
- 수업을 진행하면서, 아티클을 추가하고, 번역을 할 것이다.
- 그룹 프로젝트와 같은 문서작업 뿐만 아니라, 모든 학생들은 다른 그룹의 아티클을 매주 정기적으로 위키피디아
를 편집해야 한다(영어 5번, 한국어 5번).
- 요구된 과제를 하지 못하면 한 주당 1점 차감
- 요구된 과제를 모두 한다면 추가점 가산
- 주요 일정
3월 17일 월 : 계정 및 그룹 발표 및 편집
3월 24일 월 : 기산 선택 및 회의
3월 31일 월 : 참고 문헌 및 참조 등을 추가
4월 14일 월 : 프로젝트 개요 및 2차 회의
5월 12일 월 : 비공식 리뷰 및 3차 회의
- 맞춰진 일정에 과제를 모두 수행하면 25%, 최종 과제 제출을 하면 25%(총 50%)
- 스케줄에 따라 과제를 수행하는 것이 매우 중요
- 또한 그룹 내 멤버 간 협력이 매우 중요 (최종 점수는 프로젝트 참여율에 따라 결정)
- 과제에 대한 내용은 다음 사이트에서 알 수 있다.
- 주의 깊게 보기 : 이 강의 계획서에 언급되지 않은 추가점에 대한 팁이 있음 - http://tiny.cc/wiki2014s
4. 온라인 블로그 포스팅 과제 - 30%
: 매주 우리의 블로그(http://socwiki2014s.blogspot.com/)에 블로그 포스트를 올려야 하며, 다른 학생들의 게시글에
코멘트를 달아야 한다.
+ 다음에 제시된 3개의 주제 중 하나를 할 수 있음
(1) 다음 주를 위한 리딩에 대한 블로그
- 다음 강의를 위해서 할당된 과제물을 수행해야하며 강의 전에 코멘트를 달고 블로그를 게시해야 한다.
- 이상적인 코멘트의 길이는 세 번째 줄(200단어)까지 써야 하며 세 가지의 섹션으로 나누어서 써야 한다.
- 섹션 : ➀ 읽은 것에 대해 요약
➁ 특이한 항목에 대해 배운 것 혹은 흥미롭거나 새로운 것에 대한 언급이 필요
➂ 적어도 하나의 질문이나 문제점 혹은 토론 거리
(2) 강의계획서에 나와있는 질문에 대해 블로그 할 수 있지만, 몇 주는 달라질 수 있다. 블로그의 구조는 유사해
야 하고, 그 다음주에 대한 할당된 과제에 다른 것을 추가 할 수 있다(과거 리딩, 강의 혹은 당신이 찾은 것
에 대한 어떤 것도 토론할 수 있음)
(3) 전 주에 위키피디아에서 편집했던 것을 토론 할 수 있음
- 블로그 포스트의 구조
➀ 편집한 것에 대한 링크 및 요약
➁ 특이한 항목에 대해 배운 것 혹은 흥미롭거나 새로운 것에 대한 언급이 필요
➂ 적어도 하나의 질문이나 문제점 혹은 토론 거리
+ 마감일 : 주요 블로그 게시물은 토요일 자정, 코멘트는 일요일 자정
+ 예외 : 첫 주에 대한 블로그 포스트는 그 주에 포스트 할 수 있다.
+ 다른 학생들의 블로그 포스트에 대한 적극적인 코멘트를 하나 이상 해야 함
+ 단순히 “동의합니다” 등의 댓글은 점수에 추가 되지 않음
+ 늦은 글과 코멘트는 허용되지 않음
+ 한국 이름과 영어이름 모두 사용
+ 이름이 없는 포스트는 채점하지 않음
+ 과제에 관해 도움이 필요하다면, 교수님 블로그 게시물 하단에 제공된 링크 참고
5. 추가 점수
- 우수한 블로그 포스트 : 필요한 길이보다 더 길거나, 비디오와 링크를 첨부 혹은 잘 포맷되어 있거나 잘 만들어
낸 토론주제
- 추가적인 블로그 포스트가 수업에서 발표되는 경우
- 수업과 토론에 활발하게 참여하는 경우
- 인증된 주제에서 영어로 된 위키피디아 아티클을 만들어내거나, 이미 존재하는 것을 향상시키는 경우
- 새롭고 우수한 아티클은 추가로 5점을 가산
- 이 수업을 통해서 다양한 방법으로 배우길 원한다.
그래서 추가 점수 활동의 하나에만 집중되어 있다면 그것이 훌륭할지라도 결국 낮은 점수를 받게 될 것이다.
- 만약 한 개의 활동을 통해서 10점을 받았다면 다른 분야의 활동을 추가적으로 해야하며, 만약 하나의 활동에 머
물러 있다면 낮은 점수를 줄 것이다.
Summary
출석 : 5%
위키페이퍼 : 50%
토론 : 15%
과제 - 블로그 : 30%
추가 점수 : ?%
총 100%

