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OK, where did we leave off...the Second Mind, also known as the Synthesizing Mind. This requires the skill of sorting through ALL the information out there, to determine what to pay attention to, what to ignore, how to put it together in a way that makes sense to the learner, and how to communicate this to others. After surviving 12 credits of graduate school this semester, I can tell you that it is important. I think it is also important to know when to scan, when to skim, when to read an article in its entirety, and when you just to have the time to read it at all (which requires an amount of prioritizing). I also think of the students with learning/reading disabilities out there who find this so difficult to do. Maybe there is funky new technology out there that helps someone find information with certain keywords, or something that synthesizes information for a learner (kind of like electronic Cliff Notes)...any feedback on this?