1. Big 6 Super 3 Plan, Do, Review!

2. Task Definition We need to clarify Big 6 steps/strategies for ourselves, our teachers and our students! 1.1 Define the problem 1.2 Identify the information needed We need to know… What is Big 6? How do we use it most effectively with our students?

3. Information Seeking Strategies There are books, workshops, and websites available to help us learn and to train teachers We should use them all… 2.1 Determine all possible sources 2.2 Select the best source

4. Location & Access We have lists of printed and online resources for you! Use them to find the answers to your questions and the questions of your staff! 3.1 Locate Sources 3.2 Find information within sources

5. Use of Information This is the step that we confuse with other steps! In previous steps, we found the actual resources and identified information in them… IN STEP 4, we read, listen, observe and interact with the resources to select the information that answers our original questions! 4.1 Engage 4.2 Extract relevant information

6. Synthesis Will the results be presented as… A book report? Power Point? Interview? Reader’s Theater? Newsletter? Advertisement? 5.1 Organize information from multiple sources 5.2 Present the result

7. Evaluation Students and Teachers will use checklists, rubrics, grades to judge the results. Students and Teachers should also discuss how successful the process was and what skills were learned that contribute to becoming better “life-long” learners. 6.1 Judge the result 6.2 Judge the process

8. Works Cited… Eisenberg, Michael. The Definitive Big6 Workshop Handbook. Worthington, OH: 3rd. Linworth Publishing, Inc., 2003. Print. Jansen, Barbara. The Big6 in Middle School. Columbus, OH: Linworth Publishing, Inc., 2007. Print.

9. Websites… http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help/gettingst arted/big6.html - A great site for more advanced researchers! http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/help/gettingst arted/big6.html http://www.big6.com/ - The official Big 6 website full of lessons, Q&A, graphic organizers, etc. http://www.big6.com/ http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resourc es.htm - online resources to support Big 6 http://nb.wsd.wednet.edu/big6/big6_resourc es.htm

10. More Websites… http://virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/big6.htm - shows Big 6 and Super 3 with links http://virtualinquiry.com/inquiry/big6.htm http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslp ubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume6 2003/bigsixinformation.cfm - AASL article on the reasons/research that supports the use of Big 6 in schools http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/aaslp ubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume6 2003/bigsixinformation.cfm

11. Activity Because theory is good, but practice is better!