Teaching Information & Technology Skills: The Big6 in Secondary Schools

Author Michael B. Eisenberg

Publisher Linworth Publishing

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eBook

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Author

Michael B. Eisenberg

Publisher

Linworth Publishing

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Copyright

2004

ISBN13

9781586833190

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eBook

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.
List of Worksheets.
Acknowledgements.
Dedication.
About the Authors and Contributors.
Foreword.
Overview of the Big6™ Approach.
Introduction: The Need and the Solution.
The Need—Living in an Information Society.
The Big6™.
The Big6™ and Other Approaches.
The Big6™ and K-12 National Information Literacy Standards.
Higher Education.
Learning and Teaching the Big6™.
Summary.
The Big6™ Process and Skills.
Levels of the Big6™.
Task Definition.
Information Seeking Strategies.
Location & Access.
Use of Information.
Synthesis.
Evaluation.
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.
Context 1: The Big6™ Process.
Context 2: Curriculum.
Analyzing Curriculum from a Big6™ Perspective.
Planning and Plans for the Individual Teacher.
Planning and Plans for a Subject Area, Grade, or Team.
Planning and Plans on the School Level.
Summary.
Assessment of Information & Technology Skills.
Introduction.
Effectiveness and Efficiency.
Forms and Context for Assessment.
Ways of Assessing.
Big6™ Scoring Guides.
Self-Assessment.
Summary.
The Big6™ in Action.
Introduction.
Big6™ #1: Task Definition.
Big6 TIPS: Task Definition.
The Big6 Card.
Title: Creating a Thesis.
Title: Defining a Science Project Topic.
Title: Learning Peers.
Title: Planning Timeline.
Title: Shape It.
Big6™ #2: Information Seeking Strategies.
Big6 TIPS: Information Seeking Strategies: Determine and Narrow.
Title: Determining Criteria for Types of Resources: The Criteria Checklist.
Title: Discerning Differences.
Title: Information Seeking and Brainstorming.
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Teaching Information & Technology Skills: The Big6 in Secondary Schools

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