Big 6 Skills Presentation

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CONTENTS
Big 6 Skills Presentation
Banana Split Presentation
Super 3 Presentation
Student Teacher Resources
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Students Online
There are 10 million children online
By the year 2005, there will be over 50 million
children online
14 of people under 18 are currently online
32 of children between the ages of 16 and 17
spend five or more hours online per week
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INFORMATION OVERLOAD!

• World Wide Web is doubling every 90 days!

This month, another 18 million people will go on
line

• There is a new website every 4 seconds!

• More information has been produced in the last
  30 years than in the previous 5000

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Students need help organizing information
How can one deal with the amount of information?
How can we train students to sift and sort
through what is important and what is not?
Teach them a strategy for searching, using and
evaluating information on the World Wide Web
Teach them
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THE BIG 6 SKILLS
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THE BIG SIX 1
Task Definition
What do I need to do?

• Define the problem

• Identify the information needed

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THE BIG SIX 2
INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES
What can I use to find what I need?

• Brainstorming all possible resources

• Select the best resources

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THE BIG SIX 3
LOCATION ACCESS
What can I use to find what I need?

• Locate Sources

• Find information within sources

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THE BIG SIX 4
USE OF INFORMATION
What information can I use?

• Engage (read, hear, view, or touch)

• Take out needed information

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THE BIG SIX 5
SYNTHESIS
How can I put my information together?

• Organize information from multiple sources

• Present the results

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THE BIG SIX 6
EVALUATION
How will I know if I did well?

• Judge the results (effectiveness)

• Judge the process (efficiency)

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THE Big 6 SKILLS
Building a Banana Split!
Go Bananas!
Learn more about the Banana Split
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THE BIG SIX 1
Task Definition
DEFINE THE PROBLEM

• What does a banana split look like?

• Why is it called a banana split?

IDENTIFYING THE INFORMATION NEEDED

• Are you going to make or buy them?

• How much money do you have to spend?

• What store will you go to?

• What grocery items will you need?

• How many banana splits do you want to make?

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THE BIG SIX 2
INFORMATION SEEKING STRATEGIES
DETERMINE ALL POSSIBLE RESOURCES

• Gather recipes from the Internet

• Call other ice cream places

• Check cook books

• Choose bananas, ice cream, toppings, etc.

EVALUATE AND PRIORITIZE POSSIBLE SOURCES

• Prioritize the items that best fit your needs

• Make a grocery list of ingredients and materials
  needed

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THE BIG SIX 3
LOCATION ACCESS
LOCATE SOURCES

FIND INFORMATION WITHIN SOURCES

• Are you in the right aisle, in the store you
  choose

• You must now choose the best ingredients and
  materials, according to the amount of money
  available and description of the products you
  need.

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THE BIG SIX 4
USE OF INFORMATION
ENGAGE (read, hear, view, or touch)

TAKE OUT NEEDED INFORMATION

• Time to begin making the banana splits!

• Organize your information sources (peel the
  bananas, take topping out of the original
  containers and put them in separate bowls, make
  all the tools available)

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THE BIG SIX 5
SYNTHESIS
ORGANIZE THE INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES

• Place each of the items in the banana split dish
  in a neat order, following the recipe/directions
  chosen

• Make sure the banana split looks pretty

PRESENT THE RESULT

• Share the banana split with friends. Everyone
  may eat and enjoy!

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THE BIG SIX 6
EVALUATION
JUDGE THE RESULTS OR PRODUCT (effectiveness)

• How did the banana split look?

• How did the banana split taste?

• Was it good?

• What was the quality of the ingredients?

• Was anything missing?

JUDGE THE PROCESS (efficiency)

• When making the banana split next time, would you
  do anything different?

• How did the looking for the recipes and
  directions work?

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TASTY RECIPES
Back of the Box.com
Grocery Shop.com
Indo Indians.com
Hookery Cookery.com
Cooking.com
Banana day Activities and Lesson plan
Theme Day.com
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THE super 3 SKILLS
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THE Super three 1
BEGINNING - PLAN
Students should be thinking

• What am I supposed to do?

• What will the result look like if I do a really
  good job?

• What do I need to find out about in order to do a
  good job?

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Example of Step 1

• You want something sweet and its a hot day, so
  you decide to make yourself a sundae.

-What will you need?
-Where will you get your supplies?
-How do I make it?
-What should it look like?
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THE Super three 2
Middle - do
In the middle, students complete various
activities

• Finding necessary sources

• Reading and/or viewing the information in the
  sources

• Putting it all together as a finished assignment

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Example of Step 2

• Time to do it

-Find your ingredients
-Get out your supplies
-Put it all together

• Remember to make it look good and use fresh
  ingredients

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THE Super three 3
End - review
Before the assignment is finished and turned in,
students should stop and think

• Is this done?

• Did I do what I was supposed to do?

• Do I feel OK about this?

• Should I do something else before I turn it in?

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Example of Step 3

• Review itbefore you eat it

-Does it look nice?
-Did I put everything on it?
-Finally, does it taste good

• Good enough to share?

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Student and Teacher Resources
Big 6 Home Page
Big 6 Assignment Organizer 3rd through 6th
Big 6 Assignment Organizer 7th through 8th
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A Night at the Movies!
(for 10 or less)
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Frodo Baggins Elijah WoodGandalf Ian
McKellenAragorn Viggo MortensenSam Sean
AstinBilbo Ian HolmArwen Liv TylerSaruman
Christopher LeeNew Line presents a film directed
by Peter Jackson. Written by Frances Walsh,
Philippa Boyens and Jackson, based on the novel
by J.R.R. Tolkien. Running time 178 minutes.
Rated PG-13 (for epic battle sequences and some
scary images).
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Where, When and How Much!
Time 550 pm (twilight show)
Cost 5.00
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Other Stuff
Refreshments Ill have 5.00 for food
Company My friend Cortez is going
Transportation My Dad will take us at 430 / He
will pick us up at 930