For my brainstorming session, I first began with reading Prompt 2. Then, I skimmed through each reading I was going to be using for my essay and comparing to one another. After that, I identified the strongest points in each piece of reading. I like to do this while brainstorming just so that I can simply capture what I read in each piece in a couple of sentences. I only used points from the pieces that I knew would be beneficial to me while writing my essay. For King’s piece, I pointed out how technology had not distracted him but actually helped him focus on what he was trying to accomplish. For Restak’s piece, I used one of his points and am planning on using it as a nay-sayer paragraph in my essay. And for Anderson’s piece, I pointed out some things he learned through the internet and used his defense that distraction can actually be a good thing for individuals. Grasping these main ideas from each piece of writing helped me to build some mental connections between each of them.
I like how you are going to talk about how distractions can have benefits. I think thats a different way to look at it. There are definitely parts in Anderson’s piece to talk about the pros of distractions especially towards the end.
This is a very smart way to approach these papers and these texts, definitely very beneficial and useful. It helps a lot in the long run to be able to look back at these main points you’ve pulled out and be able to formulate where you want your paper to go and how to help direct it there. Having an organized plan is a super, super bright way to go at assignments like this 🙂