Destination #5-Synthesis-Progress Check

Open up your resource file that you've been using and take a careful look at the information you've gathered so far. You should have URL's and annotations for each site that you have visited up to this point in time.

Now it's time to Organize what you've found.

Get rid of anything that is not useful.
Look for ways to rearrange your information if necessary.
Do you have questions placed in categories? Do you need to create new categories?
Do you have too much information? Can it be condensed.
Work with your team members to identify how much you have learned.
Are you beginning to visualize your presentation?

Your checklist:

1. Check off the questions that you have answered to your satisfaction.

2. Highlight new insights and important discoveries.

3. Expand on your original list of questions to include new questions that have come up.

4. Find and throw out any irrelevant information.

5. Write down any new thoughts or ideas that come up as you discuss your notes with your team members.

Time for a virtual reality check. What have you learned? What questions are left unanswered?

At this point in time you are trying to synthesize meaning from all your pieces of information. You are free to arrange the pieces and rearrange them until a new picture takes form.

When you're ready...go to the next Destination.

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This site was developed as a training site for
the 1998 Technology Literacy Challenge Fund Summer Institute training on Maui.
Any questions regarding this training may be sent to Debi Tisdell or Lynn Yamauchi.