Michael Critically Thinks!!!!! (jk)

remaining open to new information, methods, cultural systems, values and beliefs and by assimilating information

This description of critical thinking is entirely relevant to writing in hypertext because in order to be a successful writer in hypertext, you must be open to new methods of writing. Advances in modern technology have created an area for us to excel as a society and use digital media to present a much more effective way of sharing knowledge. Therefore, while writing in hypertext, you must be competent in assimilating the information at hand into a more multi-dimensional way, where information is connected to other information, outside information, and is easily accessible in comparison to a linear draft.

Critical thinking is "the art of thinking about your thinking while you are thinking in order to make your thinking better: more clear, more accurate, or more defensible."

I just really like this description; it’s like a tongue twister, but is actually relevant. In order to write in hypertext, you must be able to think in several different ways. You have to think about design, navigation, how to arrange information, what information to arrange, what images/videos would go along with the information you are presenting. The whole goal is that the information you are presenting is clear, concise, and easy to navigate as a viewer.

critical thinking is concerned with reason, intellectual honesty, and open-mindedness, as opposed too emotionalism, intellectual laziness, and closed-mindedness.

This description of critical thinking represents writing in hypertext quite well because you must have an open mind while writing hypertext. Creativity comes into play as you are arranging multi-dimensional webpages that can link to several things from one area. You must think outside the box, not be intellectually lazy, and cannot write your webpage as though it were an essay. People who are closed-minded cannot see the great benefits of writing in hypertext as opposed to writing a "scholarly essay" because they aren't able to grasp the idea that technology is creating a shift in modern "critical thinking," as well as writing and learning.