The audience is middle school and high students while the focus is on how to use Big6 strategies in three situations: how to select the best information sources; how to analyze an assignment; and how to do product research before buying a cellular phone.
To help students focus on the Task at hand, I started to use LiveBinders, a great Web2.0 tool to disseminate information. I developed a LiveBinder for Task Definition, which I use with students as a step-by-step process to Task Definition.
In this one-hour webinar session, Mike will present a brief overview of the Big6 by the Month approach and then focuses on Big6 #1: Task Definition skills aligned with grade levels and classroom content. Recorded webinar available with handout packet.
The Maine Criminal Justice Academy teaches a “Methods of Instruction” course for law enforcement officers who need certification to teach courses at their own agencies. The course is taught about four times a year. Within that course Beverly Klemenc, Librarian for the Maine Criminal Justice Academy’s Media Resource Center, is responsible for teaching a two-hour module on research techniques and bibliographic citation. Read more!
Critical thinking skills are a major part of the learning experience, and students soon learn that making sense of vague assignments is part of a college education. This article describes how the reference interview can lead higher ed students through confusion to Big6 success.
This article describes how to help your students create a “blueprint” for a successful project. Task Definition and project planning is one of the most often overlooked, yet most important stage in overall project management. Here are some tips to help students get started on the right track with any assignment or project.
This article explores how Big6 #1, Task Definition, can help students achieve content, information literacy and national technology standards.
Help students remember – before they go home at the end of the school day – what information or materials they need to complete their homework. Includes a printable Memory Minder tool.
This fun activity introduces the Big6 as a useful tool for research and problem solving; and motivates students to approach research with a positive and curious attitude.
Stew, Do, Review can be used by students who have the ability to think through a project from start to finish and imagine that the project is completed before they even begin. It is an exercise of the imagination in learning.
