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Constructing and creating knowledge content from a knowing experience

knowledge:facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
Analyzing symbols allows us to absorb information which creates knowledge. Felt experiences ingrain knowledge and help create social bonds with others.

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Idealization is a form of thinking that creates a misrepresentation of a subject through specific characteristic selection. Many individuals idealize their favorite celebrity and focus on there positive attribute and ignore the negative ones. This creates a false perspective through shifted analysis of characteristic. A created utopia is and and result of such thinking.

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The social meeting have allowed us to become more comfortable as a group. Pure thought allows us to take a step back and make an observation. Thoughts continuously emerge and shape the thoughts and ideas around us.

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Knowledge worker pursue knowledge at all costs. The truth and knowledge create symetry in the modern world. I am hopeful that our created knowledge is published so that further learning is created outside of the fishbowl.

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Everybody is different. Understanding is very important to observation. Everybody has their own perspective and preferential learning method.

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Visualizing other text is important in the learning process. If I can see what my classmate is writing I can better understand their perspective. When I visualize I can better understand what they are communicating to others.

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Metaphor: a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Understanding metaphor and using a dictionary are tools for success. When we properly utilize metaphor we are able to communicate in a more effective manner to others.

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Metting our teams allow us to create a friendship between us. By communicating our lives we become friends.

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Becoming is a state as well as an attitude. We must be open to change so that we can become something greater. Becoming is an opportunity and we must utilize it.

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Learning takes place at all stages of life. Whether it is in a classroom or if it is on the job, opportunities to learn are abundant. If we can successfully utilize these opportunities we become more informed individuals who can now make decisions better because of our learned experiences and observances.

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Learning requires courage. We must take the steps necessary to learn new things. Trying is a crucial part of the learning process. We must try to learn to better understand what we are communicating to others. Utilizing resources is a critical part of learning that's why I always try to follow different news sources to stay informed.

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The fishbowl allows us to create knowledge together. We derive our ideas through the thoughts and opinions of others, which helps shape our own. Utilizing these sources of information is very powerful for us individually as was as together.