W3. Why do you think people use Wikipedia? Why do others write for it?

I think Wikipedia is the one of the most handy encyclopedia. If you can access the internet, and your country can access to Wikipedia, you can use Wikipedia anytime and anyplace. There are about 200 languages in Wikipedia. So everyone in Earth can use this useful encyclopedia. The motto of Wikipedia also can be explained about this. 'The free encyclopedia that any one can edit' is a very fascinating.
Wikipedia never makes it if just one person edit it. I think we edit Wikipedia for the completion of modern knowledge. We are performing ours duty like this now.  Someone just enjoys editing Wikipedia. But all of us who use Wikipedia will make our knowledge system ultimately.

W3. Why do you think people use Wikipedia? Why do others write for it?

I think the reason why people use Wikipedia is related to how Wiki works. All men have a desire to know deeper knowledge. On Wikipedia, people can develop their knowledge by editing articles or by discussing with others. As we know, Wikipedia is operated by many people's collaboration. we can improve our knowledge and also provide more information on wiki for free. And also This process of exchanging opinions is regarded as contributions of human being's knowledge and making better world. These aspects of Wikipedia become more attractive the more we use it. And compared to other websites' searching, the information on Wikipedia is easier to find sources and references, so it can be trustworthy. These are the reasons why people use Wikipedia and write for it, I think.

W4 Interesting article about Wikipedia

집단지성의 상징, 위키피디아 퇴조 징후

주영재 기자 jyj@kyunghyang.com

이 기사 어땠나요?

“위키피디아가 점점 구식이 되고 있다.” 프랑스 주간 르 누벨 옵서바퇴르는 26일자 온라인 기사에서 문서작성자의 수가 지속적인 감소세를 보이고 문서의 신뢰성에 대한 의문이 커지면서 위키피디아가 퇴조 징후를 보이고 있다고 보도했다. 

문서작성자의 수가 지속적인 감소세를 보이고 문서의 신뢰성에 대한 의문이 커지면서 위키피디아가 퇴조 징후를 보이고 있다. 누벨옵서바퇴르기사캡쳐(http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/en-partenariat-avec-books/20140124.OBS3713/wikipedia-est-de-plus-en-plus-obsolete.html)

위키피디아는 영어로 작성된 문서만 매달 약 440만개, 약 10억 페이지가 만들어지면서 양적으로는 지속적으로 성장하고 있지만 기하급수적 성장세는 한 풀 꺽이고 퇴조세를 보이고 있다. <MIT기술저널> 최근호는 위키피디아 문서 기여자의 수가 2007년 이후 꾸준히 줄고 있으며 영어판의 경우 5만1000명에서 현재 3만1000명으로 줄어들었다고 전했다. 

