S554 Maywin Jackson's Blog Posting #4

Maywin Jackson S554 Blog Posting #4

Since groups have been assigned and we have started thinking about our own group’s responsibilities along with our responsibilities in connection to all the other groups, I feel less
at-a-loss. Or maybe I mean I just feel a little more focused.

First, knowing that our project Wiki for Work will target many people, and will have to be built to serve various user needs seems pretty challenging. However, as I have experienced in the past, these types of projects are usually of better quality as the result of a team effort.

Just during the last few minutes of our Friday the 13th class, ideas were, again, flying around, but for me they made more sense as I could see some connection to a more tangible project.
It will be very interesting to learn about each other and just group dynamics in general.
I have worked on other similar group projects and have been quite surprised about some things I learned. For instance, I had no idea that the typical or average reading level of this country’s population is seventh grade and lower. The Digital Divide; What about the Literacy Divide? This is a little humbling since we are supposed to be such an advanced country. I learned this fact a couple of years ago and am still chewing it over.

I am so glad that there are people who are much more technologically advanced than I am, but maybe I should have taken Dr. Ball’s advice and signed up for a more difficult aspect of the project in order to be more challenged.

However, I may end up being more challenged than I expect, which is fine.