https://padlet.com/tischjk/v9zk1hoqn96m Assignment #2 en-us 2019-10-12 21:16:11 UTC 2019-10-12 23:29:35 UTC hello@padlet.com tischjk https://padlet.com/tischjk/v9zk1hoqn96m/wish/397034281 In the pool of digital information, our students are drowning. Students are in over their heads even before they try to find information that is relevant and credible to their purpose. The Big6 website explains this perfectly as "we are surrounded by information, but we can never seem to find what we want, when we want it, and in a form we want to so that we can use it effectively." It is important to teach informational literacy to give them a structure or clear cut process to succeed. Informational Literacy is a process to help students plan, do, and review according to Eisenberg's Vlog. Using Eisenberg's Big6 skills can give students a clear focus on how to navigate through all information available to them. What do they choose? How do they know it is valid? Often, students become discouraged and overwhelmed when trying to wade through everything at the beginning of a task. In the Common Sense Education article, informational literacy is also needed to  help students "think critically...and apply search strategies to increase accuracy and relevance."   This process will help the students cut through or identify all the distractions and misinformation that can cloud the information gathering process. It is essential at any grade or discipline to teach students Informational Literary.]]> 2019-10-12 21:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tischjk/v9zk1hoqn96m/wish/397034281 tischjk https://padlet.com/tischjk/v9zk1hoqn96m/wish/397034330
The Big6 website states these skills are a "process model of how people of all ages solve an information problem." In other words, a way to focus on a task and to come to an acceptable conclusion. The first three skills (Task Definition, Information Seeking Strategies, Location and Access) involve planning and locating sources. Once the task is given, the first step is to question what information is needed to complete the task. Once this in done, sources must be gathered, evaluated and either chosen or disregarded. Students have a plethora of sources to choose from, and they all should be considered according to Eisenberg's vlog. All information needs to be processed in all of its forms: video, audio, virtual reality, blogs, etc. The next two skills (Use of Information and Synthesis) are taking the source information and turning it into resolving the task. Use multiple sources and organize it into a relevant manner. The last skill (Evaluation) is basically a reflection of what did work and what didn't. Students need to "judge the product and process" according to the Big6 website. Was the task completed to satisfaction and was the process effective? Super3 is a condensed version of Big6. Six skills are simplified into three: Plan, Do and Review. These skills are more suited for younger students such as kindergarten or 1st grade.]]> 2019-10-12 21:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tischjk/v9zk1hoqn96m/wish/397034330 tischjk https://padlet.com/tischjk/v9zk1hoqn96m/wish/397034411 First and foremost, as Eisenberg's vlog emphasises, we would start with the vocabulary. Before we even envision a research project, the students need to know what types of misinformation to ignore. For example, the types of ads - video, banner or pop-up - that are going to try to trick them into thinking they are reading credible information as outlined in the Common Sense Education article. Students need to become junior detectives to evaluate what information is offered to them. Next, teaching kids how to do a proper keyword search will help them succeed in the planning part of the Big6. If they are researching the history of Gothic Romantic novels, teachers would need to brainstorm with the students on specific relevant research keywords. Could you just imagine the search suggestions if they just typed in Gothic? Part of our unit would also focus on different types of sources as part of Location and Access. Students go for the text without considering videos, or blogs or even just audio information. Finally, after the hard work is done, and the task is completed, we would do a reflection that is essentially the last skill in the Big6, Evaluation. Students need to look back at the product they produced. Then ask themselves if it really did complete the task and why or why not. How they reacted to the process is also very important. Is there a way they could have made it more efficient? Did they learn a short-cut or streamlined way to find the information needed? Since we do not do research until Quarter 3, when we read A Long Walk to Water, my team has ample time to put into place the Big6 skills to make our students successful. ]]> 2019-10-12 21:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tischjk/v9zk1hoqn96m/wish/397034411