High quality professional development designed for library media specialists, teachers and administrators.  Learn the Big6 Skills Approach and teaching strategies in all content areas and grade levels.  For a more information visit our Workshop Overview page.

Eisenberg and Berkowitz present this year’s August Big6 institute to train you to teach information and technology skills in the context of your assignments and curriculum. Click the title for details and more information, or email info@big6.com with any questions. Group discounts available.

Our interactive webinars introduce you to Big6 or Super3 Skills. Register online or Fax us your school’s Purchase Order. Click the title to learn more.

Plan to attend our Big6 author webinars for an overview of Big6 or for specific topic discussions. Stretch your training budget, live,  interactive, online instruction.

1. August 24, 2010  “Big6 BEYOND THE BASICS” with Mike Eisenberg  4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)
2. September 16, 2010 “Big6 BASICS” with Mike Eisenberg   4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)
3. September 21, 2010  “THE BIG6 IN A WEB2.0 WORLD” with Ru Story-Huffman 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Eastern)
4. September 30, 2010  “USE BIG6 TO ACHIEVE STANDARDS” with Janet Murray 4-5 p.m. (Eastern)
5. October 12, 2010  “BIG6 AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN” with Bob Berkowitz   4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)
6. October 20, 2010  “SUPER3 DISCOVERY LEARNING” with Laura Eisenberg Robinson and Mike Eisenberg   4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)
7. October 21, 2010 “USE BIG6 TO ACHIEVE STANDARDS” with Janet Murray  7 – 8 p.m. (Eastern)
8. October 25, 2010  “BIG6 BEYOND THE BASICS” with Mike Eisenberg   4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)
9. November 16, 2010   “BIG6 AND ASSESSMENT” with Bob Berkowitz  4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)
10. November 16, 2010 “BIG6 BASICS” with Mike Eisenberg   7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Eastern)
11. December 8, 2010   “BIG6 BEYOND THE BASICS” with Mike Eisenberg 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)

Pricing:

$49.00 per site for 1 attendee per webinar

$69.00 per site for 2-3 attendees per webinar

$99.00 per site for 4-19 attendees per webinar

$129.00 per site for 20-40 attendees per webinar
For More Information Click HERE!

or call Sue at 315-450-6406

Use the Big6 approach to teach 21st Century information literacy skills. Attend our upcoming workshops to get started.

August 1 – 2, 2010 – BIG6 ACADEMY, Rochester, NY

October 18, 2010 — BIG6 REGIONAL WORKSHOP, Dallas, TX

Call or email for more information.

Email:  info@big6.com

Phone:  315-450-6406

Going Bold with millions of visitors, new workshops, new books, new resources, new webinars! Lots of options to learn Big6 and pass information literacy skills on to your students. Boldly teach like you’ve never taught before! Check out our new options!

A New Hampshire high school groups information about each Big6 stage into color-coded toolkits. Read how they organize and present Big6 strategies to teachers and students.

ATTENTION GRANT WRITERS / EDUCATORS: “Data collected from thousands of students showed that students who were taught informative nonfiction using the Big6 approach with a combination of analytical, creative, and practical activities, outperformed students who were taught two alternative approaches.” — Linda Jarvin, Ph.D., Associate Director, PACE Center, Yale University

Huffman explains the origin and definitions of Web2.0, outlines Web2.0 uses in the classroom and for research, and provides a matrix to plan which Web2.0 tool to use during each Big6 Stage.

Just-released Educause Quarterly opinion piece by Dr. Sharon Weiner of Purdue,  addresses the implications of Project Information Literacy’s latest research findings.

The article, entitled, “Information Literacy: A Neglected Core Competency ” (article link) argues information literacy doesn’t belong to any single discipline, but instead belongs to all of them and should become a habit of the mind from kindergarten through college education.

How does a teacher incorporate the Super3 into the instructional process throughout a third grade curriculum? Read this report to find out how.