1.1 Group Pre-writing (In Class)

As a group, dialogue about potential topics for your 1.1 PowerPoint Presentation. Start with general ideas first. Think of areas that interest you such as eating disorders or sleep deprivation. Spend about five minutes just batting ideas around. Be open to anything. After the five minutes take a catalogue of the ideas you have come up. Evaluate the feasiblity of each idea (some may be too off the wall, not "medical" or otherwise inappropriate or only interesting to one member), cut the chaff, and move on. Begin to narrow, what about the ideas that made the cut interest you? Tease out the flesh of each idea. Find one or more avenue within each idea that might be worth pursuing. What is the genetic factor in eating disorders? Why are more men being diagnosed with them? Why do they run in families and sometimes start up after traumas or when kids/teenagers go off to camp? Spend ten minutes on this brainstorming in this way.

You should take copious notes. Each member should post these notes to his/her blog. You will use this pre-writing to guide you to finding a journal article during the library session on Wednesday.