특히 새로 유입된 문서 기여자들의 수가 점점 줄고 있으며 활동기간도 짧아지고 있다. 문서기여자의 수가 문서 질을 판단하는 척도가 될 수는 없지만 활동기간이 짧아진다는 점은 문서의 전문성이 떨어질 수 있음을 의미한다. 위키피디아를 운영하는 비영리단체 위키미디어의 슈 가드너 대표도 위기를 인정하며 “위키피디아는 처음 출범했던 2001년의 세상에 완벽하게 적응했었지만 점점 구식이 되어 가고 있다”고 말했다. 

퇴조의 한 원인으로 조작으로 인한 신뢰도 하락이 거론된다. 옵서바퇴르는 “위키피디아의 문서가 건강과 환경, 역사와 정치·경제와 관련된 중요한 문제들에서 때때로 명백히 이해관계에 얽혀있는 행위자들에 의한 조작으로 잘못 작성되고 있다”고 밝혔다. 이해관계나 선호도에 따라 문서가 작성되는 ‘아마추어 문화’로 악화가 양화를 구축하는 현상을 보이고 있다는 지적이다. 

위키피디아는 문서를 훼손하지 못하게 편집을 제한한 경우를 제외하고 누구라도 삭제·수정할 수 있어 조작의 위험성을 안고 있다. 위키피디아에서 여론조작 행위는 2007년 8월 BBC 방송이 “미국 중앙정보국(CIA)과 로마 교황청이 위키피디아의 편집을 조작하고 있다”고 폭로하면서 논란이 됐고, 한국에서도 지난해 4월 미디어오늘이 국정원 관계자로 추정되는 사용자가 국정원의 정치 개입 사건과 관련한 문서를 지속적으로 삭제, 조작했다고 보도한 적이 있다. 


‘인용필요’로 대표되는 위키피디아의 문서 작성 규칙도 문서의 신뢰성을 약화시키고 있다. 위키피디아에서 주장의 신빙성을 뒷받침하는 사실상 유일한 증거로 ‘인용’ 방식이 사용되지만 정작 인용이 된 글의 신뢰성을 검증할 방법이 없기 때문이다. 

사회관계망 서비스에서 이타적인 이념이 약해지고 자기중심성이 강해지고 있다는 점도 원인으로 지목된다. 아메리칸 대학의 클레이 셔키는 “2000년대 초반 인터넷 발달을 촉진시켰던 이타성이 페이스북이나 트위터와 같은 사회관계망 서비스가 지향하는 자기본위적 사고 방식에 자리를 내줬다”고 말했다.

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I found an interesting article from France about Wikipedia which might be good to discuss with the classmates since trust issue of Wikipedia is one of our coming lectures.

Basically this article is saying that Wikipedia is getting old, and it is not getting better. This article pointed out that the number of contributors have been decreased since 2007, and it came to 31000 from 51000. It says the period of being an active Wikipedian is getting shorter and that could mean articles's context can be doubt-able. 

One of many reasons of Wikipedia being old is trustworthiness, because anyone can edit and they can write for their stands with a few examples. Also there is no way we can clarify of cited information. Another reason is that people are seeking individualism.

W2. My first edits. Describe why you made them.

I don't remember exactly, but my first edit is history about Korea. When i studied history and i want to get some information, so i find in Wikipedia. but Wikipedia information is different form my memory. so i fixed the subject.

W 1. What do t know about Wikipedia and what do i want to learn about it?

I know Wikipedia is very big dictionary. but many of dictionary is made the book style. Wikipedia is different. 1. Wikipedia is not paper. It is internet dictionary. 2. Wikipedia can quick fix about subject. 3. Wikipedia is made by every people, not only expert.

I want to learn how make Wikipedia, and i want know how many people participate Wikipedia.

W2. My first edits. Describe why you made them.

