The Big6 Collection

by Eisenberg, Michael B.

• ISBN13: 9780938865971
• ISBN10: 0938865978
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Linworth Pub Co

Summary

Collects articles from the "Big6 newsletter," dealing with a technique for teaching students information literacy, involving six broad skill areas necessary for successful information problem-solving.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Notes from Mike and Bob	vii
Part I: Information Literacy	1	(26)
What Every Educator Should Know About Information Literacy	3	(12)
What Every Educator Should Know About Information Literacy, Part I	3	(5)
What Every Educator Should Know About Information Literacy, Part II	8	(1)
What Every Educator Should Know About Information Literacy, Part III	9	(6)
Research Reports	15	(10)
Models of Information Literacy	15	(2)
The Work of Stephen Krashen	17	(1)
The Work of Carol A. Kuhlthau	18	(1)
The Work of Seymour Papert	19	(2)
The Work of Ross Todd	21	(1)
The Work of Marjorie Pappas	22	(3)
The Big6 Skills Approach to Information and Technology Literacy	25	(2)
Part II: Big6 Skills	27	(12)
Implementing the Big6: Context, Context, Context	29	(3)
Implementing the Big6: Part II: Plans and Planning	32	(7)
Part III: Big6 Practical Approaches: K-Adult	39	(52)
Little Kids	41	(12)
So What About Working with the Very Youngest?	41	(1)
Awareness and Fun with Information! Introducing Young Researchers to Information Problem-Solving with Big6 Activities	42	(2)
A Home for Toad: Using Storytelling to Teach Big6 Skills	44	(2)
A Home for Toad: The Actual Story	46	(1)
The Bright Bird-A Problem-Solving Allegory	47	(2)
Be a Big6 Detective: Introducing the Big6 Problem-Solving Process Using Nate the Great	49	(1)
It's Primary: Big6 Skills + One Book + Ingenuity = Project Success!	50	(1)
Getting Started with Information Problem-Solving Isn't a Problem When One Begins with a Book	51	(1)
Extra, Extra, Tell All About It!	52	(1)
Middle Kids	53	(2)
Not Just For the Younger Set: Booktalking Revisited	53	(2)
Big Kids	55	(10)
The Big6: Not Just for Kids!	55	(4)
Looking at Life through Big6-Colored Glasses	59	(1)
Spreading the Word: Teaching about the Big6 and Technology	60	(5)
Special Kids	65	(6)
Including All Students: The Big6 Helps to Level the Playing Field	65	(4)
Leveling the Playing Field-Part II: Using the Big6 Model to Plan Instruction for Students with Special Needs	69	(2)
Kids & Sports	71	(6)
Sports and the Big6: The Information Advantage	71	(3)
More On Sports and the Big6	74	(3)
Kids & the Internet	77	(14)
Technology-More than an Answer in Search of a Question	77	(2)
Netting the Big6: Integrating Instruction, Information Skills, and the Internet	79	(3)
Use the Big6 to Harness the Internet!	82	(2)
Jason and Big6 on the Web: A Media Specialist and a Computer Application Instructor Join Forces to Teach a Web-Based Research Class	84	(4)
How I Cloned Myself with Big6 on the World Wide Web	88	(3)
Part IV: TIPS (Teaching Information Problem Solving)	91	(26)
Getting Their Attention	93	(2)
Teaching the Process with Calvin & Hobbes	93	(1)
Using Big6 Glasses	94	(1)
Task Definition	95	(4)
Task Definition-Turning the Tables	95	(1)
E-mail For Task Definition	95	(1)
Task Definition for Those Vague or Confusing Assignments	96	(1)
Focus on Task Definition	96	(1)
The Big6 Applied to Everyday Situations	97	(2)
Information Seeking Strategies	99	(2)
Brainstorm/Narrow to Set an Information Seeking Strategy	99	(1)
Information Seeking Strategies: Spying in Sports via the Internet	100	(1)
Location and Access	101	(2)
Keyword Searching	101	(2)
Use of Information	103	(6)
Citing the Sources	103	(1)
The Trash-N-Treasure Note-Taking Technique	103	(1)
Active Listening Strategies	104	(2)
Structured Note-Taking-A Technique for Coping with Information Overload	106	(1)
Note-Taking 101	107	(1)
Like To Use Textbooks? Here's a Big6 Option for You	107	(2)
Synthesis	109	(2)
Synthesis Ideas that Make Dollars and Sense	109	(2)
Evaluation	111	(2)
Evaluation - Recognizing Nonlinearity in the Process	111	(2)
Conclusion	113	(4)
Big6 with a Country Twist	113	(2)
Big6 Booktalking	115	(1)
Motivation and Teaching the Big6	115	(2)
Part V: Assessment	117	(20)
Student Self-Assessment Skills: Focus on Success	119	(1)
Student Self-Assessment Skills: Focus on Success, Part II	120	(3)
Assessment: Big6 Scoring Guides for Diagnosis and Prescription	123	(3)
The Big6 and Student Achievement: Report of an Action Research Study	126	(3)
Interview with Scott Hopsicker-Big6 Success Story!	129	(8)
Part VI: Teaching Aides	137	(10)
The Famous ``Banana Split Lesson''	139	(2)
Big6 Day: The Info Show!	141	(2)
Big6 Bulletin Boards	143	(1)
Big6 Poetry	144	(1)
Big6 Song	145	(2)
Part VII: Big6 in Action	147	(30)
State Wide Implementation of Big6 Skills---Utah	149	(16)
Introduction: The Utah Big6 Special Issue	149	(1)
Information Literacy Across the Curriculum: The Utah Experience with the Big6	150	(5)
Begin at the Beginning: The Big6 in the K-2 School	155	(2)
The Big6 Goes to Middle School: Teaching an Integrated Unit	157	(4)
The Big6 and Electronics: Research in the Rockies	161	(2)
Going for the Gold	163	(2)
Reports from the Front Lines---Integrating Big6 into the Curriculum	165	(12)
v1 n1 p3, 15	165	(1)
v1 n2 p3, 14	166	(2)
v1 n3 p3	168	(1)
v1 n4 p3, 15	169	(1)
v1 n5 p3, 5	170	(1)
v2 n2 p8, 14	171	(1)
v2 n3 p3, 15	172	(2)
v2 n5 p3, 11	174	(1)
v2 n6 p8-9	175	(2)
Part VIII: Virtual Wisdom	177	(16)
AskA Services	179	(1)
Finding Lessons, Units, and Other Educational Material on the Web	179	(1)
A Hyperfiction Continuum (Interactive Documents)	180	(2)
Intranets	182	(1)
Presenting a Good Image	183	(2)
Real Time Messaging for Collaboration	185	(1)
Synthesis Tools	186	(1)
Web Authoring	187	(2)
Web Portals-Make Them Work For You	189	(1)
MP3-The Future of Audio?	190	(3)
Part IX: Parent Connection	193	(6)
Helping With Homework	195	(1)
Parents and the Big6-Its Time!	196	(3)
Part X: Final Notes	199	(4)
Questions? Ask Mike and Bob	201	(2)
Index	203