Friday, August 13, 2010

The Big 6

The Big 6 framework was developed by researchers Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. The Big 6 helps students develop the skills and understandings they need to find, process, and use information effectively with a focus on process as well as content (Eisenberg, 2001). "Students use the Big6 Skills whenever they need information to solve a problem, make a decision, or complete a task" (Eisenberg, 2001). The Big 6 has six stages:

1. Task Definition

2. Information Seeking Strategies

3. Location and Access

4. Use of Information

5. Synthesis

6. Evaluation


The Big 6 skills can be considered essential life skills as they can be applied in all settings including home, work and school. The Big 6 approach ensures that ICT is used in all phases or stages of learning to maximise the outcomes for students. I believe that this would be an effective framework for integrating ICT into the classroom and I plan to use this framework in the future.
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  1. Rachel MartinAugust 26, 2010 at 8:45 PM

    Hi Kylie, I also believe that the big6 is a successful ICT framework that is especially refined to scaffold and implement web software applications. I have observed students begin to use computer skills in the classroom without any reference to information seeking strategies or searching skill requirements and students were missing out on how to get the ‘information skills’ and ask higher order thinking questions like, ‘is it a good source of information?” I believe that this framework should be acknowledged and implemented together in the first instance to encourage intelligent learning with ICT's. I will also be using this framework to scaffold my own learning as well as the students I teach.

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