Tuesday, March 13, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Big6 by the Month 

Registration Code: TE25

Mike Eisenberg/Dean Emeritus and Professor, Co-Author Big6

Big6 Associates

Role of Presenter: Teacher-Lib

Description: Big6 by the Month is an information skills instruction and curriculum approach that is: defined, predictable, measured and reported. This workshop is designed for those who want to invigorate and transform traditional "library skills" curriculum into real learning opportunities.

Prerequisites: Not Required

Outline: It’s time for a sweeping new approach to information literacy learning!

The sad truth is that few, if any, information literacy efforts in schools have fulfilled the promise of a comprehensive information literacy program.

A comprehensive program should reach all students in the school.

A comprehensive program should be predictable in terms of what students are expected to learn and how they are to learn it.

A comprehensive program should be accountable in terms of setting measurable goals for the program and assessing performance by the students.

A comprehensive program should report the results—to the students, to their teachers, and parents or guardians, and to the overall school and district.

Audience: All Audiences

Expertise: All levels

Strand: Teacher-Lib

Presenter Background: Mike is a teacher and mentor whose personal motto is, “make it better!”

He is the founding dean of the Information School at the University of Washington, serving from 1998 to 2006.

Mike’s current work focuses on information, communications, and technology (ICT) literacy, information credibility, and information science education K-20. Mike is co-author of the “Big6 approach to information problem-solving”–the most widely used information literacy program in the world. Mike is a prolific author and has worked with thousands of students—pre-K through higher education—as well as people in business, government, and communities to improve information and technology skills.