INFORMATION LITERACY

(using the Big 6 model) GENERAL INFORMATION Graphic Organizer of the Big 6(great visual) http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/images/inspirationprojects3-06/big6.gif Online Resources to Support BIG6 INFORMATION SKILLS http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resources.htm #1 TASK DEFINITION

Graphic Organizers http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/graphic/ Thinking Maps Thinking Maps integrate thinking skills and mapping techniques examples. http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/htree/Curriculum/ThinkingMaps.html #2 INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES

Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html Trash or Treasure: Teaching Students - How to Evaluate Internet Resources http://www.bcpl.net/~dcurtis/psd/handouts/s3-67/ Evaluating Internet Resources http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm #3

LOCATION AND ACCESS

Alabama Virtual Library Database http://www.avl.lib.al.us/databases/index.html

ALEX- student links http://alex.state.al.us/student_weblinks.php #4 USE OF INFORMATION

Noodle Tools Quick Cite page http://www.noodletools.com/quickcite/

Easybib page http://www.easybib.com/ #5 SYNTHESIS

The inspiration for this project: Amelia and Eleanor Go For a Ride by Pam Muoz Ryan. http://www.cobbk12.org/~kemp/mediacenter/web %20projects/eleanor/eleanor_and_amelia_project.htm Flat Stanley and the Super 3

http://www.big6.com/showenewsarticle.php?id=587 A Home for Toad: Using Storytelling to Teach Super3 Skills by: Barbara A. Jansen http://www.big6.com/kidsshowarticle.php?id=217 An index of project ideas http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/library/middle.htm In this project, students will apply the Big6 Information Problem Solving Approach to do research on American Literature http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/library/american_literature.htm In this assignment, students will apply the Big6 Information Problem Solving Approach to do research on great American trials. http://www.fortbend.k12.tx.us/library/great_american_trials_khs.htm Using the broad topic of Change and Pattern in the Biological Sciences, we will go through the steps of the Big6 Information Access Skills. http://www.cyberbee.com/pattern/darby.html #6 EVALUATION

Kathy Schrocks teacher helper rubrics http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html#rubrics INTERESTING ARTICLES 21st Century Skills as a Vision for K-12 Education: What Should Schools and Districts Do? FETC, Orlando, Florida, January 25, 2007. http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/documents/FETC%20Orlando.ppt Information Literacy Models and Comparison Chart. InfoPeople Project. K-12 Information Curriculum Writing Workshop http://www.infopeople.org/training/past/2004/k12infolit/handout_infolitmodels.pdf Information Literacy for Old Dogs-17 October 2006 hyalineskies Copyright 20022006 Eston Bond http://hyalineskies.com/2006/10/information-literacy-for-old-dogs/ FAKE WEBSITES All About Explorers http://www.allaboutexplorers.com/index.html California's Velcro Crop under Challenge (1993)by Ken Umbach http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html Dihydrogen Monoxide - DHMO Homepage http://www.dhmo.org/ Free Forever Dog Island http://www.thedogisland.com/