* English
The first one that I edited is "administrative districts in Cheongju city"
Cheongju city is my hometown. And the administrative districts will be changed in July first. So, if you search the Cheongju city in Wiki, you can find this edit.
Second is about "Related place with Gangnam"
there is just writen Gangnam station and Gangman-gu office station. so i put more information about subway station. Gangnam station is seoul subway line 2 and Gangnam-gu office station is seoul subway line 7 and Bundayg line.
Third is Tteokbokki. Tteokbokki is selled in street vendors and pojangmacha. So, I add one more place "Franchise snack bar"that sell Tteokbokki.
I translated about Hodugwaj which is korean walnut cookie to English.
"Jecheon is located in north of Chungcheongbuk-do near Wonju city and Yeongwol city which is located in Gangwon-do"- edit more detailed information about Jecheon(location)
*Korean
I search "College Scholastic Ability Test". In the part of "how to run", some sentences could be an argument in my opinion. "If students are late in test, police or firefighter can bring them to place where test are done." So I deleted this part.
The article of New york city subway is well translated but, one sentence was awkward. I changed the sentence more natural.
Hanyang university Ansan campus has 7 strategic departments. But in Wiki, there are only 4 departments. so I upgraded information refer to website of our school.
the key word is "가평군" and you can find "축제" which means Festival. I knew the annual Jarasum singsing Winter Festival in January
the festival named Rainbow music&camping Festival will be held in Nami island. I put this information and web link in "남이섬" newly.

W1. What do I know about Wikipedia and what do I want to learn about it?

I just heard that Wiki is the one of online encyclopedia that people can share their mind. So I wondered whether I can believe information written by non experts. But whenever I search key words in Google, I can find the information from Wikipedia easily. And also, it's really specific and detailed information. In addition, when I search the data in NAVER or kinds of Korean web portal link, It is connected with Wikipedia as a Knowledge encyclopedia.

I want to use Wikipedia by searching the international encyclopedia and adding information about Korea. I think that Wiki can be a great opportunity to inform Korea to global citizen.

W2. My first edits. Describe why you made them.

My first edits was in 2010. I took professor Yoon's class at that time. So I edited Wikipedia as a practical exercise for the first time . I was very interested in Korean pop singer. so I edited SHINEE and Supreme Team's articles. Especially, Supreme Team, the Korean famous hiphop duo released their first regular record in 2010. So I edited about their first regular record. I thought that editing Wikipedia is help for unfamiliar things. We can edit Something that is not famous for many people, but I have detailed knowledge about that. And we can get some pride about that. I got some pride at that time. Or I can edit missing things. When I edited SHINEE's article, there are almost all about SHINEE. But I found something that is missing their history. So I edited missing o.s.t album's information.

W1. What do I know you about Wikipedia and What do I want to learn about it?

When I was a freshman, I met Wikipedia in the professor Yoon's class. I learned that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and it is made by collective intelligence at that time. However, class of Wikipedia was very small part of his class. So I just know that about Wikipedia. And last year, I took your class, Globalization. I edited 'proto-globalization', but I still don't know what exactly Wikipedia and collective intelligence is.
I want to know why Wikipedia is famous for all over the world and Why do we need Wikipedia and so on. I will do my best this semester to know more about Wikipedia.

W2. My first edits. Describe why you made them.

 My first edit on Wikipedia was about French. I am interested in French. I studied it when I was in high school, but I couldn’t do more because I had to prepare for college. So I learned French after I entered university by self-study. I had to search the information about French like words and grammar. I searched ordinal numbers in French, but there was not enough articles on Korean Wikipedia. Thus, I added some information about French ordinal numbers. It was exciting and satisfying to add information of the area that I feel interest.

W1. What do I know about Wikipedia and what do I want to learn about it?

 I just heard about Wikipedia that has lots of academic information, and I know the information on Wikipedia is made by many people. It is interesting and attractive to make useful information by volunteering. Also, the knowledge on Wikipedia is helpful for studying. It has neutral point of view on any issues, so I think I can improve ability to have deep views of things. I want to learn how to use Wikipedia and how to find information that is trustworthy. I realized that finding and collecting data is promising skill for information society. And I hope to have an opportunity for understanding information sociology by learning collective intelligence through this class.

