Big6 – Information Literacy and Executive Skills: Future-proofing Students
A Summary and Conclusions. (Based on a session given at: AASL National Conference & Exhibition. “Turning the Page”, October 28, 2011 in Minneapolis, MN) By Bob Berkowitz, Co-Creator of the Big6 Approach.
Flat Rock Middle School; Henderson County Public Schools; East Flat Rock, NC; “History Our Way“; Jenn Northrup, media coordinator; $15,000.
Northrup collaborated with an eighth-grade social studies teacher on a “History Our Way” research project to help students build valuable 21st century skills while engaging them in a research topic of their choice. Big6 research skills were taught to prepare students, and after two weeks of intense research and project development, they showcased their work in the media center. The success of this information literacy social studies project inspired many teachers to integrate 21st century skills into their own classrooms.
Students share what they liked about the “History Our Way” research project.
SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL article link
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/892704-312/six_k-12_libraries_win_the.html.csp
Learn all about the “Big6 by the Month” in a 1-hr preview. In this session we will introduce our series of 9 monthly webinars for a Defined, Predictable, Measured and Reported information literacy program at your school.
August 24, 2011 18:31
From Inside Higher Ed:
This is one of the sobering truths these librarians, representing a group of Illinois universities, have learned over the course of a two-year, five-campus ethnographic study examining how students view and use their campus libraries: students rarely ask librarians for help, even when they need it.
The most alarming finding in the ERIAL studies (http://www.erialproject.org/) was perhaps the most predictable: when it comes to finding and evaluating sources in the Internet age, students are downright lousy.
Big6 encourages all students to cite all sources. The site includes Teacher Guides and Student information. We hope to spread the word about this helpful, free curriculum that reinforces the importance of giving credit to creative content authors of all kinds. Please take a moment to visit the website link, and consider how you might incorporate a citing opportunity in upcoming assignments.
Here is a short video that shows students an overview of the Big6 process. The video is in Vimeo format. If your school blocks all video, check with your tech team to view the video.
The Big 6 Inquiry Model from TeachCultureLearnCulture on Vimeo.
Citation: From “The Big6 Inquiry Model on Vimeo” by Teachculturelearnculture.
Glogster is an interactive poster making tool. See this example for teaching ideas!
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Use the Big6 approach to teach 21st Century information literacy skills. Attend our upcoming workshops to get started.
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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.
