Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July On the Web with Information Literacy and the Big6™ Rob Darrow August, 2002

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Welcome to a new school year! A bookmark for you to use… BIG6! BOOKMARK Task Definition Information Seeking Strategies Location and Access Use of Information Synthesis Evaluation

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Handouts Search the Web WebQuest Big6 Web Guide Web Literate Stages Big6 Template and Assignment Organizer from Website

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Book The Big6 in Elementary Schools

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Web sites to remember

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July BC Cartoon What is learning?

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Who am I? Big Trees State Park, Santa Cruz

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Who am I? Born in Santa CruzBorn in Santa Cruz Educator, 22 years (Taught K-8)Educator, 22 years (Taught K-8) Clovis, Kerman, Hollister, Riverside,Clovis, Kerman, Hollister, Riverside, Library Media Teacher, Alta Sierra Intermediate – 5 yearsLibrary Media Teacher, Alta Sierra Intermediate – 5 years Coordinate Online High School CoursesCoordinate Online High School Courses –Just finished plan for state virtual school ( VP Educational Technology, Cal School Library AssociationVP Educational Technology, Cal School Library Association 12 year old daughter starting 7 th grade12 year old daughter starting 7 th grade

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July My Perspective ( “information literacy” )In an information rich society, we need to be trained how to decide what information is important and which is not ( this is “information literacy” ) Students NEED trained professionals to guide them in how to use information – both print and digital Teachers should integrate the use of technology daily into their lessons at every grade level

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002.

Are you Info Lit? Go to Click on: Are you Info Lit? and take the quiz.

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Information Literacy “To be information literate, a person must be able to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information.” American Library Association, 1989

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002.

How much information is there in the world? “The amount of information available in the world doubles every two years.”“The amount of information available in the world doubles every two years.” David Thornburg, CUE 1997 (

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Info Overload: Dilemmas of the Information Age Information overload, information anxiety –just too much “stuff”; people can’t keep up. Needle in a haystack –surrounded by information, but... –can never seem to find what we want, when we want it, in the form we want it.

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July “More new information has been produced in the last 30 years than in the previous 5,000.” (Source: Large, P., The Micro Revolution, Revisited, 1984) Increasing Amount of Information

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Today, a daily New York Times has more information in it than a person would come across in an entire lifetime in the 17th Century. David Lewis. “Introduction to Dying for Information,” Information Overload: Print

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Number of WWW pages doubles every days!! 1996, USA Today Information Overload: The Internet A new web page is published every 4 minutes

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Technology Overload Moore’s Law: Computing power doubles every 18 months! Computers depreciate 1% a week!

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Overload Trying to keep up According to a recent UCLA study (2000): –by 1997, some 19 million Americans were using the Internet. That number tripled in one year, and then passed 100 million in –In the first quarter of 2000, more than five million Americans joined the online world – roughly 55,000 new users each day 2,289 new users each hour, or 38 new users each minute.

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July “Not now, Chrissy. Your father and I are in the middle of a PTA meeting.” An Example…cartoon

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Trying to keep up... Kids on the Internet More than 17 million teens, or three-fourths of all U.S. kids ages 12 to 17, go online each month, according to market research firm Cyber Dialogue. –July, 2001 “Teenage Life Online.”

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Trying to keep up... Kids on the Internet  High school students today are first generation to grow up on the Internet  Students internalize technology use, while adults have to adopt it

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July An Example…cartoon Bedtime Stories.com

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Web Commission Report to Congress (Dec. 2000) “The question is no longer if the Internet can be used to transform learning in new and powerful ways. The Commission has found that it can.” “The question is no longer if the Internet can be used to transform learning in new and powerful ways. The Commission has found that it can.” --The Power of the Internet for Learning: Moving from Promise to Practice. Report of the Web Based Commission to The President and the Congress of the United States. December,

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Web Commission Report to Congress (Dec. 2000) 50% of all employees skills become outdated within 3 to 5 years. … what counts most for instructional purposes is classroom connectivity, providing student access to Internet connections where they learn — in the classroom Learning environments should be centered around knowledge, learners, social interactions, and assessment

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Growing Up Digital N-Gen Learning Growing Up Digital (Tapscott 1998): N-Gen Learning Linear hypermedia Instruction construction/discovery Teacher-centered learner-centered School as torture school as fun Teacher transmitter teacher facilitator School learning lifelong learning Paradigm shift in learning from...

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Overload and Education Everything! Learning & teaching are fundamentally information- based activities. Everything! Information overload & technology affect every aspect of education. But what does this have to do with us? With education? With learning & teaching?

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July The new A, B, C’s…cartoon See: Randy Glasbergen cartoons

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July The Solution? Speed things up. Pack in more and more content Add more technology!!

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July INFO LIT! If you teach information literacy skills, then everything else fits and balances. Our focus: Information Literacy, the Big6 and the Web

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July The Big6!  Task Definition  Information Seeking Strategies  Location and Access  Use of Information  Synthesis  Evaluation  Task Definition  Information Seeking Strategies  Location and Access  Use of Information  Synthesis  Evaluation T-I-L-U-S-E

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Information Literacy and The Big6!  Information Literacy means knowing how to access, use and evaluate information.  Applying and using the Big6! improves the use of information.  Information Literacy means knowing how to access, use and evaluate information.  Applying and using the Big6! improves the use of information.

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July The Big6!  How does it work?

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July The Big6!  6 steps you use any time you need information  From buying a car or going to the movies to a book report or school assignment  6 steps you use any time you need information  From buying a car or going to the movies to a book report or school assignment

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Task Definition  To create a Big6 technology enhanced lesson

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Information Seeking Strategies  What sources can be used for creating technology enhanced lessons?

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Location and Access  What is the best source for finding ideas for technology enhanced lessons using the Big6?

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Location and Access A web activity..  Identify the topic/type of lesson you’d like to create – Big6 template  Search the Web WebQuest  An example of a “Location and Access” activity. 

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Use of Information  Read, hear, listen, watch  Gather information Examples?

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Synthesis  An example…

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July “Our teacher is getting smarter…Yesterday she gave us homework we couldn’t even find on the Internet.” Laugh Parade Cartoon…

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Synthesis  Finished Products Examples? What are some online resources/strategies/tools?

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Some online strategies Hot List Topics Subject Sampler Treasure Hunt Scrapbooks WebQuests ThinkQuest (online competition for students) Quests (cost i.e. Classroom Connect Africa Quest) See: or

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Synthesis Your assignment… Create a web/Internet enhanced Big6 lesson Use the Big6 Template – on your own or in pairs…Big6 Template Identify online resources/strategies/tools Identify which step of the Big6 they fit

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Evaluation  Judge the result (effectiveness)  Judge the process (efficiency)

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Evaluation  Examples?  Create evaluation tool for your lesson

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Evaluation  Sharing  What were the most useful concepts you learned today?

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Teach Info Lit Skills Use the Big6 – integrate with daily lessons Share it with colleagues Teach students to be information literate and to use the Big6 Consult with your school library media teacher or technician

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Information and the The Big6 – More Info Library Media Teachers at your high schools or COE California School Library Association ( American Association of School Librarians ( Big6 website ( Big6 associates – available for site or district training

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July Final Thoughts "There are two fundamental equalizers in life: the Internet and education." -John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems, 1999

Rob Darrow CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002.

Contact Information: Presenter Info Library Media Teacher on Special Assignment, Online Learning Specialist Clovis Unified School District