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Persuasive Presentation: Storyboard (Outline) 10/18 Uploading mp3 file and works consulted file : media type="file" key="Big 6 Summary.mp3" 10/16/10 June, I've spent the better part of 3 days trying to imbed the glogster Big6 summary and a voice recording. Dr. M. gave me some strategies to use with Audacity (not easy but I got it to work) so the audio on the "Review the Process" page is great! I was unable to add a glogster hyperlink to the ppt. so I downloaded Snag It for my Mac and played around with getting a screen capture. Also not easy- much easier to use Snag It on a PC. I ended up using Grab from the Utilities folder on the Mac and did the capture in 2 steps- Hence, a bit of a distorted picture. At any rate, I've added an extra slide that completes the task I set out to do! I'm uploading the newest ppt. with all the transitions, etc. Hope you have luck with your voice recording- ask the lab person about using Audacity- quality is outstanding! I have a built in microphone on my Mac, perhaps you do? Here's the PPT

Is this the latest ppt? I've added some other clipart and tried to do a voice recording for the "Happy Researching" slide but the speech cuts off the last sentence. I can send the last bit as a print copy but it would be better as a voice recording. Anyway, I'm attaching what I thought was the latest ppt. version so we can work this with the video. As of 10/15/10
 * 10/15/10 **

10/14/10 June! You go girl!!! I love the Animoto- I am truly impressed. Music is great, message is right on. A fantastic introduction. Makes my glog look like a dinosaur! Now, how do we infuse it all into one presentation? Looking forward to our discussion tomorrow. :-) Lisa

10/14/10--7:50PM Lisa: I will have to redo the voiceover at TWU--I agree it was very weak (If only you saw the equipment I was using!). I cannot open this version of PPT on my computer, so I cannot insert the sound file at home. It will have to wait until Monday.

In the meantime, I've created an Animoto as an introduction. See what you think. We could create an introductory slide with the Animoto link? Oh, and as you view the Animoto, remember our audience is 4th and 5th graders (the music and or graphics are not really my taste, but...). I tried to think what my boys would think was COOL! Cannot wait to hear your impressions of this!

http://animoto.com/play/6vExD2bWDqwCNFaktm0qFQ?utm_content=challenger

Talk to you tomorrow, June

10/14/10 June, I'm putting my ideas right here on the STB because, I keep getting lost between the discussion tabs on all the different pages. I've looked at the newest version of the ppt. Not sure it is the one I sent you yesterday, but no matter. We are getting there. I like the transitions for the most part. A few changes can be made but nothing major. **We need to redo the audio.** Your voice comes through just fine but the other one is barely audible. I'm not being a perfectionist but I could barely make out the words with the volume on my Mac turned all the way up. We can go back to the one voice if getting a 2nd one is not feasible. Try using the microphone built right into your Mac.

We will need to include an __**introduction** and a **summary**__ that stress the "so what? about the Big6. The intro could be part of the audio that stresses the Big6 as being a
 * "road map for the research journey,"
 * the students' desire to improve organizational and planning skills,
 * learning to use a variety of resources to do research,
 * learning to perform information searches quickly and efficiently, and
 * the desired tangible outcome every 4th or 5th grader looks for- a good grade,
 * as well as what every teacher hopes to instill in their students- valuable lifelong skills
 * planning,
 * organization,
 * information research,
 * technology skills.

These all need to be a part of the persuasive part of the project. So far, our project just tells the kids what the Big6 is. We don't convince them about why they should use this strategy for research. The bulk of the work is finished, we just need to tighten it up and add the persuasive part. Right now, we simply tell the students what the Big6 is without the **over-reaching umbrella of lifelong skills.** I obtained a little feedback from a respected individual- my college age son. :- Anyway, iIf you work on the ** introduction **, I'll work on the **summary.** I'll call you tomorrow between 11:00-12:00. I've got some things to do but it shouldn't take too long. It is possible to record on the Glog site as long as you have a built-in microphone. Can also do this on PPT and iMovie. Save it as an audio file- we will need to ask someone for help on that part. We are making good progress! Lisa (June) 10/??/10 Here is the link to the newest PPT Draft 4 (Lisa) Big6 ppt Lisa June Both October 14, 2010 Lisa: Check out this "final" version. June

Big 6 Rationale Voice #1: Your teacher has asked you to do a research project this year. As your school librarians, we are happy to help you with that! Voice #2: Today, we are going to show you **//one ( change to “an effective way”) //** way to work on your research project using a method called the Big 6. The Big 6 has six very clear steps to guide you in your quest. Voice #1: After you watch this presentation, you will see learn/ know??? how to: · narrow your topic, · find information, · present your findings, and · reflect upon your learning. June, this is only 4 points- what is missing or do these 4 points cover all 6 steps? Voice #2: You can use this method when you do research on any topic, including ; social studies or science or math or language arts. Voice #1: You can use the Big6 in any class for any purpose! Are you ready? Here we go!

