Personal Interviews as an Information Resource

Posted on September 13th, 2004 in Teaching Big6 by Reuven Werber

Interviews with knowledgeable people can be an excellent source of information, particularly for history assignments.

Evaluating Units of Instruction the Big6 Way

Posted on September 13th, 2004 in Teaching Big6 by Barbara Jansen

How often do those of us who have experience implementing the Big6 actually evaluate our efforts and specifically analyze each step before we present it to students?

Big6 Stage 4 - Use of Information: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Posted on September 13th, 2004 in Teaching Big6 by Janet Murray

Teaching students to “extract relevant information” and “organize information from multiple sources” is a challenge, and yet, what skill could be more important to their ability to make informed decisions in the future?

Time to Organize the Web by the Big6!

Posted on September 13th, 2004 in Presenting Big6 by Rob Darrow

If the inventors of the WWW had consulted with a group of librarians at its inception, the entire web would be much more accessible than it is now. Here are some ideas to make the web more accessible to your users.

Using the Big6 to Implement Flexible-Access Scheduling

Posted on September 12th, 2004 in Presenting Big6 by Terry McCabe

Follow the strategy of one library media specialists who Big6ed her way to flexible access scheduling in her school.