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Big 6

Big 6. Super 3 Plan, Do, Review!. Task Definition. 1.1 Define the problem 1.2 Identify the information needed. We need to clarify Big 6 steps/strategies for ourselves, our teachers and our students!. We need to know… What is Big 6? How do we use it most effectively with our students?.

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Big 6

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  1. Big 6 Super 3 Plan, Do, Review!

  2. Task Definition 1.1 Define the problem 1.2 Identify the information needed We need to clarify Big 6 steps/strategies for ourselves, our teachers and our students! We need to know… What is Big 6? How do we use it most effectively with our students?

  3. Information Seeking Strategies 2.1 Determine all possible sources 2.2 Select the best source There are books, workshops, and websites available to help us learn and to train teachers We should use them all…

  4. Location & Access 3.1 Locate Sources 3.2 Find information within sources • We have lists of printed and online resources for you! • Use them to find the answers to your questions and the questions of your staff! 

  5. Use of Information 4.1 Engage 4.2 Extract relevant information • This is the step that we confuse with other steps! In previous steps, we found the actual resources and identified information in them… • IN STEP 4, we read, listen, observe and interact with the resources to select the information that answers our original questions!

  6. Synthesis 5.1 Organize information from multiple sources 5.2 Present the result Will the results be presented as… A book report? Power Point? Interview? Reader’s Theater? Newsletter? Advertisement?

  7. Evaluation • Students and Teachers will use checklists, rubrics, grades to judge the results. • Students and Teachers should also discuss how successful the process was and what skills were learned that contribute to becoming better “life-long” learners. 6.1 Judge the result 6.2 Judge the process

  8. Works Cited… • Eisenberg, Michael. The Definitive Big6 Workshop Handbook. Worthington, OH: 3rd. Linworth Publishing, Inc., 2003. Print. • Jansen, Barbara. The Big6 in Middle School. Columbus, OH: Linworth Publishing, Inc., 2007. Print.

  9. Websites… • http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help/gettingstarted/big6.html - A great site for more advanced researchers! • http://www.big6.com/ - The official Big 6 website full of lessons, Q&A, graphic organizers, etc. • http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resources.htm - online resources to support Big 6

  10. More Websites… • http://virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/big6.htm - shows Big 6 and Super 3 with links • http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume62003/bigsixinformation.cfm - AASL article on the reasons/research that supports the use of Big 6 in schools

  11. Activity Because theory is good, but practice is better!                 

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