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As a student at the University of Arizona, I have learned so much about collaborating in online communities over the course of the Fall 2017 Semester. At the beginning of the course, I had never blogged before, I had not given much thought to how groups form, nor about how online communities use collective intelligence. Now as the semester is coming to a close, l realize that I have began to implement key points from the UA ESOC 211 into my everyday life. For example, in one of my favorite blog posts from September 7, 2017, I discussed Tuckman’s 5 Stages of Group Development and how I have seen the five stages in my life. This has continued to be a reoccurring topic throughout my semester at the U of A, as many of my classes required collaboration both online and offline with classmates. In my other favorite post on September 28, 2017, I wrote about Fair Use. In work and school projects, understanding copyright, Creative Commons licenses, and fair use have come in handy. This class also gave me the opportunity to reply to other members of the class. Two occasions in particular stood out to me. The first response I made that I wish to reflect upon was to Ryan Cohn’s blog on November 9, 2017 on Wikiality. The second was a response to Alan Castillo’s blog on Artificial Intelligence.
Both of these student’s blogs continued to influence my blog, as well as myself throughout the semester. Ryan’s blog was very interesting to read, as he included many movie references within his blog writing. He devoted a few blog posts to specific movies, relating them to concepts from our class. Alan and I tended to write about similar topics, so it was fun to see differing opinions on the same topic. You can check out Ryan’s blog here and Alan’s blog here.
Overall, I think Ryan Cohn has the best blog of the class. As I mentioned, he used many pop culture references in his writing. This made his blog interesting to read. He included references to movies such as Ocean’s Eleven, Baby Driver, and Moneyball. Other times, he talks about important topics, such as the Wikipedia’s gender gap.
Running a blog has been a learning experience. I have never run a blog before taking UA ESOC 211, but have loved learning to write on this platform. Thanks for reading my thoughts this semester!
- Hannah Leigh Johnson
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Hi Hannah I just wanted t say thank you for the nomination for the best blog in the class! It means a lot coming from you because I also nominated you for best blog in the class. Your blog was really impressive this year and always brought up fresh ideas related to the content in class!
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