Individual Blog Activity (Reflection on Wiki Experience)

The most significant learning experience for me is my increased knowledge on hurricanes. As a nature-lover, i already knew a couple of information on hurricanes based on my general knowledge. However, upon searching deeper on the internet for data on hurricanes, i learned alot more then a expected and the results of some search amazes me.

Did you know that people were lucky that Hurricane Andrew in the past, tracked a mere 20 miles north of where it made landfall, causing damage of up to $30 billion while two studies estimate that losses could have exceeded $60 billion.

And as an individual contributor, i learned alot from the previous students who posted on wiki. Their information is very comprehensive and helps me alot in my research on hurricanes.

The biggest challenge in this project is to find information which was NOT already posted on wiki. Since the past years, the accumulation of information on the wiki makes students work harder year after year. My first impression of the wiki was "Wah! So much information already in here how to add somemore?!". But even though this was the greatest challenge, it was the greatest factor that make researching fun. Where's the fun when there is nothing to hinder your progress?

Some advice to give to the students in the next batch is to start working from Day 1 and DON'T keep ALL the work for the last minute. A little may do but still, it is better not to. ^_^

I don't think i will be using Wiki for my research in my own diploma as there is no such subject in Wiki.

And yet again, this was supposingly the LAST post on this blog but i thought of making another one which reflects my journey in this course. Cya!