A few more things . . .

These are some additional questions I want to touch upon ----

Thanks for taking a look ----

 How I organized ideas -----
 The information types and resources that I used and why ----
 How I chose to evaluate and analyze the information I selected -----

I organized my ideas by making an “Inspiration” type of concept map on my own. My concept map did not have all of the “cool” graphics that Inspiration uses, but it got the job done for me. I initially worked on my concept map without a computer --- I drew it on a piece of paper as I was waiting 30 minutes for a meeting to start. My concept map can be viewed in the Forum area of our class under:

Forums / Scouts Cohort Group Discussions / Scouts: Grade 6-Adults: Project 1 / A Million Little Things “About Sleep, Health and You!” / Children, Teens and Sleep --- A Concept Map --- Sort Of. (Suzanne Marie Holba)

I then took this organization of ideas and pared it with the sources I had looked at (journals, databases, hard copy texts, interviews with professionals etc.) I then selected the resources/information that I thought were of the highest quality. The criteria I used in selecting/evaluating my resources/information was:

1. Who wrote the information?
2. What are their credentials?
3. What else have they written on this topic if anything?
4. Why is the author worthy of being listened to/read etc.?
5. What do reviews or other professionals have to say about the author?
6. Is there some compelling reason that I want to use this information even though it does not meet the “usual” standards for being considered a top quality resource?

I will be back shortly with information about:

Synthesizing my ideas, thinking about how to communicate my ideas, how I decided on a final project and a few other things . . .

---- Suzanne Ross