Weaving

Callison and Preddy describe inference on a personal basis (inference defined as"actions or processes for deriving a conclusion from facts and premises") as being "usually an internal message to the self, and not one that is conveyed in a formal manner to others." After completely some of my research I began to synthesize this new information in my head, trying to get an overall image of what I wanted my bathroom to be. Olioboard ended up being a great way to kind of solidify this image. Throughout the information gathering process, as time allowed, I discussed my findings with my husband and we began to make decisions and/or narrow choices. I also did a lot of meshing what I had learned through my reading and browsing images/ideas with the available options at our local retail establishments. As I, or my husband and I, walked through the stores, we were able to hone our choices and begin to make final decisions and plans. My research questions naturally fell into two categories: decorating and remodeling.



I also initially began organizing most of the information in my head; this is what I typically do when I am pursuing a topic for my own personal interest. I eventually realized that was not the best way for the results I wanted or for this assignment. Then I began to collect notes/images from online resources in a Word document and marked pages in my print resources. Finally I started using Delicious and Awesome Highlighter. I actually had a little trouble with Awesome Highlighter, after marking a few webpages, I was later unable to access them or the main Awesome Highlighter page. I gave up, but then decided to try again after a few days. Woo-hoo, my pages were back, so I continued using AH for the rest of my online research. My final organizational step has been creating lots of lists: to do, to buy, honey-do, and lists of questions to revisit.

Callison, D., & Preddy, L. (2006). The blue book on information age inquiry, instruction and
literacy. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.