The Big6: Information & Technology Skills for Student Success

(Day 2)

Rob Darrow [email protected]

A Little About Me

     Educator, 26 years (Grades K-8) LMT at intermediate school (7-8) that now has over 700 students carrying laptop computers to school Big6 user and trainer - 11 years Coordinator, Online high school and Teaching American History History Day coach [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

A Little About You

   Librarians (+20, 15-20, 10-15, less 5) What did you used to teach?

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My Thoughts

   In an information rich society, you need

more

trained professionals Students NEED trained teachers and professionals to guide them in how to use information – both print and digital More critical to have trained teachers guiding students in the use of information than ever before [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

The Big 6 It’s all about…

     The use of information Organizing information Sifting information Producing quality information Teaching kids how to do this so they achieve!

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Big6 Quiz

     Your results Why the Big6?

How would you explain the Big6?

Application in variety of areas What did you learn from Bob?

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Others Thoughts from Others About Information… [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Thomas Jefferson

Information is the currency of democracy.

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Ronald Reagan

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders.

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Timothy Leary

In the information age, you don’t teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he’d have a talk show. - Feb 1989 [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Pauline Kael Art Critic Newsweek/The New Yorker In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.

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Why?

Some other opinions

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Opportunity

  Calvin and Hobbes cartoon – “Then forget it!” BC cartoon: “Define Learn” [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Why do this?

 To meet the needs of the teachers and students in our schools … and guide them in acquiring the information literacy skills they need…at any time, from any where.

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Goals for Today

    Review the Big6 .

Focus on the “Micro” Macro) – Lesson Planning.

– (Bob did the How does it look in every day use?

Write Big6 lessons that fit your subject .

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Big6 Plan of Action / Implementation Handout    Identify what you already do Identify what you would like to do Possible collaborators (name the teachers) [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Information & Technology Literacy The Big6 ™ Skills 1. Task Definition 2. Info Seeking Strategies 3. Location & Access 4. Use of Information 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation

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Information Literacy

“ To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.” American Library Association (1989) [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Information Literacy and the Big6… A little history            1436 - Printing Press 1776 – Declaration of Independence 1803 - 1806 – Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark; 1860-1864 – Civil War 1917 – World War I 1941 – World War II 1972 – First personal computer 1974 – The term “ information literacy ” first used 1980 – Internet 1987 –

Big6

Framework Published 1992 – World Wide Web [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Big6 Translates Information Literacy Skills into Systematic Stages “

Simple yet complex.”

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Info Lit

The Big6 Skills

Handbook p. 33

The Super 3 The Little 12 Skills [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Big6 Practice – Big6 Handbook 

Pages: 42-45

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The Big6 Card Activity

 Acronym:

TILUSE

 T

ask Definition

 I

nformation Seeking Strategies

 L

ocation and Access

 U

se of Information

 S

ynthesis

 E

valuation

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BREAK

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Group Big6 Lesson

 Discuss the Big6 homework you completed for Bob – – How did it work?

How would you compare the same lesson without using the Big6? [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Group Big6 Lesson

  Note: A Big6 lesson usually focuses on one stage of the Big6 – E.g. Science research project Develop a Big6 Lesson [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Instructional Design and Planning Micro and Macro  Read Around p. 71 - 72 [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

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Implementation Strategies

• Context: the process  information problem solving - the Big6 • Context: technology in context  technology within the process Context: curriculum    real needs in real situations assignments: papers, reports, projects skills x unit matrix [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Big 6 –Going to the movies

An implementation strategy… visiting classrooms – use Big6 Bookmark

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Micro Planning - Guidelines     View your existing units and lessons in relation to the Big6.

Explain assignments in a Big6 perspective.

Focus on different Big6 stages with different lessons.

Examples?

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“ Big Juicies” p. 106 Important units in the curriculum:  have a longer duration   reach many students involve a report, project, or product   use multiple resources involve a range of teaching methods [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Macro Planning – p. 151-163

   Schoolwide – librarian’s job – In groups: what are the “big juicies” in your school?

