The synthetic stage of reading the article began with our interview with Dr. Bazerman and concluded with the creation of this site. The emphasis of the stage is bringing the disparate elements of our exploration together, or synthesizing them, into a cohesive understanding of both the underlying logic of the article and our own developing understanding of the text.
Synthetic Partner Collaboration (Ryan)
It was clear that Charlyne and I were in general agreement about the direction of the article and the various items of importance. With this in mind, we began to figure out a way to present this to the class;
The web site organized by Natalia and Laura gave us the idea to arrange our interaction with the text and the underlying logic of the text in a web-based format;
After looking at several possibilities, Charlyne landed on WikiSpaces, which proved a worthwhile template for us.
Synthetic Partner Collaboration (Ryan)