Comments for Big6 Blog http://www.big6.com/blog The Big6 and Super3 - information literacy Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:55:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on Project Information Literacy Videos by Mike Eisenberg http://www.big6.com/blog/2009/04/10/project-information-literacy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-4400 Mike Eisenberg Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:55:57 +0000 http://new.big6.com/blog/?p=192#comment-4400 Lisa - please try this link - it should work fine. Please let me know if you have a problem. http://www.youtube.com/user/ProjInfoLit Lisa – please try this link – it should work fine. Please let me know if you have a problem.

http://www.youtube.com/user/ProjInfoLit

]]> Comment on Project Information Literacy Videos by Lisa http://www.big6.com/blog/2009/04/10/project-information-literacy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-4399 Lisa Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:03:09 +0000 http://new.big6.com/blog/?p=192#comment-4399 I attempted to watch the video, but got an error message in uTube. Is there a problem? I attempted to watch the video, but got an error message in uTube. Is there a problem?

]]> Comment on New Information Literacy Videos by Michiel http://www.big6.com/blog/2009/06/12/new-information-literacy-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-4344 Michiel Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:36:33 +0000 http://new.big6.com/blog/?p=207#comment-4344 I watched the video, well not all of it it kept cutting in an out I guess my connection is not good enough at the moment to get a good stream. The first thing that I thought about however is that how it must be so terrible for students today to be frustrated with the internet for not providing accurate search information when they are researching topics. Now for me that is a little frustrating for me since when I was a student we had 1 day a week for 2 hours of computer studies and the use of a computer at home was a luxury if you could afford one. Of course the world has changed and the digital age changes everything but what happened to researching things the old fashioned way - or am I the one who is old fashioned. I use the internet a lot and I search for topics as well, of course not related to studies but I do get the basis for the frustration it causes students but I just wish they would realize how lucky they actually are with the resources that they have available to them in the internet. Anyway that is my gripe - over and done with! I watched the video, well not all of it it kept cutting in an out I guess my connection is not good enough at the moment to get a good stream.

The first thing that I thought about however is that how it must be so terrible for students today to be frustrated with the internet for not providing accurate search information when they are researching topics.

Now for me that is a little frustrating for me since when I was a student we had 1 day a week for 2 hours of computer studies and the use of a computer at home was a luxury if you could afford one. Of course the world has changed and the digital age changes everything but what happened to researching things the old fashioned way – or am I the one who is old fashioned.

I use the internet a lot and I search for topics as well, of course not related to studies but I do get the basis for the frustration it causes students but I just wish they would realize how lucky they actually are with the resources that they have available to them in the internet.

Anyway that is my gripe – over and done with!

]]> Comment on Big6 on Twitter-Weekly Tweets for 2009-04-12 by jazmin http://www.big6.com/blog/2009/04/12/big6-on-twitter-weekly-tweets-for-2009-04-12/comment-page-1/#comment-4278 jazmin Tue, 12 May 2009 01:01:36 +0000 http://new.big6.com/blog/?p=197#comment-4278 help me find big 6 for 4th graders. help me find big 6 for 4th graders.

]]> Comment on The Most Basic of the Basics by Colet Bartow http://www.big6.com/blog/2009/04/28/the-most-basic-of-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-4276 Colet Bartow Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:45:13 +0000 http://new.big6.com/blog/?p=201#comment-4276 Bravo Mike! The survival of school library programs and teacher librarians= depends upon a clear and consistent focus on information literacy. The most challenging questions are those which provoke us to confront what = we already know on some level--information literacy is the most basic liter= acy! WOW. We don't have to look any further than our small children to se= e the evidence that the ability to ask questions and solve problems is the = path to learning and growth. Without this focus, we end up undermining our mission, stated so succinctly= in Information Power (1988): to ensure that students and staff are effect= ive users [and creators] of ideas and information. Bravo Mike! The survival of school library programs and teacher librarians=
depends upon a clear and consistent focus on information literacy.

The most challenging questions are those which provoke us to confront what =
we already know on some level–information literacy is the most basic liter=
acy! WOW. We don’t have to look any further than our small children to se=
e the evidence that the ability to ask questions and solve problems is the =
path to learning and growth.