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Standardized Testing in Georgia?

 Grade levels? Subjects?

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Standardized Testing

  How does information literacy and the Big6 fit into testing?

Handbook p. 136-137 – homework organizer [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Technology

Okay, but what about technology?

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Cartoon

 “ Our teacher is getting smarter…yesterday she gave us homework we couldn’t even find on the Internet.” [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Background Statistics

Information

  Today, the amount of information in the world doubles every two years.

In the year 2010, it is predicted that the amount of information will double every 72 hours.

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Background Statistics

Internet

 According to a recent UCLA study (2003): – – Internet use at every age continues to increase – and in some age ranges, access approaches 100 percent.

http://www.ccp.ucla.edu/pages/internet report.asp

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Ages 12-18 UCLA Internet Report. http://www.ccp.ucla.edu/pages/internet-report.asp

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Internet Users By States

Over 70% (1) 60% to 70% (23) 50% to 60% (22) Under 50% (4) Over 70% 60% to 70% (6) (25) 50% to 60% (18) Less than 50% (1) •

A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age.

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U.S. Department of Commerce. September 2004.

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Background Statistics

Children and Internet

   go online several times each week (17  Cyber Dialogue. July, 2001, www.pewinternet.org

Currently 88 million offspring ages 0-20 in U.S.

 Tapscott (1998). Growing Up Digital . More school-age children in the nation use computers at school than at home.

 Newburger (2001). Home Computers and Internet Use in the United States: August 2000. U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, August 2000.

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National Ed Tech Plan 2004

  Internet Use is growing the fastest among children, ages 2-5. (2002 UCLA Internet Report) 1999 NCES Report: – – – 72 percent of all first graders used a home computer on a weekly basis during the summer 97 percent of kindergarteners had access to a computer at school or home www.nationaledtechplan.org

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National Ed Tech Plan 2004

  Teens spend more time online using the Internet than watching television.

94 percent of online teens the Internet for school-related research.

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Challenge: Quality

In a study of 500 Web sites used by Colorado high school students to do research, only 27% of the sites were judged to be reliable for academic research!

Ebersol, Samuel, “Uses and Gratifications of the Web among Students,” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6(1): September 2000, www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol6/issue1/ebersole.html

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Internet “Blogs”

    The number of “web logs” or blogs is doubling in size every 6 months.

Now, more than

7.8 million blogs

.

Check out

MySpace.com or Xanga.com

for teen blogs.

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The world we live in… Digital kids and Analog Adults

Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants

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Children and Internet: The Facts

  High school students today:

first generation

to grow up on the Internet Students internalize technology use, while adults have to adopt it [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

An example…

Bedtime Story Cartoon on computer [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

The Solution?

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Don’t use technology or the Internet?

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Discourage Web Use?

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Filtering?

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Alternative Solutions

 To focus on process content – Information Literacy!

– – – as well as Discriminating users of information.

Learn essential information & technology skills!

The Big6!

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Implementation: CONTEXT!!

WARNING! Teaching information & technology skills out of context is hazardous to your students’ health.

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Technology – Out of Context (p. 57) • • • • • • Word processing E-Mail Hyperstudio • • Instant Messaging • • • • Video production • Electronic spreadsheets Spell/grammar check Upload/download Multimedia production (PowerPoint) Database management systems • Inspiration • Chat • Electronic indexes Graphics • • CAD/CAM Use of operating systems Copy/paste • • • Telnet Algorithms • • Brainstorming software Programming ftp • HTML [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Better, But Still Out of Context

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E-Mail Word processing Group discussion Online catalogs Electronic indexes Web browsing Web searching Electronic spreadsheets Upload/download HTML Spell/grammar check Brainstorming software PDAs Video production Algorithms Instant Messaging

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Multimedia production (PowerPoint, Hyperstudio) ftp Chat Graphics Database management Inspiration Use of operating systems Web page design Copy/paste Statistical analysis presentation CAD/CAM Telnet Programming

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Technology in Context!

