Project Revision Ideas

Of the projects that we did, I think I would most like to revise projects 1 and 2 (my Enthusiast Blog and Wikitravel article, respectively). I would like to revise these projects because they are the ones that I most enjoyed and feel that I would be best able to revise.

Project 1(Enthusiast Blog): I enjoyed this project because it was based on something significant and enjoyable to me, and it was an interesting experience overall because I had never been involved with a blog before, and my first step into the field with this project was definitely an interesting one. I think I would be able to revise this project well because I enjoyed it, and because it is quite simple to edit posts, add posts, and make them longer/shorter, making revision very easily accessible. And because the topics in my blog are widely spread (rather than exclusive to one area or topic, like a written assignment), I have a lot more leeway in what I can do in my revisions.

In my revising, I mostly plan to go back through my posts and rewrite areas that are weak or wordy, establish better ethos (and maybe pathos) in my posts, and add more video or audio content. I may also add further posts if time and creativity warrant it in addition to my revisions.


Project 2 (Wikitravel): I enjoyed this project because it was also based on something important and interesting to me, my hometown. I have used Wikipedia extensively for years before being given this project, and to actually contribute some of what I know to such a large source of knowledge was very intresting and satisfying. I think I'd be able to revise this project well because there is a lot of potential content in my town that I passed over when first completing this project, so there is plenty to add in my revising. Also the tools for editing on Wikitravel made edits, posts, and revisions quite easy as well. Google Sites and Ning were both a bit more complicated.

To revise this project, I plan on adding more places and things to do to my Wikitravel page, since I was focusing more on establishing content in a balance of breadth and depth when first completing this project. Now that I can revise the page after having submitted it, I can pay more attention to breadth, and/or depth, rather than on just one. I also noticed that a lot of well-done Wikitravel pages included images of the place being described, so I will definitely add pictures to my own page to improve it. I'll also read through some "star articles" and look more closely at the language used and attempt to improve my own writing from before.