All information derives from two sources:
Before information can be shared, it must be processed in these steps:
- the idea(s), whether original or shared knowledge
- developing an internal understanding of the idea(s)
- developing or 'fleshing out' the idea(s) - focusing the idea(s)
- the need to communicate the information; this need may be internal (example: an author shares a poem) or external (example: students listening to a teacher). There is a lot of "information" everyday that we never share.
- organizing the idea(s) - again, some info may be discarded or eliminated at this point
- deciding on how the idea(s) will be presented - oral, written, art
- the first draft - even artwork can include a first draft that is later changed
- doing the actual work -- drawing the art; writing the speech; writing the book; etc.
- asking for critique
- revising the actual work - revisions can be endless or a few revisions
- presenting the actual work - in speaking, writing, a finished artwork, etc.
- receiving feedback or criticisms
- revising the work, if desired, based in part on feedback or criticisms
- continuing the development of that one idea -- scientists continually build on their ideas; teachers expand the info shared; writers may take a discarded idea to begin a new project
- repeat the process