Without this focus, we end up undermining our mission, stated so succinctly=
in Information Power (1988): to ensure that students and staff are effect=
ive users [and creators] of ideas and information.

]]> Comment on The Most Basic of the Basics by David M http://www.big6.com/blog/2009/04/28/the-most-basic-of-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-4274 David M Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:02:35 +0000 http://new.big6.com/blog/?p=201#comment-4274 I have some questions that more knowledgable readers may be able to answer. Surely the centrality of information literacy skills to the development of human cognitive behaviour is well established in the literature of modern-day psychology research? I am brazen enough to assert that even those authorities of old, for example B. F. Skinner and J. Piaget, wrote up discussion on their experiments which, I think, implicitly evidences this. But who in academia has revisited and reinterpreted the old masters in this light? A project waiting to be celebrated, if not already published. Also, I'd be interested to know of applied medical research that buttresses this. The revelations and psychologically-framed interpretations of MRI results in brain-wave monitoring based research are influencing a whole field of thought in Western education along these lines. How medically sound the approach is has not been widely publicised, even though the approach itself gets great press. Who in academia has researched and published the medical veracity of 'brain research" theories? However, I am suggesting that if a model upon which we increasingly base our practice is to hold water long-term, then it must be substantiated by critical analysis from more than one relevant discipline. Those who are passionate about the role of information literacy skills in the education of both children and adults (think retraining needs for the many, many thousands out of work during this global financial crisis) must bring to the fore the critical nature of well-honed information literacy skills for cultural survival - indeed I would go further, as Mike implies, and say physical survival too. Bringing to the fore here means bringing to the attention of policy makers and authors of curriculum frameworks and national curricula. I am thinking of Australia's current embarking on national curriculum construction at the federal level. Such curricula will be mandatory if schools wish to receive federal funding from now on, so these thoughts that Mike has mentioned are so timely. We are not only talking of the development of teacher librarianship here, but fundamentally much of the thinking and theory that our delivery of education draws upon. I have some questions that more knowledgable readers may be able to answer. Surely the centrality of information literacy skills to the development of human cognitive behaviour is well established in the literature of modern-day psychology research? I am brazen enough to assert that even those authorities of old, for example B. F. Skinner and J. Piaget, wrote up discussion on their experiments which, I think, implicitly evidences this. But who in academia has revisited and reinterpreted the old masters in this light? A project waiting to be celebrated, if not already published. Also, I’d be interested to know of applied medical research that buttresses this. The revelations and psychologically-framed interpretations of MRI results in brain-wave monitoring based research are influencing a whole field of thought in Western education along these lines. How medically sound the approach is has not been widely publicised, even though the approach itself gets great press. Who in academia has researched and published the medical veracity of ‘brain research” theories? However, I am suggesting that if a model upon which we increasingly base our practice is to hold water long-term, then it must be substantiated by critical analysis from more than one relevant discipline. Those who are passionate about the role of information literacy skills in the education of both children and adults (think retraining needs for the many, many thousands out of work during this global financial crisis) must bring to the fore the critical nature of well-honed information literacy skills for cultural survival – indeed I would go further, as Mike implies, and say physical survival too.

Bringing to the fore here means bringing to the attention of policy makers and authors of curriculum frameworks and national curricula. I am thinking of Australia’s current embarking on national curriculum construction at the federal level. Such curricula will be mandatory if schools wish to receive federal funding from now on, so these thoughts that Mike has mentioned are so timely. We are not only talking of the development of teacher librarianship here, but fundamentally much of the thinking and theory that our delivery of education draws upon.

