Teaching information & technology skills : the Big6 in secondary schools / Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz ; with Robert Darrow and Kathleen L. Spitzer.
Presents ideas designed to promote understanding of the Big6 approach to information and technology skills instruction; discussing specific strategies for building Big6 skills into new and existing instructional programs.
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Worthington, OH :
Linworth Pub.,
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Overview of the Big6 Approach
- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Need and the Solution
- Need
- Living in an Information Society
- Big6 and Other Approaches
- Big6 and K-12 National Information Literacy Standards
- Higher Education
- Learning and Teaching the Big6
- Chapter 2. Big6 Process and Skills
- Levels of the Big6
- Level 1. Conceptual Level
- Level 2. Big6 Skills
- Level 3. 12 Sub-Skills of the Big6
- Information Seeking Strategies
- Location and Access
- Use of Information
- Synthesis
- Evaluation
- Chapter 3. Technology with a Big6 Face
- Technology and the Big6
- Examples of Technology in Big6 Contexts
- Big6 and the Internet
- Chapter 4. Implementing the Big6: Context, Context, Context
- Context 1. Big6 Process
- Context 2. Curriculum
- Analyzing Curriculum from a Big6 Perspective
- Planning and Plans for the Individual Teacher
- Planning and Plans for a Subject Area, Grade, or Team
- Planning and Plans on the School Level
- Chapter 5. Assessment of Information and Technology Skills
- Effectiveness and Efficiency
- Forms and Context for Assessment
- Ways of Assessing
- Evidence
- Content Learning Goals
- Big6 Learning Goals
- Criteria for Judging
- Rating Scale for Judging
- Judgments Themselves
- Big6 Scoring Guides
- Part II. Big6 in Action
- Chapter 6. Big6 #1: Task Definition
- Big6 TIPS: Task Definition
- Big6 Card
- Creating a Thesis
- Defining a Science Project Topic
- Learning Peers
- Planning Timeline
- Shape It
- Chapter 7. Big6 #2: Information Seeking Strategies
- Big6 TIPS: Information Seeking Strategies: Determine and Narrow
- Determining Criteria for Types of Resources: The Criteria Checklist
- Discerning Differences
- Information Seeking and Brainstorming
- Information Seeking Strategies on the Web
- Information Seeking Strategy: Higher-Order Thinking Skills
- Chapter 8. Big6 #3: Location and Access
- Big6 TIPS: Location and Access-Think Index, Keywords, and Boolean
- Big6 Location Log
- Internet Search Tips: Keys to Effective Internet Searching
- Keyword Generator: A Tool to Boost Use of Keywords
- Locating Information on the Web
- Using a Search Engine to Find Information: Which One is Best?
- Chapter 9. Big6 #4: Use of Information
- Big6 TIPS: Use of Information
- Where the Rubber Meets and Road
- Bits and Pieces
- Connecting with People: Interview for Information
- Diamond Thinking
- Insights Through Web Sites
- Three Across
- Chapter 10. Big6 #5: Synthesis
- Big6 TIPS: Synthesis
- Putting It All Together
- I-Search
- "I Search" PowerPoint Presentation
- Planet HyperStudio Project
- Puzzle It
- Chapter 11. Big6 #6: Evaluation
- Big6 TIPS: Evaluation
- Ensuring Effectiveness and Efficiency
- Effectiveness-6.1
- Efficiency-6.2
- Creating Women in History Web Pages
- Individualized Information Problem-Solving Profile
- Monitor Your Emotions
- Rate Your Partner
- Students as Self-Assessors
- Chapter 12. Closing: The Pervasive Big6
- Appendix A. Comparison of Information Skills Process Models.