Summary Revision

Before:
In Weinberger's, Too Big To Know, he discusses the value of knowledge, and how in modern times that value has begun to disperse. In the past, information was used to make data more valuable, then knowledge came to make information more valuable. Weinberger states that knowledge is a treasure. In todays society I don't believe that knowledge holds the same respect that it once use to. Its not treasured and seen as sacred because everybody has the ease to obtain and borrow the knowledge. Everything we need to know is accessible through the internet, whether its information about the past, present or future, its all just a couple clicks away. Today we are all writers, we are all editors and we can all get the information we need not through interacting with others or reading a newspaper, but through the internet. The internet is the only thing that is able to hold all of the knowledge the world has to offer, its limitless. This knowledge through the internet is known as a 'network'. Networks enable knowledge to be spread, to grow over time and for individuals to collaborate with one another to create more.


After:
David Weinberger, author of the book, Too Big To Know, argues that knowledge has evolved from its value to it's accessibility. He begins by reflecting how knowledge was cherished in the past. Historically, information was used to make data more valuable and then knowledge was developed to make information more valuable. All knowledge was found in a few places, books, libraries and the mind of experts. These forms of knowledge thus had to be "filtered". Filtering is a term Weinberger uses to explain that only important information was to be used in these knowledgeable places. For example only certain amounts of information could be held in a library regarding one topic, so the most informative was kept while the rest were filtered out. Weinberger then speaks about present day and how knowledge is now looked at and where it is found. Knowledge is still found in some texts, some locations and in some of the minds of others, but the main source of knowledge that is the most accessible is the internet. Todays generation relays on speed and accuracy and the fact that people can just type in a word to google and endless amounts of knowledge comes up regarding the topic that was searched. This new knowledge that is found through the limitless ends of the internet is referred to as a "network". Networks enable knowledge to be spread, to grow over time and for individuals to collaborate with one another to create more.


What needed to be changed in my revision:
After watching the video and reading over the templates placed for the class and I, I learned that I needed to edit my paper by emphasizing the key ideas, using specific terminology and provide a better organized flow of concepts. I did this by stating the thesis in the first or second sentence, by using terms like "reflecting" and "thus" and by keeping it in chronological oder from past to present. I also learned that its best to keep a neutral stance and try not to put my opinion in the summary. The summary should be based on what the author solely wrote and their perspective. Lastly, what I attempted to do in my revised summary that I didn't do well in my first summary was to be clear and not only use the authors terms, but explain their meanings too.