]]> Comment on Re-engaging! by Analisa Ficklin http://www.big6.com/blog/2009/02/23/re-engaging/comment-page-1/#comment-4273 Analisa Ficklin Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:27:41 +0000 http://new.big6.com/blog/?p=165#comment-4273 I appreciated the training you did for all of us here in Bellingham earlier this week. I have to share a funny story with you. I came back to school inspired to try the Super 3 format with kindergarteners, and wanting to introduce them to the idea of identifying a resource. So following up on a recent plant unit that they did with their classroom teacher and some activities around all of the creatures that eat plants, I told them I had a question about how plants can eat creatures. We brainstormed resources. Then, using a library resource (a book) I asked them to listen, explore the pictures, and help me find an answer to my question. One little boy insisted, however, that the best resource around for this question is the movie Little Shop of Horrors. I see a whole new Super 3 lesson on evaluating resources coming up... I appreciated the training you did for all of us here in Bellingham earlier this week. I have to share a funny story with you.
I came back to school inspired to try the Super 3 format with kindergarteners, and wanting to introduce them to the idea of identifying a resource. So following up on a recent plant unit that they did with their classroom teacher and some activities around all of the creatures that eat plants, I told them I had a question about how plants can eat creatures. We brainstormed resources. Then, using a library resource (a book) I asked them to listen, explore the pictures, and help me find an answer to my question. One little boy insisted, however, that the best resource around for this question is the movie Little Shop of Horrors.
I see a whole new Super 3 lesson on evaluating resources coming up…

]]> Comment on Re-engaging! by Mike Eisenberg http://www.big6.com/blog/2009/02/23/re-engaging/comment-page-1/#comment-4271 Mike Eisenberg Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:28:47 +0000 http://new.big6.com/blog/?p=165#comment-4271 We like to use a simple lesson plan format - with parallel objectives for the content area and the Big6. If you still need a specific lesson plan format, please look at the examples on our website: just search for "lesson." Here's an example: http://www.big6.com/2005/02/28/the-great-indian-civilizations-unit-note-taking-lesson-note-taking-using-powerpoint-note-cards-grade-6/ We like to use a simple lesson plan format – with parallel objectives for the content area and the Big6.

If you still need a specific lesson plan format, please look at the examples on our website: just search for “lesson.” Here’s an example: http://www.big6.com/2005/02/28/the-great-indian-civilizations-unit-note-taking-lesson-note-taking-using-powerpoint-note-cards-grade-6/

]]> Comment on Re-engaging! by mary coyle http://www.big6.com/blog/2009/02/23/re-engaging/comment-page-1/#comment-4267 mary coyle Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:13:34 +0000 http://new.big6.com/blog/?p=165#comment-4267 Hi Mike I am a grad student completing my last two classes for my MLS in May of this year. One of my last two papers has to do with instructional design and setting up a lesson plan. I have gotten all the thru the ID part of the paper. Now I need a lesson plan. I have been so impressed with Big6 that I used is as a model in a previous class! My idea is to use a hypothetical 7th grade class and do a unit on the Civil War. Does Big 6 offer any suggestions for setting up a unit? I have info from the Library of Congress and other good sites but I was hoping to integrate Big6 and wasn't sure how to set up a lesson plan. This is an education class and I am not a teacher, so am all thumbs on this one. any suggestions? mary coyle Hi Mike

I am a grad student completing my last two classes for my MLS in May of this year. One of my last two papers has to do with instructional design and setting up a lesson plan. I have gotten all the thru the ID part of the paper. Now I need a lesson plan. I have been so impressed with Big6 that I used is as a model in a previous class! My idea is to use a hypothetical 7th grade class and do a unit on the Civil War. Does Big 6 offer any suggestions for setting up a unit? I have info from the Library of Congress and other good sites but I was hoping to integrate Big6 and wasn’t sure how to set up a lesson plan. This is an education class and I am not a teacher, so am all thumbs on this one.

any suggestions?

mary coyle

]]> Comment on Beverly Cleary – highest praise at the University of Washington by Beth Greggs http://www.big6.com/blog/2008/06/16/beverly-cleary-highest-praise-at-the-university-of-washington/comment-page-1/#comment-4265 Beth Greggs Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:52:46 +0000 http://www.big6.com/blog/?p=53#comment-4265 I was privileged to be the Chair of the Newbery Commitee when Dear Mr. Henshaw was selected as the Newbery Award of the Year. And so I was honored to give the Award to Beverly in 1984. Beth Greggs I was privileged to be the Chair of the Newbery Commitee when Dear Mr. Henshaw was selected as the Newbery Award of the Year. And so I was honored to give the Award to Beverly in 1984. Beth Greggs

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