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Presenting the Big6 skills from multiple perspectives, this accessible book provides exercises, examples, and explanations, plus practical methods for bringing together other instructional efforts and this problem-solving approach. Now easily available, this is the first Big6 book showing detailed applications of the Big6.

This handbook shows parents a tested approach for helping children of all ages learn and achieve in an information society. By applying the Big6™Skills for information problem-solving model, parents can help students understand and successfully complete homework and other tasks. Eisenberg and Berkowitz apply the Big6 model to sample assignments in language arts, science, math, social studies and real-life situations. They also discuss computer software, the Internet, and other educational technology tools as part of the problem solving process.

This practical book enables elementary educators, classroom teachers, library media and technology specialists, and administrators to understand and implement the Big6 approach to information and technology skills learning.The Big6™ approach, the most widely known and used information problem-solving model, encourages information-based problem-solving and decision-making skills that empower students and improve literacy. This practical book enables elementary educators, classroom teachers, library media and technology specialists, and administrators to understand and implement the Big6 approach to information and technology skills learning. This book discusses specific techniques, strategies, and ways to build the Big6™ into existing instructional programs. Included are specific Big6 instructional ideas in context, which can be used to modify and meet specific instructional needs. Use the Big6™ to help students develop the skills and understanding they need to find, process, and use information effectively.

This practical, hands-on book explains how to ensure that your students are information and communication technology literate—that is, competent with a range of tools, technologies, and techniques for seeking out and applying information.The importance of teaching information and communication technology (ICT) literacy is clear: without it, students will be ill-equipped to find and use information in all its forms as well as produce and present information in all forms. Unfortunately, most ICT literacy educational programs are irregular, incomplete, or arbitrary. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians, and technology teachers need a complete ICT program—one with clearly defined goals and objectives, planned and coordinated instruction, regular and objective assessment of learning, and formal reporting of results. This book explains how to integrate the objectives of ICT literacy into your school's established curricular structure.The book explains the rationale for a having a comprehensive ICT program, describes how to develop a Big6 by the Month program, and defines the challenges in the areas of information-seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation. It also includes templates for grade-level objectives; a scenario plan, program plan, lesson plan, and unit plan; summary evidence and criteria; performance descriptors; a presentation readiness checklist; and Big6 by the Month checklists for instructional leaders, teachers, and teacher librarians.

This practical, hands-on book explains how to ensure that your students are information and communication technology literate—that is, competent with a range of tools, technologies, and techniques for seeking out and applying information.The importance of teaching information and communication technology (ICT) literacy is clear: without it, students will be ill-equipped to find and use information in all its forms as well as produce and present information in all forms. Unfortunately, most ICT literacy educational programs are irregular, incomplete, or arbitrary. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians, and technology teachers need a complete ICT program—one with clearly defined goals and objectives, planned and coordinated instruction, regular and objective assessment of learning, and formal reporting of results. This book explains how to integrate the objectives of ICT literacy into your school's established curricular structure.The book explains the rationale for a having a comprehensive ICT program, describes how to develop a Big6 by the Month program, and defines the challenges in the areas of information-seeking strategies, location and access, use of information, synthesis, and evaluation. It also includes templates for grade-level objectives; a scenario plan, program plan, lesson plan, and unit plan; summary evidence and criteria; performance descriptors; a presentation readiness checklist; and Big6 by the Month checklists for instructional leaders, teachers, and teacher librarians.

Finding, using, presenting, and evaluating information for a purpose are basic skills of the information age. The Big6 approach gives learners a structure and tools to succeed at it! Contributors to this book are experienced teachers and specialists adept in the Big6. Ideas are usable as is or as a guide for your own creative development of a powerful information and technology skills foundation program. • Help secondary students build a solid foundation in solving information problems in meaningful contexts• Learn and teach a practical, guided approach to applying Big6 skills in curricular and other contexts• Get sample assignments, evaluation tools, and handouts

This updated version of The Big6™ Collection: The Best of the Big6™ Newsletter includes the in-depth articles and practical tips about the Big6 methods that you’ve come to rely on, with a new twist! New topics include the Super 3 – The Early Childhood Version of the Big6™ Skills; How to use Task Definition to Achieve Standards; Problem Solving Methods: Another Connection for the Big6™ , and much, much more! This text is a must-have for educators and library media specialists interested in implementing the Big6™ approach in their schools.

The Big6™ Research Notebook is designed to help you and your students successfully complete research and report assignments, while learning topics of interest using the Big6™ approach. Using this tool, the teacher librarian can guide students through the research process in less time, with better results and less frustration for the students. With the Big6™ Notebook, the students have a way to organize their thoughts and note their research findings in a helpful and meaningful format. Sold in packs of 25.

Use The Super3, a spin off from the widely used Big6, to help students in grades PreK-2 develop crucial problem-solving skills. Ready-to-use worksheets include explanations for daily implementation of the Super3 into the classroom.Use The Super3, a spin off from the widely used Big6, to help students in grades PreK-2 develop crucial problem-solving skills. Learn how to break down the problem-solving process so that younger students get it and remember it. Discover a process model for children to learn and use in order to be successful with the various tasks they undertake. The Super3 helps younger students recognize what they are doing so they can label and talk about their research. Provides an easy transition into the Big6. Ready-to-use worksheets include explanations for daily implementation of the Super3 into the classroom. Mike Eisenberg and Laura Eisenberg Robinson have adapted the widely used Big6 research approach for students in grades PreK-2. The Super3 uses the three simple steps: Plan, Do, Review.

This latest spiral-bound edition of The Big6 Workshop Handbook contains information that is current and essential to understanding and implementing this premier information literacy model.The Big6 was first developed in 1987 as a simple, flexible, and broadly applicable approach to teaching and learning essential information literacy skills. At its most fundamental level, the Big6 is a six-stage process model for information problem-solving and decision-making. For over 20 years, the successful Big6 formula has been constantly expanded and refined with the input of thousands of teachers and many more students—in both public and private education settings. Today's latest incarnation of The Big6 Workshop Handbook includes the Super3 process; using the Big6 to teach technology skills; integration with subject area curricula, assessment, and standardized testing; connecting with national, state, and school district standards; and micro and macro-level planning. Everyone from classroom teachers and teacher librarians to administrators and parents will find it invaluable.

This is the definitive work on information literacy. Michael Eisenberg, known worldwide as one of the originators of the innovative Big6 Information Problem Solving Process, and frequent presenters on the subject Carrie A. Lowe and Kathleen L. Spitzer have extensively revised and updated the original book for this long-awaited second edition. Tracing the history of information literacy, the authors discuss its economic importance; examine past, present, and current research in the field; and explain how information literacy relates to the national standards transforming K-12 education and higher education today.The authors also look at examples of information literacy in several different contexts, underscoring both its importance and pervasiveness in our society. Learning to be critical and savvy consumers of information is necessary in today's world. This book provides both the theoretical background and practical guidelines to confidently impart these essential skills to your students.