Hi Norma!
A 40 min session is a nice timeframe for presenting to teachers. It's
important to -
1 - get their attention
2 - make it relevant to their classrooms
3 - stress that the Big6 is not an add-on - that it helps kids to be
successful on the assignments that teachers are already doing.
4 - give them something concrete to use.
So...I try not to overwhelm the audience. Don't try to do too much.
Here's my sample outline -
(1) set the scene - why this is important (the info age, critical
thinking, etc.) BRIEF
(2) information literacy - what it is - and why it is important (valued
skills - see slide 2 in this powerpoint -
http://www.big6.com/presentations/Introducing_Information_Problem_Solvin
g_Big6/ BRIEF
(3) a brief overview of the Big6 - in the context of a real assignment
(if you can, line up a teacher in advance to speak up when you ask for
volunteers).
(4) do a Big6 exercise - I like page 38 from our Definitive Big6
Workshop Handbook. If you don't have this, let me know and I'll post it
(yes, for everyone).
(5) debrief
(6) do a brainstorming exercise - have each person think about how they
might use this in their classroom.
(7) end with themes of the big6 -
- big6 can be applied in all subjects, with students of all ages
and across all grades
- technologies are integrated into the process, not as an
add-on.
- you don't have to teach all the big6 all the time. Select 1
or 2 of the stages to emphasize. Give the overall context, but don't
overwhelm the kids.
- the big6 is not always linear. It's okay to jump around.
- the big6 is not just for "research assignments." It's for any
homework, test, task, assignment, or personal decision to make. Even
winning at soccer or football, even making a banana split.
(8) end with - "what will you do tomorrow - to try the Big6?" It's
great to get teachers to commit to give it a specific try.
There are plenty of free resources on our www.big6.com website -
including
http://www.big6.com/showcategory.php?cid=7&subcat=55
And lastly but not leastly, our new Big6 TurboTools is dynamite! It's
an easy but powerful way to introduce information literacy as a vital,
central part of learning. For more info, check out
www.big6turbotools.com
I hope this helps.
Mike
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Subject: (Big 6) [LM_NET] GEN: Big 6 to teachers
Date Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 4:26 PM
From: Norma Thiese <nthiese@AEA1.K12.IA.US>
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Does anyone have an idea for introducing the basics of the Big 6 to
about 100 teachers within a 40 minute session? After or before my
presentation, teacher librarians will present on how the Big 6 will be
integrated into the schools library curriculum.
I want to avoid a Power Point presentation and am looking for something
participatory and engaging. I've perused the archives and have found a
few things designed for students that I might be able to try with
teachers but would like some additional ideas.
Thank you.
Norma Thiese
Media/Technology Consultant
Area Education Agency
Elkader, Iowa
Norma Thiese
Media/Technology Consultant
American Memory Fellow 1999
Keystone AEA #1
1400 2nd St. NW
Elkader, Iowa 50243
563-245-1480, ext. 231
800-632-5918
nthiese@aea1.k12.ia.us
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