Teaching Information & Technology Skills: The Big6 in Secondary Schools

The Big6 Skills approach is a system for information and technology skills instruction. This work provides secondary classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, and technology teachers with background and tools for implementing an integrated Big6 program. Explains the approach and the rationale behind it, and discusses specific strategies for building Big6 skills into existing instructional programs and creating new lessons and units. Includes many sample Big6 instructional ideas, along with checklists, worksheets for use with students, and evaluation forms, which can provide the basis for developing an information and technology skills instructional program. Eisenberg is director of the Information School of the University of Washington. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Michael B. Eisenberg is dean emeritus and professor at the Information School of the University of Washington.

Robert E. Berkowitz is the library and information specialist at Wayne Central High School in Ontario Center, NY.

Robert Darrow is the library media teacher/online learning specialist at Clovis Unified School District in Clovis, CA.

Kathleen L. Spitzer is the library media specialist at Cicero N. Syracuse High School in Cicero, NY.