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EDTE 233 Synetics Assignment

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Work in teams of two or three. Each team will be assigned a number. Enter your contribution to the group brainstorm on your team's numbered line/boxes. Decide who will be partner a and partner b so that you do not overwrite your partner's, or any one else's work!  Collaborate with your partner in the completion of the table below by following these synetics guidelines;

1. Define the word(s): Use a dictionary or other standard source to define each word, concept, or theme.
2. Create direct analogies: What words have the same or similar meaning? (use a Thesaurus or book of synonyms )
3. Describe personal analogies: What would it feel like to have the characteristics or traits of...? (describe emotions and physical attributes)
4. Identify compressed conflicts: What words have the opposite meaning or characteristics? (use a book of antonyms )
5. Create a new direct analogy: What words have the same or similar meaning?
6. Synthesis: Look at all four lists and find key words or phrases, expand on those to generate more. Finally, focus on a theme that may incorporate several elements based on the final list.
7. Write: Continue with the writing process.
   

 

Synectics

Step 1: Define the word: person 1. a human being, whether man, woman, or child. 2. a human being as distinguished from an animal or a thing. 3. Sociology. an individual human being, esp. with reference to his or her social relationships and behavioral patterns as conditioned by the culture. 4. Philosophy. a self-conscious or rational being. 5. the actual self or individual personality of a human being:
Step 2: Similar	Step 3: Feels Like	Step 4: Opposite	Step 5: Similar	Step 6: Synthesis
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Step 7: Write: Continue with the writing process. (Write a few sentences or a paragraph or a story or a poem or....)
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Use the completed table to guide you in the creation of your own Web page titled All About Me using another new tool, Google Page Creator.