10/13/10 (3:40pm) June, Did you know that you can save a PPT as a movie? The only problem is that fading from one slide to another is too fast so you can't read anything. I'm not sure how to fix that but I'll play around with it tomorrow. I inserted a wordle slide after the building blocks. I sent a jpeg of the wordle to you via email. I also learned how to do a screen capture. It is in Utilities on your Mac - open Grab, the rest is self explanatory. There is also a "tutorial" on inserting a sound file. If I had one, I'd test it out.... If I save each slide separately in a folder, we may be able to upload everything to the glogster.com site. Again, saving that investigation for another day. I have so many other things to do...With all that we discussed on the phone, you forgot to tell me your great idea!

10/13/10 June, I have made the edits we discussed today on the phone. I also added a question to each slide of search engines. Look at it carefully. If you can record and insert the rationale as an audi o file, that would be great. The works cited page may have to be split into two as I don't think all the info. will fit on one slide. Talk to you on Friday. Lisa P.S. Here is the link to the newest PPT Draft 4 Big6 ppt

10/13/10 Lisa: I've got a great idea! I think I figured out the thread to connect our slides! Remind me when we talk today--because I will forget! June

10/12/10 June, I cannot look at this anymore today. If you could add your ideas and make some changes as well, that would be great. Just upload it to the wiki and call it "June's version" or something to that effect, then we can compare, etc. I'd change the #s for 4&5 but words won't fit in that space...I'm glad you reminded me that I am supposed to call you tomorrow! I'd have forgotten! :(

10/12/10 Lisa: As per our phone conversation today (Oh, we made such progress!), here are my notes on the slide presentation:
 * Slide Title || Suggestion/Correction? ||
 * STEP ONESTEP TWO || We have the number 1 before the words "Task Definition." For STEP TWO, we have the number 2 before "Information-Seeking Strategies." We do not have that numbering consistently throughout the six steps. How do you want to change that? Do you want to retain the numbers? If so, we need to add them elsewhere. Also...Is the font the same on each slide? ||
 * STEP THREE || periods at the end of the bullet points ||
 * INFORMATIONAL RESOURCES || Can verb tense to future: "How will you...?" ||
 * STEPS 4 & 5 || Write our numbers: four, five. Use "and" instead of ampersand (to be consistent with other slides). Change verb tense to future: "How will you..." Is that second question appropriate to our topic? How can we reword? Do we want a separate slide for STEP FOUR and then STEP FIVE? ||
 * STEP 6-REFLECTION || Remove the hyphen and the word "Reflection" from the header. ||
 * GENERAL NOTE || Lisa, I think we need to __**concretize**__ the presentation by showing our topic at each juncture, each step throughout the Big 6. In other words we show the steps, but very generally, let's actually mold the topic just as a learner would and display what that would look like. Let's talk more about that tomorrow. See you at 11:00AM tomorrow.

Here's a great Website I found: []

It has that triangle we wanted! ||

10/11/10 I am officially weary of this. I'll need to look at this more carefully. June

10/10/10 ( OH! today is 10-10-10). Supposed to be my lucky day! :-)

June, I am adding some benefits of using the Big6 Inquiry method to the Big6 page. Not sure, but my experience tells me that it is more beneficial to promote a method I can envision using in the future, as opposed to a more general theory that I'm less likely to use. I'm a very practical individual so I vote for a Big6 presentation. What are your thoughts?

Big6 it is.

Benefits of the Big6 Inquiry method:

Bold phrases should be included but how without making the presentation too long? What about putting these into the

__transition slides?__

The Big Six is a teaching and learning model that educates children about how to effectively identify problems and initiate a plan of action in order to solve them. (What do they want to learn more about? How will they accomplish the task?) It is a process that may require steps to be revisited as need dictates. The Big6 model enhances student learning and builds on their ability to evaluate information while locating and processing what they find. What does this mean for students?


