Part 2: The Big6: Information & Technology Skills

Part 2:Part 2: The Big6: The Big6:Information & Information &

Technology Skills Technology Skills

Rob DarrowBig6 Trainer

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for Student for Student SuccessSuccess

Outline of the WorkshopOutline of the Workshop

Part I: The information age: implications for learning, teaching and technology

Part II: Information literacy: the Big6 Skills process & approach

Part III: The Big6 and technologyPart IV: Big6 Implementation and

Integration

Big6 BookBig6 Book

See p. 12

1. Task Definition1. Task Definition

2. Info Seeking Strategies2. Info Seeking Strategies

3. Location & Access3. Location & Access

4. Use of Information4. Use of Information

5. Synthesis5. Synthesis

6. Evaluation6. Evaluation

Information & Technology Literacy

The Big6™

Skills

Big 6 –Going to the moviesBig 6 –Going to the movies

Why is information Why is information

literacy (the Big6)literacy (the Big6)

important? important?

The Big6 Workshop HandbookThe Big6 Workshop Handbook

PurposeContentsUse and permissions

Linworth: [email protected]

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1. Task Definition1. Task Definition

2. Info Seeking Strategies2. Info Seeking Strategies

3. Location & Access3. Location & Access

4. Use of Information4. Use of Information

5. Synthesis5. Synthesis

6. Evaluation6. Evaluation

The Big6The Big6™™ Skills Skills

The Big6The Big6Examples p. 135Examples p. 135

(Read Aloud)(Read Aloud)

7th grade – Leon – recycling10th grade – probability

The Big6The Big6ExercisesExercises

p. 24 – literal understanding

Web: Big6 Treasure Hunt

Levels of the Big6Levels of the Big6

“Simple yet complex.”

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.”

- Albert Einstein

The Little 12 Skills

The Super 3

The Big6 SkillsThe Big6 Skills

IPSIPS

The Super 3The Super 3

Beginning - Plan

You are the main character in a story:

Middle - Do

End - Review

1. Task Definition1. Task Definition

2. Info Seeking Strategies2. Info Seeking Strategies

3. Location & Access3. Location & Access

4. Use of Information4. Use of Information

5. Synthesis5. Synthesis

6. Evaluation6. Evaluation

The Big6The Big6™™ Skills Skills

The Big6The Big6Examples - p. 22Examples - p. 22

School - assignment for class, homework, paper, project, report, taking a test

Life - selecting a movie, succeeding in sports, birthday gift

Work - sales report, career choices, decision-making

REFLECTION POINTREFLECTION POINT

– The Big6 – necessary?– The Big6 – sufficient?– Explaining the Big6: – Describe the Big6 to a partner

Explaining the Big6Explaining the Big6

Essential information skills.A model of the information

problem-solving process.Simple…but not really.Widely applicable.Easy to implement.Powerful.

All Big6 resources available from:

Linworth [email protected]

www.big6.comwww.big6.com