Teaching Information & Technology Skills: The Big6 in Elementary Schools

Author Michael B. Eisenberg

Publisher Linworth Publishing

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Author

Michael B. Eisenberg

Publisher

Linworth Publishing

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Copyright

2004

ISBN13

9781586833183

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Grade Level

College Freshman - 170

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Overview

The Big6™ approach helps students become productive users of ideas and information and to navigate various information-seeking paths.
Front Cover.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Table of Figures.
Table of Worksheets.
Acknowledgements.
Other Frontmatter.
About the Authors.
About the Contributors.
Foreword.
Overview of the Big6™ Approach.
Introduction: The Need.
The Information Problem.
The Big6 and Other Process Models.
Teaching and Learning the Big6.
The Big6 Process and Skills.
Levels of the Big6.
Task Definition.
Information Seeking Strategies.
Location & Access.
Use of Information.
Synthesis.
Evaluation.
The Super3.
Summary.
Technology with a Big6 Face.
Introduction.
Technology and the Big6.
Examples of Technology in Big6 Contexts.
The Big6 and the Internet.
Summary.
Implementing the Big6: Context, Context, Context.
Introduction: Contexts.
Analyzing Curriculum from a Big6 Perspective.
Planning and Plans for the Individual Teacher.
Planning and Plans for a Subject Area, Grade, or Team.
Plans and Planning on the School Level.
Summary.
Assesment of Information & Technology Skills.
Introduction.
Effectiveness and Efficiency.
Forms and Context for Assessment.
Ways of Assessing.
Big6 Scoring Guides.
Summary.
The Big6 in Action.
Introduction.
Big6™ Tips: Task Definition.
Lesson Plan: Title: Common Questions.
Lesson Plan: Title: It's a Problem! Turning Curriculum Objectives into Problems for Students to Solve.
Lesson Plan: Title: What Information Do I Need to Do this Task?.
Lesson Plan: Title: What's the Task?.
Big6™ Tips: Information Strategies—"Determine and Narrow".
Lesson Plan: Title: It's an Armadillo.
Lesson Plan: Title: What Can I Use for this Project? Teaching Students to Select Resources.
Lesson Plan: Title: Which Is Best? Choosing the Resource for Me.
Big6™ Tips: Location & Access—Think Index, Keywords, and Boolean.
Lesson Plan: Title: Beginning, Middle, and End: Using the Alphabet to Introduce the Encyclopedia.
Lesson Pla
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