GEN: Big6 Resource available for information literacy

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@CUSD.CHICO.K12.CA.US>]

Dear LM_NET,

Here is an announcment regarding a free version of the Big6 Newsletter
that was posted to the Big6 list, which will be also of interest to many
LM_NET members:

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Hello list members,

We're excited to tell you that the new Big6 eNewsletter Spring issue is
online today! (released May 1, 2000)

Try this link!..........  http://www.big6.com/enewsletter

Below is a list of current feature article titles...... But that's not all!

Mike and Bob share a new way to explain the Big6 approach--"Big6 Math," and
they start to tell the history of the Big6. Of course,there's our usual
TIPS, Big6 in Action, and the Big6 in Many Languages.

Please visit the new issue, and tell your friends and colleagues to check
it out!


****** Big6 eNewsletter Feature Articles ******

-Coping with Information Overload: Selecting the Best Search Engine--by
Mary Cooper.
"Fourth and fifth grade researchers discover, develop and publish
strategies to alleviate the burden of too much or inappropriate
information."

-Five Actions to Big6(tm) Problem-Based Lessons Using Graphic
Organizers--by Miguel Guhlin.
Read how problem-based learning skills, role-playing, and the Big6 combine
to give students practice in solving real-life problems.

-Insights Through Web Sites--by Robert E. Berkowitz.
This lesson provides a guided approach to Web site evaluation. Handouts are
included!

-The Big6(tm) Sells Itself--by Karen MacDonald.
Read how Karen MacDonald conquered fear and presented the Big6 to her
school administrators!

-Expository Text: The Choice for Some, A Challenge for Others--by Joyce
Melton Pages.
"Independence! That's the goal" says Joyce Pages. The Big6 approach helps
students "take charge of their own learning." Pages compares the ways
students interact with narrative and expository written material.

***
The Big6 eNewsletter is sponsored by COMPanion (producers of Alexandria
Library Systems), Encyclopaedia Britannica, Linworth Publishing, Inc., and
NewsBank.

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