Wiggling and Weaving

Both of these steps are similar to the challenging step in the Stripling and Pitts' REACT Process Model. Students in the challenging step are asked to evaluate the information that they have found to judge if it is accurate. I think that Lamb's Wiggling step takes that information a step further by asking students to start incorporate the new knowledge into their existing knowledge.

In my process of my project, I have started asking questions about the different sources that I find. I did not realize that I was already actively evaluating the resources until I intentionally wanted to evaluate the resources that I found. I came up with two questions that I had been using.

 

Is the same information given in more than one place? I wanted to make sure that one travel book or website was not contradicting the other. Many authors of travel books express their option about different elements of the culture. I did not want to take only the author's opinion as how each person saw China's influence.

How current is this information? When dealing with information that can quickly change such as a listing of good hotels or restaurants a person needs to seek out current information. As I chose travel literature, I was always checking copyright dates and comparing the information with other more current sources. I have a few books that are older but still have more current information. 

As I am moving forward with this project, I also felt the need to get organized. The best way for me to be more organized is create lists. I went back to my original questions and starting making a list from the information about all the places that I would want to go in Beijing such as the Forbidden City, Peking Opera, and Temple of Heaven. I also made a list of the different foods that I want to try such as Peking Duck, Mongolian Hotpot, and tea from a famous tea house. I also have some friends that I have been to Beijing and I have asked them if these are good places to go and eat.