Have you ever wished for an easy way to implement the Big6 process into your curriculum? Check out Big6 Turbo Tools!

This unit uses Big6 to help students research careers in the media and theater industries, and it helps students make a connection between the things they are learning in school and the jobs they will one day pursue.

In a standards-based learning environment, the Big6 provides a model that focuses the curriculum on learner-centered activities. In essence, the Big6 becomes a tool that guides students through the information-literacy maze.

While it is great news that college educators are recognizing the power of information literacy, what does this have to do with Big6? The Big6 and the ACRL Standards are natural partners, each complementing and strengthening the other.

Today’s students have grown up with computers and the Internet, so they tend to use the World Wide Web as their first (and often only) source of information.
In stage 2 of the Big6 Skills, Information Seeking Strategies, we emphasize the importance of evaluating sources of information and comparing different sources to assess the accuracy of information retrieved.

JaDene Denniston, a library media teacher at Sunrise Elementary, a K-2 school in Smithfield, Utah, has put Bob’s Boxes to work in her own classroom, with excellent results.

“Literacy” has become a major buzzword in modern education – we hear it applied to just about everything. Moving beyond the idea of basic literacy (the ability to read and write in a given language), what are some of the major literacy movements today?

Barbara Jansen presents a technology focused, hands-on seminar designed to fit your curriculum standards, information resources and available technology