Do you wish your current research projects would lead to higher level thinking

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• Do you wish your current research projects would
  lead to higher level thinking?

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• Are you seeking a strategy to engage students in
  solving real-world problems?

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Do your students need to know how to

• Gather
• Validate
• Synthesize
• Communicate
• Evaluate their performance

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• You are in the right place !

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Information FluencySolving Information Problems
Lubbock I.S.D.s Modification of The Big6
Sarah Ancell Instructional Technology
Department
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Information DOUBLES every. . .

• 150 years (1750-1900)

50 years (1900-1950)
15 years (1950-1965)
5 years (NOW)
73 Days (by 2020)
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The Big6 SkillsInformation Problem Solving
Recognition and thanks are given to Mike
Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz for the creation and
sharing of the Big6 Information Problem-Solving
process. www.big6.com
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LISDs Website for Information Fluency
http//www.lubbockisd.org/informationfluency/L
esson plans, sample scenarios, lesson plan form,
example graphic organizers and more
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Information Fluency

• Task definition
• Information seeking strategies
• Locate, access, validate
• Use of information
• Synthesis
• Evaluation

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Higher
Level
Thinking
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Definition of Knowledge

• When the user
• Owns the information
• Understands its value
• Is able to use it appropriately

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The Big6 became
Information Fluency
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Information Fluency
Scenario

• A major emphasis
• The most time consuming step
• Defines the problem, audience and purpose

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Scenarios

• Create a situation
• that makes students
• And
• to locate information

NEED
WANT
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Curriculum Based

• Correlates to Texas Essential Knowledge and
  Skills
• Uses available sources of data
• Engages the students with an interesting topic

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Requires Collection of Information

• To make a thoughtful decision
• To solve a problem
• To complete a task

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Relevant for Students

• Real-world problems

• Authentic audience

• Evaluation by performance or presentation

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Suggestions

• Build in collaboration and co-operative tasks
• Aim at many learning styles and intelligences
• Avoid making it sound like an Assignment

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Sample Scenarios
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Students will persuade a member of Congress that
the Internet should not be censored. Congressmen
are contemplating censoring the Internet due to
recent instances of fraud, kidnapping and murder.
Is it more important to honor freedom of speech
or to protect the public?
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Students will research the cost of insurance,
maintenance and gasoline as they develop a budget
to convince parents that they should have a
car. You want the privilege of having your own
car. Mom and Dad will buy you a car only if you
can pay for insurance, maintenance and gas. You
must present your parents with information about
the job you will get, your income, the expenses
for the car, other expenses you will have, and
other arguments that will persuade them to decide
in your favor.
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Students will persuade the Animal Shelter of
Lubbock which of two escaped animals should be
rescued. In the process of being transported to
the San Antonio Zoo, two animals escaped in the
Lubbock area. One animal is a penguin and the
other is a wolf. You are in charge of
coordinating the rescue of these two animals.
Focus your attention on the animal that you think
is in greater danger in our area. Consider the
animal's food, natural habitat, and enemies. You
must be able to support your decision of which
animal is in greater danger in the Lubbock area.
Prepare a presentation to inform the public of
the urgency of getting help for your animal.
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One Inch, One Foot or One Yard

• One Inch Questions
• What do whales eat?
• Where is the Amazon River?
• One Foot Questions
• Why did the original 13 colonies unite?
• How many more lifeboats were needed to save
  everyone on the Titanic?
• One Yard Questions
• How long can the Rain Forest survive if we
  continue to cut down

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Step 1Task Definition

• Define the task
• Example 1
• Example 2
• Identify the information needed to do the task

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Step 2 Information Seeking Strategies

• Brainstorm all possible sources
• Select the best resources
• Essential Questions---Enduring Understandings
• (What you want them to remember 5 years from now)

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Sources of Information
Technology
Print
Topic
Places
People
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Information Research Skills Taught in Context

• Table of Contents and Index
• Online catalogs
• Internet sites
• Geographic databases
• CD-ROM sources
• Filtering information
• Electronic encyclopedias
• Internet search techniques

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Step 3 Locate, Access, Validate

• Locate all sources
• Find information within sources
• Validate the source and authors credentials

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Emphasize Validation using S.N.A.P.
Source Who created the site?
Nature Why does this site exist?
Appearance/Accessibility Does it function
efficiently?
Page Content Is the information accurate and
reliable?
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Need for Validation
Crops in California http//home.inreach.com/kumbac
h/velcro.html
Is the Holocaust a Hoax? http//www.biblebelievers
.org.au/holohoax.htm
A hoax site about the ozone layer
http//www.geocities.com/RainForest/1418/
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Additional Resourcesfor Validation

• http//www.bcpl.net/sullivan/modules/tips/eval.ht
  ml
• This is a good lesson with links provided
  Evaluating Web Pages---Techniques
• http//www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Int
  ernet/Evaluate.html
• Evaluation Forms for elementary, middle, and
  secondary school students
• http//school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

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Step 4 Use of Information

• Use of Information (sort and sift)
• Engage (read, hear, view, or touch)
• Trash and Treasure handout
• Extract relevant information
• Project Data Sheet

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Step 5 Synthesis

• Task Definition
• Information Seeking Strategies
• Location and Access
• Use of Information
• Synthesis
• Organize information from multiple sources
• Present the result
• Suggestions for products

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Step 6 Evaluation

• Evaluation
• Judge the results (effectiveness) rubric
• Judge the process (efficiency) http//rubistar.4te
  achers.org/index.php

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Resources

• Big6
• Wonderful resources, lesson plans, skills for
  teaching technology skills, e-newsletter,
  discussion group and more

• LISD Information Fluency Website
• Sample scenarios, lesson plans, graphic
  organizers, rubrics of good scenarios from around
  the world
• Your school librarian
• Sarah Ancell (sancell_at_lubbockisd.org)

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Elementary Plan for Information Fluency

• Vertical plan for grades 2-5
• http//www.lubbockisd.org/CurriculumDB/SkillsFo
  lder/InformationFluency.htm