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?

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Information Literacy

The new basic skills of the 21st

Century

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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

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Problem-Solving Process

Reading Skills

Critical Thinking Skills

Research Skills

Technology Skills

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Big6™ Overview

What is the Big6™? Why the Big6™? Big6™ Steps Big6™ Resources

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Big6™

A response to these needs:

An information problem-solving process model

A transferable process where skills may be developed

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What is Big6™?

Instructional model that integratesCritical thinking skillsResearch skillsTechnology skills

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What is the assignment?9

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

Super 3™

Designed specifically for K-2 students:

Plan (Beginning) Do (Middle) Review (End)

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Why the Big6™?

Aligns with the CMS Strategic Plan 2014

Provides consistent information literacy skills instruction K-12

Extensive support materials

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The Big6™ Steps

Task Definition Information Seeking Strategies

Location and AccessUse of InformationSynthesisEvaluation

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Super3™ compared to Big6™13

Super3™ Big6™ Plan – (Beginning) Task Definition

Information Seeking Strategies

Do- (Middle) Location and Access Use of Information

Review – (End) Synthesis Evaluation

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

Task Definition

What is the “big question” you must answer?

What information do you need to complete the task?

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What does it look like?

Task Definition:Assignment is given to create a report on North Carolina’s role in the American Revolution.

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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

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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.

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Information Seeking Strategy

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Determine what are possible sources of information?

Which sources are best? How is information accessed?

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.

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Location and Access

Where are the resources located?Use Information and Computer Technology Skills to access the resources.

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What does it look like?

Location and Access:Use the Horizon Information Portal to find books and resources on the topic.

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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.

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What does it look like?

Location and Access:Use NC WiseOwl for access to online magazines, newspapers, and articles from reference resources.

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Use of Information

Distinguish facts from opinion

Summarize / paraphrase for note taking

Citing sources Assimilate information

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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”.

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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.

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What does it look like?

Use of Information:Internet Resources: North Carolina History Almanac from State Government website

Education Resources from the North Carolina Museum of History

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Synthesis

Organize the ideas and informationShare

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What does it look like?

Synthesis : The point of “

bring it all together”. Focused on the task Participate and produce

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Evaluation

Quality product produced

Evaluate the process and assignment

Reflect need for additional information

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What does it look like?

Evaluation: The final step? Student reflects “What

did I learn from this process?”

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Big6™ Resources

TeachersSchool Media SpecialistThe School Media Center and Horizon Information Portal

Big6™ Website: www.big6.com

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Big6™ Resource List:33

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.htmlThis site details each Big6 stage, provides resources and activities, and has a great Big6 game.

Research Project Worksheet: http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/hvbigsixThis worksheet provides a checklist for students as they work through the Big6 stages.

http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resources.htm#overviewOnline Resources to Support BIG6™ information skills

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Applying Big6 Skills, Information Literacy Standards and ISTE NETS toInternet 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>.

Video Presentation35

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

Conclusion

Think Big6™!

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