1. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. On the Web with Information Literacy and the Big6™ Rob Darrow August, 2002

2. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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

3. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Handouts Search the Web WebQuest Big6 Web Guide Web Literate Stages Big6 Template and Assignment Organizer from Website

4. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Book The Big6 in Elementary Schools

5. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Web sites to remember www.cusd.com/calonline/infolit www.big6.com

6. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. BC Cartoon What is learning?

7. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Who am I? Big Trees State Park, Santa Cruz

8. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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 (www.cusd.com/calvhs) www.cusd.com/calvhs 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

9. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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

10. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002.

11. Are you Info Lit? Go to www.cusd.com/calonline/infolit www.cusd.com/calonline/infolit Click on: Are you Info Lit? and take the quiz.

12. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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

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14. 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 (www.tcpd.org)www.tcpd.org

15. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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.

16. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. “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

17. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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,” www.reuters.com/rbb/research/dfiforframe.htm, 1996 www.reuters.com/rbb/research/dfiforframe.htm Information Overload: Print

18. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Number of WWW pages doubles every 40-50 days!! 1996, USA Today Information Overload: The Internet A new web page is published every 4 minutes

19. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Technology Overload Moore’s Law: Computing power doubles every 18 months! Computers depreciate 1% a week!

20. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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 1999. –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. www.ccp.ucla.edu

21. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. “Not now, Chrissy. Your father and I are in the middle of a PTA meeting.” An Example…cartoon

22. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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.” www.pewinternet.org/www.pewinternet.org/

23. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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

24. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. An Example…cartoon Bedtime Stories.com

25. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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, 2000. www.hpcnet.org/webcommission

26. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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

27. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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... www.growingupdigital.com

28. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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?

29. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. The new A, B, C’s…cartoon See: Randy Glasbergen cartoons www.glasbergen.com

30. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. The Solution? Speed things up. Pack in more and more content Add more technology!!

31. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. INFO LIT! If you teach information literacy skills, then everything else fits and balances. Our focus: Information Literacy, the Big6 and the Web

32. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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

33. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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.

34. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. The Big6!  How does it work?

35. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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

36. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Task Definition  To create a Big6 technology enhanced lesson

37. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Information Seeking Strategies  What sources can be used for creating technology enhanced lessons?

38. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Location and Access  What is the best source for finding ideas for technology enhanced lessons using the Big6?

39. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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.  www.cusd.com/calonline/infolit www.cusd.com/calonline/infolit

40. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Use of Information  Read, hear, listen, watch  Gather information Examples?

41. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Synthesis  An example…

42. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. “Our teacher is getting smarter…Yesterday she gave us homework we couldn’t even find on the Internet.” Laugh Parade Cartoon…

43. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Synthesis  Finished Products Examples? What are some online resources/strategies/tools?

44. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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: www.kn.pacbell.com or www.classroom.netwww.kn.pacbell.comwww.classroom.net

45. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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

46. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Evaluation  Judge the result (effectiveness)  Judge the process (efficiency)

47. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Evaluation  Examples?  Create evaluation tool for your lesson

48. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Evaluation  Sharing  What were the most useful concepts you learned today?

49. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. 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

50. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Information and the The Big6 – More Info Library Media Teachers at your high schools or COE California School Library Association (www.schoolibrary.org)www.schoolibrary.org American Association of School Librarians (www.ala.org/aasl)www.ala.org/aasl Big6 website (www.big6.com)www.big6.com Big6 associates – available for site or district training

51. Rob Darrow (Robdarrow@aol.com), CTAP TLA Region IV, Hayward, July 2002. Final Thoughts "There are two fundamental equalizers in life: the Internet and education." -John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems, 1999

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53. Contact Information: Presenter Info Robdarrow@aol.com Library Media Teacher on Special Assignment, Online Learning Specialist Clovis Unified School District www.cusd.com 559-327-9635