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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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…

5. THE BIG 6 SKILLS

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

7. “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

8. “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

9. “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

10. “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

11. “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)

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

13. 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?

14. 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

15. 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.

16. 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)

17. 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!

18. 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?

19. 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

20. THE super 3

21. 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?

22. 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?

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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?

26. 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?

27. Student and Teacher Resources
Big 6 Home Page
Big 6 Assignment Organizer – 3rd through 6th
Big 6 Assignment Organizer – 7th through 8th