Attention, crap detection and effective writing.
In our Digital Writing class at Old Dominion University, we’ve covered several topics in the short first week. Those topics included how we give our attention to one or multiple ideas, the constant competition for our attention in an online world and how we can become conscious are regain focus when our mind wonders. We also looked at the valuable skill of crap detection, it is crap detection, and my own mistakes is the past that I will focus on. I have taken several online classes in the past that required research and, I can identify with anyone who feels the go-to online search engine provided way too much information. I made several mistakes as I searched for the info and as I chose what I used in my final work. Randall McClure makes several great recommendations to make better use of Google and Wikipedia in his article Googlepedia: Turning Information Behaviors into Research Skills. The steps are pretty simple and become easier with a bit of practice. 1. Use Wikipedia ...