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Big6™: An Introduction for CMS Teachers and Staff

Big6™: An Introduction for CMS Teachers and Staff. Essential Questions. 1. What is "information literacy" and why is it important to our students? 2. How do we define a process for teaching the critical thinking and problem solving skills our students need?. Information Literacy.

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Big6™: An Introduction for CMS Teachers and Staff

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  1. Big6™: An Introduction for CMS Teachers and Staff

  2. Essential Questions 1.What is "information literacy" and why is it important to our students? 2. How do we define a process for teaching the critical thinking and problem solving skills our students need?

  3. Information Literacy The new basic skills of the 21st Century

  4. Information Literacy “Information literacy has progressed from… using reference resources to finding information. Multiple literacies -- digital, visual, textual, and technological, have joined information literacy as crucial skills for this century.” American Library Association, 2007 Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

  5. Problem-Solving Process • Reading Skills • Critical Thinking Skills • Research Skills • Technology Skills

  6. Big6™ Overview • What is the Big6™? • Why the Big6™? • Big6™ Steps • Big6™ Resources

  7. Big6™ A response to these needs: • An information problem-solving process model • A transferable process where skills may be developed

  8. What is Big6™? Instructional model that integrates • Critical thinking skills • Research skills • Technology skills

  9. What is the assignment? Source: Big6™ Breaking down your assignment; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5x7pdsjgm

  10. Super 3™ Designed specifically for K-2 students: • Plan (Beginning) • Do (Middle) • Review (End)

  11. Why the Big6™? • Aligns with the CMS Strategic Plan 2014 • Provides consistent information literacy skills instruction K-12 • Extensive support materials

  12. The Big6™ Steps • Task Definition • Information Seeking Strategies • Location and Access • Use of Information • Synthesis • Evaluation

  13. Super3™ compared to Big6™ Encourage younger students to think in terms of process  Imagine themselves as the main character in a story, how does the character solve the problem?  Rubberstamps to cite sources – book, person, computer

  14. Task Definition • What is the “big question” you must answer? • What information do you need to complete the task?

  15. What does it look like? Task Definition: • Assignment is given to create a report on North Carolina’s role in the American Revolution.

  16. What does it look like? Task Definition: • Keywords: • United States --History--Revolution, 1775-1783. • Campaigns, Battlefields, Leaders • North Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. • Revolutionary War • Loyalists (Tories) • Revolutionary leaders

  17. What does it look like? Task is: • To Create a report • Discover North Carolina’s role in the American Revolution. • May include information on the adoption of the Articles of Confederation, Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

  18. Information Seeking Strategy • Determine what are possible sources of information? • Which sources are best? • How is information accessed?

  19. What does it look like? Information Seeking Strategy: • Student may decide to use books, websites, online databases, and human resources to begin to build a strategy for finding resources.

  20. Location and Access • Where are the resources located? • Use Information and Computer Technology Skills to access the resources.

  21. What does it look like? Location and Access: • Use the Horizon Information Portal to find books and resources on the topic.

  22. What does it look like? Location and Access: • Access the School Library Media Center Wiki: • From school homepage, look for the related web pages on the left hand side of the screen under school areas.

  23. What does it look like? Location and Access: • Use NC WiseOwl for access to online magazines, newspapers, and articles from reference resources.

  24. Use of Information • Distinguish facts from opinion • Summarize / paraphrase for note taking • Citing sources • Assimilate information

  25. What does it look like? Use of Information: • Book Resource: North Carolina through Four Centuries by William Stevens Powell, Call # is 975.6 POW and is located on the shelf in the nonfiction section. Chapter 9 discusses “Attaining Independence”.

  26. What does it look like? Use of Information: • Online Resource: NC WiseOwl • At home password is: wiseowl • Under Middle School Zone, Jr. Reference section. Article on “North Carolina” from the Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States.

  27. What does it look like? Use of Information: Internet Resources: • North Carolina History Almanacfrom State Government website • Education Resources from the North Carolina Museum of History

  28. Synthesis • Organize the ideas and information • Share

  29. What does it look like? Synthesis : • The point of “bring it all together”. • Focused on the task • Participate and produce

  30. Evaluation • Quality product produced • Evaluate the process and assignment • Reflect need for additional information

  31. What does it look like? Evaluation: • The final step? • Student reflects “What did I learn from this process?”

  32. Big6™ Resources • Teachers • School Media Specialist • The School Media Center and Horizon Information Portal • Big6™ Website: www.big6.com

  33. Big6™ Resource List: • The Big6 Website: http://www.big6.com/ • This is the official Big6 website. • Janet Murray’s Website: http://www.janetsinfo.com/big6info.htm • Janet Murray has taken the Big6 stages and created a chart that shows where the Information Literacy Standards and the National Educational Technology Standards for Students(NETS) standards fit within those stages. • Nuts & Bolts of the Big6:http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/big6/index.html • This site details each Big6 stage, provides resources and activities, and has a great Big6 game. • Research Project Worksheet: http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/hvbigsix • This worksheet provides a checklist for students as they work through the Big6 stages. • http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resources.htm#overview • Online Resources to Support BIG6™ information skills

  34. References • Applying Big6 Skills, Information Literacy Standards and ISTE NETS to Internet Research. Ed. Janet Murry. 2005. 23 June 2007 <http://www.janetsinfo.com/big6info.htm>. • Big6: Information Skills for Student Achievement. 2007. Big6 Associates, LLC. 23 June 2007 <http://www.big6.com/>. • Infusing Information Literacy and Big6 Information Problem Solving: Research Project Worksheet. Ed. Kate Kelley and Michelle Steever. 2007. Chariho Middle School. 23 June 2007 <http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/hvbigsix>. • Media Center: Big6 Information Skills Guide. Ed. Jeanne Barnes. 2007. John Newbery Elementary School. 23 June 2007 <http://nb.wsd. wednet.edu/lmc/lmc_big6_guide.htm>. • Nuts & Bolts of the Big 6: In Search of Information Literacy. 2007. AT&T Knowledge Ventures. 23 June 2007 <http://www.kn.pacbell.com/ wired/big6/index.html>.

  35. Video Presentation Source: Big6 Research Steps Youtube Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBrJQzpmWkQ

  36. Conclusion Think Big6™!

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