CONTENTS Big 6 Skills Presentation Banana Split Presentation Super 3 Presentation Student & Teacher Resources

INFORMATION OVERLOAD! World Wide Web is doubling every 90 days! This month, another 18 million people will go on line There is a new website every 4 seconds! More information has been produced in the last 30 years than in the previous 5000

Students Online There are 10 million children online By the year 2004, there will be 50 million children online 14% of people under 18 are currently online 32% of children between the ages of 16 and 17 spend five or more hours online per week

Students need help organizing information How can one deal with the amount of information? How can we train students to sift and sort through what is important and what is not? Teach them a strategy for searching, using and evaluating information on the World Wide Web – Teach them…

THE BIG 6 SKILLS

Identify the information needed THE BIG SIX #1 Task Definition “What do I need to do?” Define the problem Identify the information needed

“What can I use to find what I need?” THE BIG SIX #2 INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES “What can I use to find what I need?” Brainstorming all possible resources Select the best resources

“What can I use to find what I need?” THE BIG SIX #3 LOCATION & ACCESS “What can I use to find what I need?” Locate Sources Find information within sources

“What information can I use?” THE BIG SIX #4 USE OF INFORMATION “What information can I use?” Engage (read, hear, view, or touch) Take out needed information

“How can I put my information together?” THE BIG SIX #5 SYNTHESIS “How can I put my information together?” Organize information from multiple sources Present the results

“How will I know if I did well?” THE BIG SIX #6 EVALUATION “How will I know if I did well?” Judge the results (effectiveness) Judge the process (efficiency)

THE Big 6 SKILLS Go Bananas! Building a Banana Split! Learn more about the Banana Split

Task Definition DEFINE THE PROBLEM IDENTIFYING THE INFORMATION NEEDED THE BIG SIX #1 Task Definition DEFINE THE PROBLEM What does a “banana split” look like? Why is it called a banana “split”? IDENTIFYING THE INFORMATION NEEDED Are you going to make or buy them? How much money do you have to spend? What store will you go to? What grocery items will you need? How many banana splits do you want to make?

INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES THE BIG SIX #2 INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES DETERMINE ALL POSSIBLE RESOURCES Gather recipes from the Internet Call other ice cream places Check cook books Choose bananas, ice cream, toppings, etc. EVALUATE AND PRIORITIZE POSSIBLE SOURCES Prioritize the items that best fit your needs Make a grocery list of ingredients and materials needed

FIND INFORMATION WITHIN SOURCES THE BIG SIX #3 LOCATION & ACCESS LOCATE SOURCES & FIND INFORMATION WITHIN SOURCES Are you in the right aisle, in the store you choose You must now choose the best ingredients and materials, according to the amount of money available and description of the products you need.

USE OF INFORMATION ENGAGE (read, hear, view, or touch) THE BIG SIX #4 USE OF INFORMATION ENGAGE (read, hear, view, or touch) & TAKE OUT NEEDED INFORMATION Time to begin making the banana splits! Organize your “information sources” (peel the bananas, take topping out of the original containers and put them in separate bowls, make all the tools available)

ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES THE BIG SIX #5 SYNTHESIS ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES Place each of the items in the banana split dish in a neat order, following the recipe/directions chosen Make sure the banana split looks “pretty” PRESENT THE RESULT Share the banana split with friends. Everyone may eat and enjoy!

EVALUATION JUDGE THE RESULTS OR PRODUCT (effectiveness) THE BIG SIX #6 EVALUATION JUDGE THE RESULTS OR PRODUCT (effectiveness) How did the banana split look? How did the banana split taste? Was it good? What was the quality of the ingredients? Was anything missing? JUDGE THE PROCESS (efficiency) When making the banana split next time, would you do anything different? How did the looking for the recipes and directions work?

Banana day: Activities and Lesson plan TASTY RECIPES Back of the Box.com Grocery Shop.com Indo Indians.com Hookery Cookery.com Cooking.com Banana day: Activities and Lesson plan Theme Day.com

THE super 3

Students should be thinking… THE Super three #1 BEGINNING - PLAN Students should be thinking… What am I supposed to do? What will the result look like if I do a really good job? What do I need to find out about in order to do a good job?

Example of Step 1 You want something sweet and it’s a hot day, so you decide to make yourself a sundae. -What will you need? -Where will you get your supplies? -How do I make it? -What should it look like?

THE Super three #2 Middle - do Finding necessary sources In the middle, students complete various activities… Finding necessary sources Reading and/or viewing the information in the sources Putting it all together as a finished assignment

Example of Step 2 Time to “do it” -Find your ingredients -Get out your supplies -Put it all together Remember to make it look good and use fresh ingredients

THE Super three #3 End - review Is this done? Before the assignment is finished and turned in, students should stop and think… Is this done? Did I do what I was supposed to do? Do I feel OK about this? Should I do something else before I turn it in?

Example of Step 3 Review it…before you eat it -Does it look nice? -Did I put everything on it? -Finally, does it taste good… Good enough to share?

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