W3. The most impressive Wikipedia story.

'의학위키피디아' 올모스트어닥터 성공스토리 화제

 | 기사입력 2014-01-08 01:08 

설립자 톰 리치, 평범한 의대생에서 세계의학도 멘토로 변신

(런던=연합뉴스) 김태한 특파원 = 평범한 의대생에서 전 세계 의학도의 '온라인 멘토'로 떠오른 영국인 청년의 성공스토리가 화제가 되고 있다.

의학전공자 사이에 '의학 위키피디아'로 통하는 의학정보 사이트 '올모스트어닥터'(almostadoctor.com) 운영자 톰 리치(26) 씨가 주인공이다.

7일(현지시간) 영국 일간지 인디펜던트에 따르면 올모스트어닥터는 2009년 문을 연 이후 4년여 만에 전 세계 수천 명의 회원을 보유한 의학 분야의 대표적인 정보공유 사이트로 성장했다.

이 사이트는 맨체스터 의대생이던 리치가 친구들과 학습 노트를 공유할 목적으로 처음 문을 열었다.

리치는 되도록 많은 정보가 공유될 수 있도록 친구와 선후배들을 설득해 다량의 학습노트와 첨삭자료, 연구논문 등을 수집해 회원들과 공유했다. 이런 노력이 차츰 소문이 나면서 사이트에 올라오는 자료와 정보들도 증가했다.

그는 "어느 날 보니 대학 도서관에서 처음 보는 학생들이 줄을 서서 내 노트를 출력하고 있었다"고 회고했다.

올모스트어닥터는 현재 전 세계 의학도의 최신 논문과 학습노트가 공유되는 의학전문 정보 서비스로 권위를 인정받고 있다.

대학 졸업 후 호주에서 의사로 활약하는 리치는 "사이트에 올라오는 정보는 분야별로 박사학위를 보유한 편집진들이 내용을 검증하고, 이해하기 쉽게 편집하는 과정을 거친다"고 말했다.

리치는 세계적인 전문정보 사이트의 설립자가 됐지만 여전히 금전적 보상은 기대하지 않고 있다.

올모스트어닥터는 현재 스마트폰으로도 서비스를 제공하고 있지만 회원의 자발적 참여와 무료 정책을 고집하고 있다.

의학 학술지 헬스서비스저널은 지난 연말 '2013년의 혁신가'로 올모스터어닥터 설립자인 리치를 선정한 바 있다.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------This article is about a guy, called Tom Rich, who runs 'almostadoctor.com.' He gathered as much information as possible about his major, medical science, and share it with people for free. He became a founder of the medical website which has the highest authority, and he was awarded as '2013 innovator' by Health Service Journal. 

W2. My first article. Describe what you learned from it.

Since I took this class last time and wrote about my first edit already, I am going to write this time about my first article that I made.
I believe that my first article is about 황경신. I made that article because I thought she was worthy being in Wikipedia as a writer. After I made my first article, I proudly showed that to my professor because I felt great that I can not only edit, but also create a new article. I still remember my professor's comment which was really solid. He was that the article needs to show that why this person is worthy being in Wikipedia, and it is people, in other words, collective intelligence, to decide that. So I put some references and made infobox to make the article look good and has notability. It is amazing that Wikipedia never stops and keeps moving to make the information it has correct every single minute.

W1. What do I know about Wikipedia and wha do I want to learn about it?

I hadn't known about Wikipedia well until I took the last class. Since we learned about Wikipedia, I think I am quite familiar with how Wikipedia works and how to use it. I know the basic principle of prople to use/edit Wikipedia is that they find this fun. No one do this expecting any rewards, I guess, almost no one. Wikipedia is trying to keep the neutral point of view in any matters, and it's open to people arguing and exchanging their opinions. I believe that it exactly shows that how collective intelligence runs. 

