Storyboard,+Outline,+or+Draft+for+Project

Storyboard, Outline, or Draft for Project

What do you think about Jazzing up a PowerPoint?

We need to determine how long, what info, etc.

Video in a classroom giving out assignment and students with questioning looks on their faces.

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You can change the way students view their assignments.

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You are the change that they need to motivate them.

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Go from tedious, boring research papers where regurgitation only lasts for so long to...

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A wonderful world in inquiry where THEIR questions are being answered; THEIR minds are being stretched; THEIR hearts are in their work.

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Enter Big6 The answer that you students need. It changes the meaning of learning.

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What is Big6?

It feeds on inquiry from the students. Your students ask the questions, your students find the answers.

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Step 1: Task Definition

What is the student trying to accomplish?

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Step 2: Information Seek Strategies Discuss possible sources of information

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Step 3: Location and Access

Students find resources

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Step 4: Use of information

Is information relevant?

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Step 5: Synthesis A summary of what the student has found.

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Step 6: Evaluation Does their product/information answer their question?

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Big6 is definitely a key in helping students internalize the process of learning information, not just trying to remember facts (Eisenburg).

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With the focus of Big6 matching Bloom's taxonomy, your students will gain higher level thinking skills.

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"We can improve scores by improving thinking" (Berkowitz and Serim ).

Test scores will rise!

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It's for the good of the students.

Slide 17 Not only is it a tool for the students to use, but you can use it in your lesson planning and parents when helping with homework.

Slide 18 Teacher Task Definition: What is it you are wanting your students to learn? Information-Seeking Strategies: What resources are available? Location and Access: What is the best resource to use? Use of Information: What strategies can I use to make sure students can understand the direction given? Synthesis: What strategies can be provided so that they can truly understand the information? Evaluation: How will the students show me they understand the information?

Slide 19 Parents Task Definition: Have child explain directions in their own words Information-Seeking Strategies: Discuss possible sources to complete assignment Location and Access: Brainstorm to find useful information Use of Information:Discuss if information is relevant for what they need. Synthesis: Have child summarize the information learned Evaluation: Does the answer correctly answer the question? Will it meet the teacher's expectation?

What is Big6?

How can Big6 help YOU, as a teacher?

Examples of using Big6...

Examples of rubrics or how to grade????-I worried about that as a teacher...