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Synthesis

By Monday, the Week 4 Leader should create a page designated for " Synthesis " in the group wiki.

With your group members, consider the purpose and goal of your presentation, and, in turn, which organizational strategy will best accommodate it. Recall the organizational strategies identified by Terry Taylor in Chapter 5 of 100% Information Literacy Success: organization by category/concept, chronological organization, hierarchical organization, and alphabetical organization. Work with your group members to decide on the organizational strategy you will use.

Keep this organizational strategy in mind as you and your group members begin to synthesize the 8–10 research resources you selected in Week 3. After reviewing each resource, what relationships do you detect between them? Do certain resources agree with or complement one another? Do others boldly contradict one another? Perhaps one extends an idea that is proposed in another, or introduces a new spin on a previously discussed concept.

After you have identified these relationships, consider how pointing out these links will support your group's overall concept and create new, original ideas. What does each combination of resources say about your topic? What new point do they help you prove? Keep these questions in mind as you and your group members synthesize your resources.

By Wednesday of this week, each group member should post 1–2 specific synthesis suggestions for the presentation to the Synthesis page of the group wiki.

It is the responsibility of the Week 4 Leader to review the suggestions from each group member and to compile a final list describing 5–8 synthesis relationships to be used in the multimedia presentation that reflect the majority opinion.

Look forward to suggestions. I will check the discussion post as well for responses. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

By Friday, the Week 4 Leader should post this finalized list of synthesis relationships to the Synthesis page of the group wiki. Group members should visit the wiki, review the list, and use the wiki or other communication means to resolve any disagreements.

By Sunday of this week, the Week 4 Leader should post final, group-approved list of 5–8 specific ways in which the group plans to synthesize resources in the final project presentation. For each entry, the specific resources to be synthesized, the relationship between them, and the new idea this relationship reveals should be identified. The Week 4 Leader should post this to the group's wiki and the Week 4 area of the Group discussion board for Instructor approval.

RESOURCE LIST

(1)      Untangling the Web - provides a light overview that gives enough information to move us along the path needed. http://search.proquest.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/pqcentral/docview/211314263/13B117E8BFA3A18450D/11?accountid=14872



(2)      This short article discusses how we do things differently, and how technology is altering our brains.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=your-ibrain



(3)      Summarizes the research conducted by Betsy Sparrow, discusses how with the use of search engines and databases (Google, IMDB), we are using our memory in different ways.

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2011/07/15/google-on-the-brain-how-the-internet-has-changed-what-we-remember/



(4)      This is an article and video that further discusses the research on memory conducted by Betsy Sparrow.

http://news.columbia.edu/googlememory

(5)      How technology is changing our brains, by neuroscientist Susan Greenfield. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-565207/Modern-technology-changing-way-brains-work-says-neuroscientist.html



(6)      Information on Wikipedia on the impact of technology on the <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook2w" style="border-bottom: #00cc00 1px solid; border-left: transparent 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; color: #009900; font-size: 100%; border-top: transparent 0px; font-weight: normal; border-right: transparent 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; padding-top: 0px !important">educational system. There are references and it was written in 2011.

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<p class="MsoNormal" itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="107">(7)      This article discusses how technology is changing the human brain. A study was conducted that tested brain activities while doing a Google search. This test also compared the brain activities between those with heavy <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan" id="itxthook3w" style="border-bottom: #00cc00 1px solid; border-left: transparent 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; color: #009900; font-size: 100%; border-top: transparent 0px; font-weight: normal; border-right: transparent 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; padding-top: 0px !important">computer usage, and those with less computer usage.

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<p class="MsoNormal" itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="104">(8)      This article discusses our brain development with the use of technology. It also discusses the effect technology has on communication. http://www.dana.org/media/detail.aspx?id=13126

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<p class="MsoNormal" itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="101">(9)      A colorful chart summarizes the way Google is changing the way we think. (Good image to use for visual purposes) http://vsual.co/2011/09/is-google-changing-the-way-we-think-infographic/

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<p class="MsoNormal" itxtharvested="0" itxtnodeid="99">(10)    This article discusses the internet's neurological affect on the way people store, process, and express information. It includes information about people not remembering facts. This is inline with Jenny's article The Google Effect.