Blog: Wiki So Far

1. What have you been doing to contribute to the class Wiki?
I have not yet contributed anything meaningful to the class Wiki.
2. What pages have you created and/or edited?
I have not yet created or edited any pages on the class Wiki so far.
3. Describe in general terms the content you added.
I have not yet added anything.
4. If you have not added any content yet, then at least describe the research you have done and what you are working on towards this goal.

Although I have not contributed anything meaningful to the class Wiki yet, I have been doing research on what I would be contributing. The topics that pique my interest the most are Education and MMORPGS.

Within the Education Wiki, I would want to contribute the impacts of New Media on classrooms and learning and compare either standardized testing results with classrooms that do not permit the usage of technology and other educational platforms. This is important because it allows us to see the direct effects that allowing students to use their laptops or cellular phones in class has on a student's educational development and if there is a positive or negative correlation.
The research I am currently doing to contribute to this topic is to look at surveys and research on how allowing technology into a traditional classroom setting will impact a student's behavior and educational development through standardized testing results.

Within the MMORPG Wiki, I would want to contribute another game called Black Desert Online. This is a game released by Pearl Abyss that invites its players to interact in an open-world sandbox game with thousands of other people to do various things such as go on quest, have guild battles, and even interact with medieval life skills such as bartering, fishing, lumbering, and much more.
The game not only allows for open-world exploration, but allows for people to characterize their characters in any way possible, from choosing their hair styles and hair color to choosing the physical size of their characters.
The research I am currently doing to contribute to this topic is through First Hand experience of playing the game and through other player's opinions and perspectives of the game's current state (whether people are happy with how the game is running, company decisions, etc). I am also explaining the various options that Black Desert Online provides its players and the freedom that the game gives which may make people intimidated because there is no direct instruction on what todo.