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Big6 Workshop Resources

CESA #2

STEP 1 Task Definition

Jansen’s site on asking good questions http://www.sasaustin.org/library/questioning.php

IMSA’s Project Based Learning Introduction http://www2.imsa.edu/programs/pbl/whatis/whatis/slide1.html

Inspiration Software http://www.inspiration.com/home.cfm

PBL Project Organizer http://www.essentialschools.org/cs/cespr/view/ces_res/137

Asking Better Questions http://www.joycevalenza.com/questions.html - Joyce Valenza explains the need for good questions and provides excellent examples.

Questioning Toolkit http://www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html - Questioning strategies from Jamie Mackenzie.

A Taskonomy of WebQuest Tasks http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html  - This site does a great job of explaining the different types of tasks that can be explored. It's useful for getting ideas for research projects, even if you're not developing a WebQuest. Also look at the Top, Middling, and New matrices at the WebQuest Portal http://webquest.org/ site for ideas.

Topic Triangle http://www.unc.edu/depts/jomc/academics/dri/loc/restri.html - Good instructions for narrowing/broadening a topic.

General-to-specific triangle http://www.squires.fayette.k12.ky.us/library/research/general.htm

KWHL Chart http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/KWL.chart.html

Jamie McKenzie’s questioning website – http://questioning.org

Bernajean Porter:Grappling’s Technology & Learning Spectrum http://www.bjpconsulting.com/products/grappling2002/

Graphic Organizers – http://www.graphic.org/

Task Definintion Helper- http://www3.sympatico.ca/sandra.hughes/sandra.hughes/research/task.html

Big6 Assignment Organizer – http://www.sasaustin.org/library/assignmentOrganizer.php

 

STEP 2 Information Seeking Strategies

Primary and Secondary Sources http://www.graphic.org/resources.html

Evaluation Rubrics for Websites – http://www.siec.k12.in.us/west/online/eval.htm

OSLIS Elementary: How to Search the Web http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/elementary/

OSLIS Secondary: How to Search the Web http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/index.php

Boolean search tips http://adam.ac.uk/info/boolean.html

Rockwell Schrock's Boolean Machine http://www.kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/

Kid's Tools for Searching the Internet http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

Internet Search Tools - A Quick Reference Guide http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/conferences/pres/srchtool.html - A one page guide that lists search tools according to their best use.

Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

Search Engine and Search Strategy Handout http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/SearchStrategies.htm

UC-Berkeley’s Invisible Web Directory http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/InvisibleWeb.html

Nicenet http://www.nicenet.net

Quick Topic http://www.quicktopic.com/

Inspiration Software

Brainstorming http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Activities/brainstorm.html - A technique and example for using brainstorming with students.

Keywords: Starting Points http://library1.utb.edu/starting/default.htm  - A public library site with a good strategy for developing keywords for searching.

3M Keyword Method http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/stepzero.html  - From the WebQuest site, a method for determining keywords and setting up successful Internet searches.

Choose the Best Search for Your Information Needs http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

Survey Monkey – http://www.surveymonkey.com

KidsClick – http://www.kidsclick.org

Library of Congress American Memory- http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

 

 

STEP 3 Location and Access

Pathfinders

Online Databases

Great places for teachers to find WWW sites and resources to support school projects

STEP 4 Use of Information

Note-taking - Techniques for note-taking can be found at these sites:

Graphic Organizers provide a way to organize information for note-taking, brainstorming, presentation and more. Several excellent graphic organizers can be found at these sites:

Citing Sources - Sites for creating bibliographies include the following:

      NoodleTools http://www.noodletools.com/- A subscription service for generating a bibliography.

      NoodleTools MLA Starter http://www.noodletools.com/- A free tool for generating a citing for a single source.

      Landmark Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/

      Classroom Connect Community - Connected Teacher http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/howto/citeresources.jhtml

Copyright and plagiarism -

Plagiarism http://www.plagiarized.com/index.html - An online resource for checking sources.

Plagiarism vs. http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/plagdoc.html  - Summarizing http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/sumparquo.html - Read the explanations from Joyce Valenza's site. Then take the quiz - Is it plagiarism? http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/isitplag.html

Copyright for Kids http://www.copyrightkids.org/ 

Copyright Bay http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/

Trash-N-Treasure Method of Teaching Note-taking, Barbara Jansen http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=45

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html

Stanford University’s Copyright and Fair Use Site http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter7/index.html

 Notestar  http://altec.org/index.php

Hall Davidson http://www.halldavidson.com/

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers http://i.cmpnet.com/techlearning/pdf/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_chart.pdf

Use Word Processing Tables

2 column 3 column

 

STEP 5 Synthesis

- Secondary students present their history research in graphic organizers.

STEP 6 Evaluation

http://www.landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder/php3

More Big6™ Resources

On School Sites

Technology and the Big6

Projects and Organizers

Big6™ Official Website

http://www.big6.com

St. Andrew’s Library Page Site Map

http://www.sasaustin.org/library/teacherResources.php

http://www.sasaustin.org/library/assignmentOrganizer.php

http://www.sasaustin.org/library/paperOrganizerUS.php

 

Project Big6™ Site (CESA 5)

http://205.213.162.11/Project_big6/index.html

 

Mixing it up Class Site

http://205.213.162.11/project_write/mixing/entry.html

 

 

Last Updated on 09/12/06