Here is a PowerPoint-based Template for taking notes and sorting them. Mike Eisenberg suggests students try this technology strategy to help capture and prepare information they gather online or from any resource. The Template includes spaces for title, text, and citation for each entry. Students can reorder the notes to prepare an outline, sort information to match the outline, use spell check and so forth. PowerPoint technology is a smart and efficient way to take notes. (Click title to read more…)

Follow along as two researchers explore the kind of difference Big6 instruction can make to a class of elementary-school students.

Plagiarism is an essential concept that can be very challenging to teach. Try these tips to help students better understand how to use information ethically.

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Use of Information can cure what ails ya! This article provides tips for teaching this important concept.

Looking for Halloween ideas? Find inspiration — and a strategy for powering-up your Big6 instruction — in this article.

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Sharpen your students’ note-taking skills (an essential component of Big6 #4) with this rich unit.

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

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?

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Read how Jeanita builds upon Barbara Jansen’s “Trash and Treasure” method of note-taking to invent a system for “concrete” concepts the students can actually feel.