Wednesday, October 15, 2008

After using the Wiki site for our second peer review, I found that I didn't like it as much as the Google Docs site. First, I found editing to be more difficult, in that wiki had less tools. I really liked being able to highlight and insert comments without changing the text. As I was working, the thought occurred me what "what if someone else edits portions of this at the same time?" I didn't encounter this problem, but I know that several of my classmates did. Like the Google Docs, it changed the format upon initial submission which is irritating, but only takes a few minutes to run over and fix. I also liked the fact that Google Docs was private, and only those you invited could read your work. I liked having the whole class able to access the wiki, but it would be just as easy to invite them all on Google Docs. If it was a finished piece of work I wouldn't mind so much, but seeing that it's only a draft and really rough, I don't like it being out there for anyone to find. One thing that I did like was the discussion thread that you could use at the bottom of the page. This made it easy to read other comments and add your own. While Google Docs didn't have this exact same feature, it was really easy to add comments at the end on your own.

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