(p. 62)

TASK DEFINITION INFO SEEKING STRATEGIES LOCATION & ACCESS USE OF INFORMATION SYNTHESIS EVALUATION

e-mail, online discussions (listservs, newsgroups), chat, video conferencing, desktop conferencing, groupware, brainstorming software, Inspiration, instant messaging online catalogs, info retrieval, electronic resources (CD ROMs nets), WWW/net resources, Q&A services (AskERIC), online discussion groups (listservs) online catalogs, electronic indexes, WWW browsers, search engines (Yahoo, Alta Vista, Lycos, WebCrawler), AskERIC,, telnet, ftp, e-mail upload/download, word processing, copy-paste, Inspiration, outliners, spreadsheets, databases (for analysis of data), statistical packages word processing, dtp, graphics, spreadsheets, data base systems, Inspiration, hypermedia, presentation software, down/up load, ftp, e-journals, listservs, newsgroups, Web page authoring (HTML) spell/grammar checkers, e-mail, online discussions (listservs, newsgroups), chat, desktop conferencing, groupware [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Technology & Education

Information technology fundamentally affects every aspect of education— because learning & teaching are fundamentally information-based .

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Practice: Technology in a Big6 Context – p. 58 •

Baseline technology:

colored pencils

Related Big6:

• synthesis

Related electronic technologies:

• paint, draw, graphics, video and photo-editing [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Practice: Technology in a Big6 Context

Baseline technology:

• highlighting

Related Big6:

• use of information

Related electronic technologies:

• copy/paste, download, file transfer; highlight [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Exercise: Technology in a Big6 Context 

Baseline technology:

– magazines and books  

Related Big6:

– information seeking

strategies,

–

use of information

Related electronic technologies:

– full-text electronic resources,

CD-ROMs, WWW sites, databases

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Exercise: Technology in a Big6 Context Baseline technology: –

pen and paper

Related Big6: –

synthesis

–

use of information

Related electronic technologies: –

word processing, desktop publishing, multimedia, presentation software, web page authoring

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Exercise: Technology in a Big6 Context

Baseline technology:

– face-to-face meeting

Related Big6:

–

TILUSE

Related electronic technologies:

–

e-mail, listservs , video conferencing, discussion boards, chat

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The Bottom Line

Use of the Big6 Effective users of information (information literacy) Better jobs [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Before Lunch Thought

"There are two fundamental equalizers in life: the Internet and education." -John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems, 1999 [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

LUNCH

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Georgia Learning Connection

    http://www.glc.k12.ga.us/homepg.ht

m Is it used?

Consider it from the information literacy or Big6 perspective Build “Big6” lesson plans for all [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Schoolwide Implementation

    “ Implementation Ideas” What needs to happen?

How do you want to do this?

Where does it fit?

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Summary

     Information-rich and complex world.

Information & technology literacy – essential skills for the information age.

The Big6 – powerful approach to information literacy – can implement immediately.

Technology – gains meaning if learned and used in a Big6 context.

Fully integrates with the classroom:

1+1=1

.

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Big6 Turbo Tools

 TurboTools guides students- from start to finish--through the Big6 process to create projects and complete assignments of all types, including research papers and book reports. [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

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Big6 Web Work

    Information Seeking Activity – Search the Web Webquest Explore the Big6 Website – Big6 Treasure Hunt Identify Big6 Correlated Web sites you can use – Location and Access Share with Group – Synthesis [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Big6 Workshop Evaluation

 Evaluation Time [email protected]. Big6 Trainer. 02/06

Implementation: CONTEXT!!

WARNING! Teaching information & technology skills out of context is hazardous to your students’ health.

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Call to Action

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www.big6.com

Rob Darrow Big6 Trainer [email protected]

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www.big6.com

All Big6 resources available from:

Linworth 800-786-5017 [email protected]

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