Entries Tagged as 'Big6'

Online information searching: Elementary students and cognitively appropriate practices

February 21, 2010 · No Comments · ICT Skills, Journal Type Entries, teaching

“I don’t know what to put here.” The second grade student stared at her computer screen and pointed to her African animal worksheet, where the fill-in-the-blanks were still blank. The screen displayed mostly small text, many links, and a large animated ad. I asked her what information she sought, and she again pointed to the [...]

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Idaho Falls 21st Century Skills Conference: Collaboration At Its Best

March 15, 2009 · No Comments · ICT Skills, Journal Type Entries, teaching

Even though it was 16 degrees outside, participants were hot with effective and innovative ideas for integrating the Big6 and higher level thinking skills into their Idaho science standards. Groups of librarian and science teachers from around the state participated in a 2.5 day seminar: Critical Learning Skills in the 21st Century:Collaborating for Student Success [...]

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Is the Big6 still big?

July 20, 2008 · 8 Comments · ICT Skills

Can the Big6 still help your students keep up with their information needs in a 2.0 digital world? In the world of Web and libraries 2.0, is the Big6 still viable? How have you integrated Web 2.0 tools into the Big6? Are you using blogs and wikis as part of the search process leading up [...]

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