So Why A World Ideas Database?

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The purpose of the World Ideas Bank or the WIB was to create a database that psychologists or anyone else could get a hold of the data. Each student's assignment was to pick a topic and create a page for that specific topic. The page has therefore two functions at this point. One, is to create a open atmosphere so that anyone that is interested can read the data. Another function would be to allow the audience member to submit their own stories as a contribution.

Success Rate?

I would have to say that with a little more of this and that, here and there, it could be done. There were not any contributions from outside of this cyber community as it was planned to have. Though the idea outstanding, advertising, topics and framework might be improved.

Upon entering the WIB, I was very interested in the kinds of topics that were shown. I chose one, but was thrown a little off guard when I reached someone's homepage. It was through the homepage that I had to find the database. I definitely would not have known this had I not been in this class. I think that maybe a direct link to the database itself might be a little more encouraging.

The topics seem like something out of the book Chicken Soup For The Soul, so I think people would be interested in something rather similar on-line. Although it certainly seems like people did not hear that there was such a thing as this database with similar information. Since, I think that the topics need to have a more catching-popping-eye-opening kind of category. A simple "Moments to remember..." is not what people are going to look up in any net search. Maybe a simpler and more commonly used word would be easier to find using a net search.For instance maybe love, or friendship would work.

A Plan For the Future?

To start off with, I would say, if at all possible to try to put a counter up on each page. That way, this would students to keep track of how many people actually visit versus how many people leave contributions. Then according to that, maybe they can use this to analyze by changing different things to see what interests the general public. I also would suggest research on these topics to present a little more what the whole purpose of the database is. Maybe the students can poll around to see what kind of topics are of interest. The way I see it is that they have to adjust it to suit the audience's eye. No matter what. A page has to be eye opening. Maybe several students can work on one. Like how the book says. Someone who's interested in framework, work on the framework, someone interested in advertising can go around finding ways to advertise and so on. So that the whole burden of designing a single database will bring out a little of what the students will be interested in.

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