Knowing some about Wikipedia got me some benefits during my winter internship. When I was told to search some information, I know how to search and what to trust. 

In this class, I want to learn about Wikipedia more in depth, and other collective intelligence if possible. Also, by simply taking this class, it is a good and steady motivation for me to edit Wikipedia and contribute to our sum of knowledge.

My first wikipedia edit

     My first edit was with the class 'sociology of globalization'. The task was to translate any article which is related to globalization and I chose one of popular articles which was about k-pop. Actually I am into that business and doing it as a profession, thus the work was pretty interesting to me. I am sure that I am the first and only k-pop artist who participated in wikipedia about k-pop. I would like to develop my participation in wikipedia through this class and thrilling to use my experiences to this world-wide collective intelligence.

Introduction to the blog

This blog is a digital forum where students from fall 2014 class in Collective Intelligence in Practice: Understanding Wikipedia at the Hanyang University in Korea will discuss their weekly readings and activities.

Each week you are expected to post a blog post at our blog and make a comment on another student's post. You can do so on one of the following three topics:

a) You can blog about the readings for the next week. As you are expected to do the assigned readings FOR the lectures they are assigned to, you are expected to post your blog and comments BEFORE that lecture. An ideal commentary should be about third a page in length (~200 words), divided intro three clearly labeled sections in which you: 1) summarize in your own words of materials you read; 2) mention of any new, interesting, or unusual items learned; 3) identify at least one question, concern, or discussion angle that is either problematic in some respect or could have been elaborated more. This question is likely to be incorporated into our class discussions. You are allowed to quote interesting passage from the text(s) you've read, but the quotes will not count toward any length requirements.

b) you can blog about the question poised in the syllabus for a given week (for some weeks it’s the same as a) above, but for some weeks it is different). The structure of the blog post should be similar to that of a), also you are welcome to incorporate other materials than simply the assigned readings for next week (you can also discuss the past readings, lectures, and anything else you find on your own).

c) you can discuss the edits you have made to Wikipedia in the past week. The structure of the blog post should be 1) summarize and link to your edit; 2) mention of any new, interesting, or unusual items learned; 3) identify at least one question, concern, or discussion angle that is related to your edit that you would like to discuss further with me or others.

Deadline: Saturday midnight, for main blog posts and Sunday, midnight for comments. Exception: blog posts for the first week can be posted during the first week of class, as if they were for the second week.

Remember: in addition to the blog post you should also make at least one constructive comment about another student's blog post. Note the word “constructive”. Just posting “I agree” or such will NOT be counted.

Late posts and comments will NOT be accepted. Nothing stops you from doing them IN ADVANCE if you think you may be busy in the upcoming week. As an exception, students who have joined the class after we have started will be allowed to make up late blog postings up to the first week after the add/drop period ends. Add the note “LATE POSTING - ADDED” to such posts and inform me that you are doing so in order to make sure I don't discard your blogs as late.

Note that for this assignment you will need to create a Google Account (https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount). Each student will receive an emailed invite to join the blog and become its co-author. You have to accept it before you will be able to post.

Also note that unless you configure your account to do so automatically you will need to sign your blog posts with at least with your first name and initial – so I know who is posting (you can set up your username to do so automatically). Unsigned blog posts will not be graded. Also, add a label to each of your blog based on your name and initial (so for me that would be Piotr K), this will make it easy for you and me to quickly find all of your blogs (how to label a post).

Here is an example of an excellent blog post (structure, content), although note this blog is on the longer side (about 800 words). You are not required to write so much, although if you do, you may receive extra credit.

If you need help with regards on how to post your blog comments, click here. There is a lot of help on how to blog, such as this video (one of many from the official blogger help channel).

You can receive information on when somebody comments on our blog, your blog post and so on by following the guide here

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