How to Get Started with Big6 and Super3
We believe kids are great thinkers. They ask questions and answer questions every day. We believe kids who know how to handle information well can successfully solve problems and make informed decisions. We believe that with a basic framework to sort and organize important thoughts and actions, kids can become systematic problem solvers. We believe in kids — successful, thinking, information-literate kids.
To support our belief in kids’ thinking skills, we developed a model with six stages called The Big6. The Big6 is a model to guide thinkers of all ages from the beginning — to middle — to the end of a project or problem. School students use the Big6 model to handle assignments and organize research projects. Adults use the Big6 model to navigate through a problem-solving or decision-making process. Know where you are in the thinking process and know what needs to come next to complete your work. We teach success.
Start now!
- read the Big6 Overview
- use Big6 terminology
- view the free Big6 videos and presentations:
Introducing The Big6 (Slideshare)
Big6 by the Month – OVERVIEW from Big6 Associates on Vimeo. (63 minutes)
- join the Big6 mailing list
- consider purchasing one of the Big6-related books
- attend an intro Big6 webinar
STEP: Success in Teaching Enhanced through Partnerships (History), eNewsletter 11.2.3
Our experiences with partnering in social studies and library research skills have inspired us to develop a STEP approach to forming and implementing cross-curricular projects.
Big6 – Information Literacy and Executive Skills: Future-proofing Students A Summary and Conclusions. AASL 2011 Presentation by Bob Berkowitz. eNewsletter 11.2.4
Big6 – Information Literacy and Executive Skills: Future-proofing Students
A Summary and Conclusions. (Based on a session given at: AASL National Conference & Exhibition. “Turning the Page”, October 28, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN) By Bob Berkowitz, Co-Creator of the Big6 Approach.
Schedule Now: Big6 Onsite Workshops 2011-2012
It’s time to schedule a 2011-12 onsite Big6 Workshop in your school or district. Invite a Professional Big6 Trainer to Your School. Your students will benefit by having a framework for problem-solving and research. Teachers and students will be able to share a vocabulary to describe information needs. Learn more! Email: info@big.com or call 315-450-6406.
Big6 information skills mesh seamlessly with standards, academic curriculum, and busy daily schedules. You’ll be motivated to move your students into a world of problem solving and high achievement with our attainable steps.
Big6 School Wins $15K Follett Award
Six K-12 Libraries Win the Follett Challenge
This winning school used Big6!
Flat Rock Middle School; Henderson County Public Schools; East Flat Rock, NC; “History Our Way“; Jenn Northrup, media coordinator; $15,000.
Northrup collaborated with an eighth-grade social studies teacher on a “History Our Way” research project to help students build valuable 21st century skills while engaging them in a research topic of their choice. Big6 research skills were taught to prepare students, and after two weeks of intense research and project development, they showcased their work in the media center. The success of this information literacy social studies project inspired many teachers to integrate 21st century skills into their own classrooms.
The Winning Video from Northrup!
Students share what they liked about the “History Our Way” research project.
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL article link
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/892704-312/six_k-12_libraries_win_the.html.csp
Big6 Webinars: Guest Speaker Series
Big6 Webinars 2012
Live and Recorded Guest Speaker Series
for Continuing Professional Development
FEBRUARY 2012 – Live and Recorded
Thursday, February 16, 2012 “BIG6 BY THE MONTH: SYNTHESIS” with Mike Eisenberg 7:00 pm (Eastern). $14.95 per person.
Mike and the Big6 Team will focus on Synthesis Strategies in the “Big6 by the Month” program. We will explain how a month-to-month approach can help you achieve a clearly defined, predictable, measurable, reported system of teaching information literacy skills. This live session will include ample time to ask questions. Information Skills are not optional in today’s society! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
MARCH 2012 – Live and Recorded
Thursday, March 15, 2012 “BIG6 BY THE MONTH: EVALUATION” with Mike Eisenberg 7:00 pm (Eastern). $14.95 per person.
Mike and the Big6 Team will focus on Evaluation Strategies in the “Big6 by the Month” program. We will explain how a month-to-month approach can help you achieve a clearly defined, predictable, measurable, reported system of teaching information literacy skills. This live session will include ample time to ask questions. Information Skills are not optional in today’s society! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
APRIL 2012 – Live and Recorded
Thursday, April 12, 2012 “BIG6 BY THE MONTH: CULMINATING ACTIVITIES & SERIES WRAP-UP” with Mike Eisenberg 7:00 pm (Eastern). $14.95 per person.
