Big6 2.0: School Practice to Work Practice: How to Teach Information Seeking Skills with Big6 “TurboPlanner” (Grades 7 - 12)

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 in Teaching Big6 by Sue Wurster

How can knowing information seeking skills be useful and relevant in an actual workplace today?

Information Literacy Instruction and Fair Use

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 in Teaching Big6 by Carrie Lowe

By using Big6 to integrate fair use concepts into the curriculum, students at all levels will have a better understanding of their rights as consumers of information and how those rights can be exercised.

Teaching Through Technology – Information Retrieval and The Big6™

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 in Teaching Big6 by Rene Vanderveen

How can teachers and library media specialists introduce students to the concept of information retrieval in a user-friendly way?

Students as Problem Solvers

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 in Teaching Big6 by Joyce Needham

Who works the hardest — you or your students? The teacher is often the problem solver, while students simply do as they are told with little critical thinking required.

My Space and Xanga: Opportunities for Use of Information, Synthesis and Evaluation

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 in Teaching Big6 by Rob Darrow

MySpace has surpassed eBay, Google and AOL in number of page views. How can we capture the power of this popular Web community for learning?