1. The Big6: Information & Technology Skills Rob Darrow Robdarrow@cusd.com for Student Success

2. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 A Little About Me Clovis, CA – Central California 19 year old daughter – in college Educator, 31 years (Grades K-8) School Librarian at intermediate school (7- 8) that now has over 700 students carrying laptop computers to school Big6 user and trainer - 15 years Coordinator, Libraries, Online high school and Teaching American History

3. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 My Daughter The Digital Native

4. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 A Little About You Big6 Slip of paper – Your Name – What you do – How long you’ve been doing this Big6 Stage you have

5. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 My Thoughts In an information rich society, you need more trained professionals Students NEED trained teachers and professionals to guide them in how to use information – both print and digital More critical to have trained teachers and teacher-librarians guiding students in the use of information than ever before!

6. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Implementation: CONTEXT!! WARNING! Teaching information & technology skills out of context is hazardous to your students’ health.

7. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 The Big 6 - It’s all about… The use of information Organizing information Sifting/Evaluating reliability of information Producing quality information Teaching kids how to do this so they better achieve! (More challenging in digital age)

8. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Big6 Pre-Workshop Survey Results Want a consistent research method Looking for innovative ideas It will be beneficial to all be using the same terminology in reference to researching Projects listed: California Research Project, Faraway places, American colonization and Powhatan tribe

9. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Thomas Jefferson Information is the currency of democracy.

10. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Ronald Reagan Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. – June 14, 1989

11. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Timothy Leary In the information age, you don’t teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he’d have a talk show. - Feb 1989

12. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Pauline Kael Art Critic Newsweek/The New Yorker In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising. - 1973

13. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Why? Some other opinions

14. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Why do this? To meet the needs of the teachers and students in our schools … and guide them in acquiring the information literacy skills they need…when they need it, at any time, from any where.

15. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Goals for Today - Agenda Learn about the Big6 How to apply the Big6 in your classroom Technology Use and Big6 Write Big6 lessons that fit your subject. Please do ask questions / add comments at any time!

16. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 A video presentation: “E-Literate” UCLA / AT&T New Literacies Project (2003) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVV mFYyD1MI What is information literacy and why is it important?

17. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Using the Big6, a common method for finding, using, and applying information causes a student to become more information literate How does this work? Let’s find out Information Literacy

18. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Big 6 –Going to the movies An implementation strategy… visiting classrooms – use Big6 Bookmark

19. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 1. Task Definition 2. Info Seeking Strategies 3. Location & Access 4. Use of Information 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation Information & Technology Literacy The Big6 ™ Skills

20. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 The Super 3 Beginning - Plan You are the main character in a story: Middle - Do End - Review

21. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Big6 Translates Information Literacy Skills into Systematic Stages “Simple yet complex.”

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23. The Little 12 Skills The Super 3 The Big6 Skills Info Lit Handbook p. 33

24. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Big6 Practice – Big6 Handbook Pages: 38, 42, 44 Pages: 38, 42, 44

25. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 The Big6 Card Activity Acronym: TILUSE T T ask Definition I I nformation Seeking Strategies L L ocation and Access U U se of Information S S ynthesis E E valuation

26. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 1. Task Definition 2. Info Seeking Strategies 3. Location & Access 4. Use of Information 5. Synthesis 6. Evaluation Information & Technology Literacy The Big6 ™ Skills

27. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 The Big6: Non-Linear TD L&A UI ISS S S E E

28. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 The Big6: Not Linear TD L&A UI S S E E ISS E E L&A UI ISS S S S S S S

29. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 The Big6: Not Linear

30. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Curriculum Curriculum - Big6 Integration Big6 Integrated Program

31. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Context: the process information problem solving - the Big6 Context: technology in context technology within the process Context: curriculum real needs in real situations assignments: papers, reports, projects skills x unit matrix Implementation Strategies

32. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Okay, but what about technology? Technology

33. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Background Statistics Internet According to a recent UCLA study (2003): – Internet use at every age continues to increase – and in some age ranges, access approaches 100 percent. – http://www.ccp.ucla.edu/pages/internet- report.asp http://www.ccp.ucla.edu/pages/internet- report.asp

34. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Background Statistics Children and Internet  1988: Currently 88 million offspring ages 0-20 in U.S.  Tapscott: Growing Up Digital

35. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Tapscott, Grown Up Digital (2008)  The Net Generation  Jan, 1977-Dec. 1997 (ages 11-31)  Also known as “Milennials or Generation Y

36. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 “Blogs” The number of “web logs” or blogs is doubling in size every 6 months. Now, more than 7.8 million blogs. Two new blogs every minute Check out MySpace.com or Facebook for teen blogs. MySpace gets twice the number of daily hits than Google

37. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Digital kids and Analog Adults The world we live in… Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants

38. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07  High school students today: first generation to grow up on the Internet  Students internalize technology use, while adults have to adopt it Children and Internet: The Facts

39. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 A word about… http://blog.compete.com/2007/01/25/top-20-websites- ranked-by-time-spent/http://blog.compete.com/2007/01/25/top-20-websites- ranked-by-time-spent/. December 2006. Most visited websites in U.S. Dec. 2006

40. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Recent Headline “ MySpace is where people go to see, be seen on Web…Social- networking site has twice Google's hits” – Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio. Sun, Feb. 12, 2006. – http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/13847312.htm http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/13847312.htm Aug. 9, 2006 - 100 millionth MySpace account 230,000 new members per day! http://www.myspace.com/secret_promises

41. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 The Solution? Don’t use technology or the Internet? Discourage Web Use? Filtering?

42. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Alternative Solutions Alternative Solutions process To focus on process as well as content – Information Literacy! – Discriminating users of information. – Learn essential information & technology skills! – The Big6!

43. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Implementation: CONTEXT!! WARNING! Teaching information & technology skills out of context is hazardous to your students’ health.

44. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Technology – Out of Context (p. 57) Multimedia production (PowerPoint) ftp Programming Instant Messaging HTML Telnet Algorithms Video production E-Mail Word processing Group discussion Use of operating systems Statistical analysis presentation Database management systems CAD/CAM Copy/paste Web page design Graphics Chat Web browsing Electronic indexes Web searching Online catalogs Electronic spreadsheets Upload/download Spell/grammar check Brainstorming software PDAs Inspiration Hyperstudio

45. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 E-Mail Word processing Group discussion Online catalogs Electronic indexes Web browsing Web searching Electronic spreadsheets Upload/download HTML Spell/grammar check Brainstorming software PDAs Video production Algorithms Instant Messaging Multimedia production (PowerPoint, Hyperstudio) ftp Chat Graphics Database management Inspiration Use of operating systems Web page design Copy/paste Statistical analysis presentation CAD/CAM Telnet Programming Better, But Still Out of Context

46. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Technology in Context! (p. 62) TASK DEFINITION e-mail, online discussions (listservs, newsgroups), chat, video conferencing, desktop conferencing, groupware, brainstorming software, Inspiration, instant messaging INFO SEEKING STRATEGIES online catalogs, info retrieval, electronic resources (CD- ROMs nets), WWW/net resources, Q&A services (AskERIC), online discussion groups (listservs) LOCATION & ACCESS online catalogs, electronic indexes, WWW browsers, search engines (Yahoo, Alta Vista, Lycos, WebCrawler), AskERIC,, telnet, ftp, e-mail USE OF INFORMATION upload/download, word processing, copy-paste, Inspiration, outliners, spreadsheets, databases (for analysis of data), statistical packages SYNTHESIS word processing, dtp, graphics, spreadsheets, data base systems, Inspiration, hypermedia, presentation software, down/up load, ftp, e-journals, listservs, newsgroups, Web page authoring (HTML) EVALUATION spell/grammar checkers, e-mail, online discussions (listservs, newsgroups), chat, desktop conferencing, groupware

47. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Technology & Education Information technology fundamentally affects every aspect of education— because learning & teaching are fundamentally information-based.

48. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Practice: Technology in a Big6 Context – p. 58 Related Big6: synthesis Related electronic technologies: paint, draw, graphics, video and photo-editing Baseline technology: colored pencils

49. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Practice: Technology in a Big6 Context highlighting Related Big6: use of information Related electronic technologies: copy/paste, download, file transfer; highlight Baseline technology:

50. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Exercise: Technology in a Big6 Context Baseline technology: – magazines and books Related Big6: – information seeking strategies, – use of information Related electronic technologies: – full-text electronic resources, CD-ROMs, WWW sites, databases

51. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Baseline technology: – pen and paper Related Big6: – synthesis – use of information Related electronic technologies: – word processing, desktop publishing, multimedia, presentation software, web page authoring Exercise: Technology in a Big6 Context

52. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Exercise: Technology in a Big6 Context Baseline technology: – face-to-face meeting Related Big6: – TILUSE Related electronic technologies: – e-mail, listservs, video conferencing, discussion boards, chat

53. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 The Bottom Line Use of the Big6 Effective users of information (information literacy) Better jobs

54. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Computer Work Wiki Website – http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com http://robdarrow.wikispaces.com Activities: – Explore – Create a lesson by grade level

55. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Group Big6 Lesson Note: A Big6 lesson usually focuses on one or two stages of the Big6 – E.g. Science research project Develop a Big6 Lesson

56. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Schoolwide Implementation “Implementation Ideas” – Curriculum Map p. 148 Homework Sheets – P. 169

57. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Summary Information-rich and complex world. Information & technology literacy – essential skills for the information age. The Big6 – powerful approach to information literacy – can implement immediately. Technology – gains meaning if learned and used in a Big6 context. Fully integrates with the classroom: 1+1=1.

58. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Implementation: CONTEXT!! WARNING! Teaching information & technology skills out of context is hazardous to your students’ health.

59. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Final Thoughts "There are two fundamental equalizers in life: the Internet and education." -John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems, 1999

60. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Think Big(6)! This is really important!!! Think Big(6)! This is really important!!! Call to Action

61. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 Rob Darrow Big6 Trainer Robdarrow@cusd.comwww.big6.com

62. Robdarrow@cusd.com. Big6 Trainer. 02/07 All Big6 resources available from: Linworth 800-786-5017 linworth@linworthpublishing.com www.big6.com