Mike and the Big6 Team will focus on Culminating Activities and Strategies in the “Big6 by the Month” program. We will explain how a month-to-month approach can help you achieve a clearly defined, predictable, measurable, reported system of teaching information literacy skills. This live session will include ample time to ask questions. Information Skills are not optional in today’s society! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
“BIG6: BEYOND THE BASICS” with Mike Eisenberg 7:00 pm (Eastern). 1 attendee $39 Before 11/4. (Regular Rates: $49; 2-3 attendees $69; 4-19 attendees $99; 20-49 attendees $129.)
Go deeper into Big6. You know the basics, now use the Big6 strategies to capture and organize information, strategically analyze information. Learn how Big6 is a defined, predictable, measurable and reported system for teaching comprehensive information literacy skills.
ARCHIVED WEBINARS AVAILABLE NOW:
“USE THE BIG6 TO ACHIEVE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS: COMMON CORE AND MORE” with Janet Murray. 7:00 pm (Eastern) / 4:00pm (Pacific) 1 attendee $39 Before 11/4. (Regular Rates: $49; 2-3 attendees $69; 4-19 attendees $99; 20-49 attendees $129.)
How can the Big6 help students meet the expectations of the new Common Core State Standards Initiative? Achieve national information and communication technology (ICT) literacy standards? Big6 by the Month standards expert Janet Murray shares Big6 instructional activities she used with teachers and students to help them achieve educational standards. Intuitively, we know that students need to learn how to ask good questions, efficiently find appropriate, relevant, reliable sources of information, and synthesize that information to create an original product, solve a problem or answer a question. The Big6 gives us a powerful tool to organize instruction that targets particular standards, not only ICT literacy standards but content standards as well.
“BIG6 BY THE MONTH: LOCATION & ACCESS” with Mike Eisenberg 7:00 pm (Eastern). $14.95 per person. Grades 3 – 16.
Mike and the Big6 Team will focus on Location and Access in the “Big6 by the Month” program. We will explain how a month-to-month approach can help you achieve a clearly defined, predictable, measurable, reported system of teaching information literacy skills. This live session will include ample time to ask questions. Information Skills are not optional in today’s society!
“BIG6 BASICS”
“BIG6 BEYOND THE BASICS”
• LIVE WEBINAR TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
VISUAL: Visual connection is through the Internet using GoToWebinar platform. Attendees will receive written directions prior to each event about how to logon and hear the session. We will send Handouts packets to each attendee or group moderator to photocopy and distribute.
AUDIO: Audio is available through your computer system via headphones or speakers if your computer has audio output enabled. You may also use a phone connection to hear the session.
QUESTIONS? Contact Sue Wurster – info at big6.com or call 315-450-6406 for assistance.
Big6 Associates, LLC
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Pittsford NY 14534
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Big6 Professional Development for Information Literacy Improvement
New! Big6 Webinar Archives for Flexible Professional Development
Use Big6 Webinar Archives for ongoing Professional Development. We record Big6 webinars so you may listen at your convenience. Register now online to receive a recording link and a packet of materials developed by each presenter.
Game: Goblin Threat Plagiarism Game, and Tutorial – Big6-4. Use of Information
Here are two fun ways to remind your students about Big6 Skill #4 USE of INFORMATION. Try the Tutorial and the Goblin hunt to remind students about citing sources to avoid plagiarism. Hosted by Lycoming College (PA).
“BIG6 by the MONTH: A PREVIEW,” Free recording
Learn all about the “Big6 by the Month” in a 1-hr preview. In this session we will introduce our series of 9 monthly webinars for a Defined, Predictable, Measured and Reported information literacy program at your school.
Study: Students Lack Information Literacy Skills
August 24, 2011 18:31
From Inside Higher Ed:
This is one of the sobering truths these librarians, representing a group of Illinois universities, have learned over the course of a two-year, five-campus ethnographic study examining how students view and use their campus libraries: students rarely ask librarians for help, even when they need it.
The most alarming finding in the ERIAL studies (http://www.erialproject.org/) was perhaps the most predictable: when it comes to finding and evaluating sources in the Internet age, students are downright lousy.