Kimberlie+Harris

=**What Knowledge is of Most Worth?** =

 The most interesting aspect of redesigning the wiki was making decisions about what should be included. There was an abundance of information on the topic, a fact well documented by the previous cohort, but we wanted to ensure that the changes we made would highlight the major events of the time period, as it relates to education. One idea that I was very interested in showcasing was pertinent scholarly articles that address the time period.

 I enjoyed sifting through the information available online, and it brought back memories of being a student librarian at Wesleyan College. We decided, for the brunt of our focus, that we would source and highlight information that was not covered by the previous cohort. Some of these include: a copy of one of Horace Mann's Annual Reports, the song on the American Education period, and information on the Lancasterian school model. In addition we also tried to reorganize the information from the previous cohort that we chose to keep, in order to create a layout that would be easy to maneuver.

 That said, it was quite an undertaking. I think I would have preferred to create a wiki completely from scratch because it was time consuming to read through all their information, delete things, restructure things, and change links etc. However, I do see the merit of starting from an already finished product since it allowed us to become thoroughly acquainted with the content. It is true what the other cohort mentioned you could keep working on this forever, but alas there is a deadline, and one that seemed to arrive very quickly. Our pairing worked quite well for the assignment in that we were both able to source integral information and use our different skill sets to create a final product we're both proud of.