My “Wiki” experience (Part I)
I think I will post my thoughts and experiences for writing a wiki in two parts.
PART I:
First, I have to say I don’t like it. I am not a big fan of writing using code. To be honest, rather than trying to learn it (because I don’t think at this time in my course and life I can afford the time) I merely copy from others. If I am trying to BOLD something, use ITALICS, change colour or add lines I find examples of others, look at what they did (ie: the code for it) , and copy the format. It is a short-cut I know but the whole idea of learning code for some reason is both foreign and laborious. I know I have to change my attitude but right now learning by imitating works best for me. What I have started to do though is I keep a note book beside my keyboard and I add codes and descriptions in it when I come across something new. I had to do a wiki assignment recently in my ETEC 510 course and as I was composing I found it helpful to do this. I suspect that if I did it often enough I wouldn’t have to refer to it but since my instances are few and far between I definitely refer to it (perhaps more than I should?) I just hope I don’t loose it – perhaps I should input it into my computer or just print off a “cheat sheet” for code writing that is already available on the web.
~ Ryan