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		<title>Big6 Reflections and Selections (Big6 eNews 10.2.3)</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/06/24/big6-reflections-and-selections-big6-enews-1023/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/06/24/big6-reflections-and-selections-big6-enews-1023/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Lowe</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note – by  Sue Wurster. Carrie Lowe has been a Big6 advocate for many, many years.  Her personal contributions to the Big6 eNewsletter and her national library perspective are keenly in tune with the pulse of librarianship, an ever-evolving intellectual stronghold.  She drew out the best in our Big6 authors and helped fine-tune concepts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling All Big6 Content Creators</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/06/22/calling-all-big6-content-creators/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/06/22/calling-all-big6-content-creators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Wurster</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[You are invited to contribute your Big6 content to a planned collection of Big6 units, lessons, artwork, music, murals, and bulletin boards ideas. Your creation may be in text, musical or visual format.
Big6 will pay a modest honorarium for each item selected, and you will retain credit as the original author. We&#8217;re excited to prepare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big6 and Higher Education: Big6 Transcends Boundaries (10.2,2)</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/06/17/big6-and-higher-education-big6-transcends-boundaries-1022/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/06/17/big6-and-higher-education-big6-transcends-boundaries-1022/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ru Story-Huffman</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Big6]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[higher education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Discussion lists can be a great resource for learning and professional development, and earlier this year, the Big6 was the topic for one such list Alicia Salaz, Faculty Librarian at Dubai Women’s College, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, wrote that her library was beginning to use the Big6 as their information literacy model of choice.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Big6 to Find Time to Teach Content &amp; Information Literacy Skills 10.2, 1</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/05/21/using-big6-to-find-time-to-teach-content-information-literacy-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/05/21/using-big6-to-find-time-to-teach-content-information-literacy-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Needham</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[eNewsletter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[information literacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[integrated lessons]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[planning]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you struggle to find instructional time to teach science, social studies, and information literacy?  If so, you are not alone. The current emphasis on reading, writing, and math instruction places great demand on already-limited instructional time; as a result, many teachers are struggling to find the time to teach content (e.g. science and social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Workshop: Texas&#8217;s New English Language Arts Standards and the Big6 Approach to Teaching Information and Communications Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/05/14/new-workshop-texass-new-english-language-arts-standards-and-the-big6-approach-to-teaching-information-and-communications-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/05/14/new-workshop-texass-new-english-language-arts-standards-and-the-big6-approach-to-teaching-information-and-communications-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Wurster</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention All Texas librarians and teachers!
Are you ready to begin integrating the new English Language Arts standards this fall? Help students master the new research strand and other ELA standards by providing an effective Big6 framework for teaching all of the State&#8217;s knowledge and skills for every grade level. Choose one day or two day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big6 Training - Register Now to Attend</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/05/06/big6-training-register-now-to-attend/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/05/06/big6-training-register-now-to-attend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 18:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Wurster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[* * * * Early registration extended to June 1st! * * * *
You&#8217;re invited&#8211;Please RSVP by email or call. We hope you will join us!
BIG6 ACADEMY for INFORMATION LITERACY - SUMMER SEMINAR 2009
&#8220;Putting It All Together: Information Literacy, Collaboration, Instruction, Technology&#8221;
Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, Co-Presenters
July 26-27, 2009, Lodge at Woodcliff, Fairport, NY
Big6 is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Use Grants for Big6 Workshops</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/05/06/use-grants-for-big6-workshops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/05/06/use-grants-for-big6-workshops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 14:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Wurster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big6 Workshop funds are within your reach
NEA Learning &#38; Leadership Grants and Student Achievement Grants
Deadlines: June 1, October 15, and February 1

The National Endowment for the Arts Foundation has introduced a new online grant application system for their $2,000 and $5,000 Learning &#38; Leadership Grants and Student Achievement Grants that makes the grant application process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grant Source: The McCarthy Dressman Education Foundation</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/04/27/grant-source-the-mccarthy-dressman-education-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/04/27/grant-source-the-mccarthy-dressman-education-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:47:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Wurster</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a grant opportunity to consider. Next Deadline May 1st, 2009.
The McCarthy-Dressman Education Foundation offers academic enrichment grants designed to develop in-class and extra-curricular programs that improve student learning.
Grant awards are for up to $10K per year for 3 years.  For more information see the McCarthy-Dressman pages.
http://www.mccartheydressman.org/teacher.html
People who looked at this item also looked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big6 Workshops: Reserve presenters now for 2009-2010</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/04/23/big6-workshops-reserve-presenters-now-for-2009-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/04/23/big6-workshops-reserve-presenters-now-for-2009-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sue Wurster</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now taking reservations for school year 2009-2010.
Do your K-12 students


use information literacy skills required by standards?


have lasting skills to compete in a global economy?


think with a purpose to solve problems?


If not, you may need information literacy professional development to get started.
Teach information literacy building blocks early with Super3 Skills for early elementary students, then transition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Younger Students use Big6? (eNews 10.1, 4)</title>
		<link>http://www.big6.com/2009/03/25/can-younger-students-use-big6-enews-101-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.big6.com/2009/03/25/can-younger-students-use-big6-enews-101-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joyce Needham</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eNewsletter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[big6 skills]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[elementary students]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is Big6 too complicated or difficult for younger students? Eisenberg and Berkowitz are often heard to say, “Big6 is so simple and yet it is so complex.” I propose, if teachers ‘keep it simple,’ Big6 can be a powerful learning tool for elementary level students.]]></description>
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