Teaching Information & Technology Skills: The Big6 in Secondary Schools

by Michael B. Eisenberg, Robert E. Berkowitz, Robert Darrow, Kathleen L. Spitzer

Overview

Finding, using, presenting, and evaluating information for a purpose are basic skills of the information age. The Big6 approach gives learners a structure and tools to succeed at it! Contributors to this book are experienced teachers and specialists adept in the Big6. Ideas are usable as is or as a guide for your own creative development of a powerful information and technology skills foundation program.
• Help secondary students build a solid foundation in solving information problems in meaningful contexts
• Learn and teach a practical, guided approach to applying Big6 skills in curricular and other contexts
• Get sample assignments, evaluation tools, and handouts

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586830069
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Series:	Big6 Information Literacy Skills
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Michael B. Eisenberg is dean emeritus and professor at the Information School of the University of Washington.

Robert E. Berkowitz is the library and information specialist at Wayne Central High School in Ontario Center, NY.

Robert Darrow is the library media teacher/online learning specialist at Clovis Unified School District in Clovis, CA.

Kathleen L. Spitzer is the library media specialist at Cicero N. Syracuse High School in Cicero, NY.

Editorial Reviews

There is much to be said for finding and adhering to an information literacy model that flows smoothly and intuitively, yet is thorough and concrete enough to be taught easily. Eisenberg and Berkowitz's Big6 is certainly the most widely promoted and student-friendly taxonomy around, and this secondary take on what was previously a K-8 model provides a compact, technologically updated, remarkably accessible template for both library media specialists and classroom teachers. Part I details the rationale for and implementation of the Big6/Little12 model, while Part II provides clear lesson/unit plans and worksheets for all of the Big6 steps, individually and collectively. Reproducible forms, instructional tools, and evaluative matrices will simplify an already clean conceptual model. A great resource for all school librarians.” —School Library Jourbanal

From the Publisher

There is much to be said for finding and adhering to an information literacy model that flows smoothly and intuitively, yet is thorough and concrete enough to be taught easily. Eisenberg and Berkowitz's Big6 is certainly the most widely promoted and student-friendly taxonomy around, and this secondary take on what was previously a K-8 model provides a compact, technologically updated, remarkably accessible template for both library media specialists and classroom teachers. Part I details the rationale for and implementation of the Big6/Little12 model, while Part II provides clear lesson/unit plans and worksheets for all of the Big6 steps, individually and collectively. Reproducible forms, instructional tools, and evaluative matrices will simplify an already clean conceptual model. A great resource for all school librarians.-Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

School Library Journal

The Big6 Skills approach is a system for information and technology skills instruction. This work provides secondary classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, and technology teachers with background and tools for implementing an integrated Big6 program. Explains the approach and the rationale behind it, and discusses specific strategies for building Big6 skills into existing instructional programs and creating new lessons and units. Includes many sample Big6 instructional ideas, along with checklists, worksheets for use with students, and evaluation forms, which can provide the basis for developing an information and technology skills instructional program. Eisenberg is director of the Information School of the University of Washington. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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