 * It promotes social relationships as **__ students work collaboratively __**  with classmates, teachers, school librarians, technology facilitators, or other library personnel.


 * Children are generally __** motivated to read and find out more about topics related to the curriculum **__  as they grasp new ideas in varied ways. Using an inquiry-based, project-oriented approach is appealing to many students.


 * The Big6 encourages children to __** ask questions and to initiate action **__  to find answers.


 * ** Learning curriculum content, developing research skills, and using technology tools **are __**synchronous learning processes**__; none isolated from the others.
 * To experience success in this approach to learning, children must be **__ active participants __**  in the learning process by  **__ demonstrating independence, self-motivation, and productive time management, while remaining flexible to adaptations in a plan of action (Abilock 2007). __**


 * By using the Big6 approach, children **__ develop new skills in information literacy __**  not just for the completion of a task, but also as a means to  **__ becoming life-long learners. __**

The change for the 21st Century educator means that educational strategies must

shift from teaching students how to use the library to teaching students

how to find, synthesize, use and evaluate the information they find , as well as to

evaluate the entire information seeking process (Abilock 2007) and product.

10/08/10 **Possible audience for Big6** or **UBD**- Upper elementary/ Middle school students (collaborative projects), Grade 4-6 teachers (Inservice) I like the idea of grade 4 and 5 teachers for inservice. For most places in the DFW area, at least, *I think* grade 5 "ends" elementary school.

**__Relevance__**: **Teaching children how to learn and how to research a topic** Review of Big6 ppt. Nice.

**__TOPIC__**: Not sure it needs to be specific - should be more general in content -__General in content can be used in any situation__ I think it is time to ask this question. Will you post to Dr. M. on the Main Discussion Board? Now I am just not sure.

Are these topics original (your ideas) or are they from somewhere? I'm open to whichever you like. I do think #1 may be difficult to research. I like #5, but I think I need an example of where you are going with that.
 * **Central Idea** Possibilities using **UBD - can also use the Big6 steps to find the answers**
 * 1) Family histories provide an insight into cultural and personal identity- (cultural backgrounds)
 * 2) Human survival is connected to understanding the continual changing nature of the Earth- (science)
 * 3) Communities provide interconnected services designed to meet people's needs- (goods and services)
 * 4) Human migration is a response to challenges, risks and opportunities- (global community and human interactions)
 * 5) A variety of signs and symbols facilitate local and global communication -
 * 6) Government systems and decisions can promote or deny equal opportunities and social justice- (civic responsibility)

**Audience:** 5th Grade Social Studies Teachers (Inservice Program)

**Relevance:** TEKS for Social Studies, subskill: Citizenship

Note: This is directly quoted from the TEA Website (http://www.tea.state.tx.us/):

(17) Citizenship. The student understands important symbols, customs, celebrations, and landmarks that represent American beliefs and principles and contribute to our national identity. The student is expected to: (A) explain various patriotic symbols, including Uncle Sam, and political symbols such as the donkey and elephant; (B) sing or recite "The Star-Spangled Banner" and explain its history; (C) recite and explain the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag; (D) describe the origins and significance of national celebrations such as Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Constitution Day, Columbus Day, and Veterans Day; and (E) explain the significance of important landmarks, including the White House, the Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore.

**Persuasion** Animoto? Powerpoint? (a combination of the two?)

Beginning: Images followed by Questions Middle: Inquiry Steps – Citizenship Objective (See above.) Ending: Why process is important?


 * What? || Images/Text || Sound || Relevance ||
 * Citizenship:Symbols, landmarks, etc. || Uncle Sam (17.A)Image from?

Pledge of Allegiance (17.c)Voice over of children would be cool-->

Statue of Liberty (17.E) Image available on Animoto? I'll check out the Animoto song choices for something patriotic. UBD Inquiry Steps (based on Citizenship Objectives):Six Facets of Understanding:

Explanation Interpretation Application Perspective EmpathySelf-Knowledge

Authors Wiggins and McTighe (1998) discuss what the [six] facets imply for unit design. They introduce the acronym __**WHERE**__ in Chapter 8 of their book, //Understanding By Design//. WHERE allows educators to easily recall five essential elements of curriculum design. W = Where are we headed?; H = Hook the student through engaging and provocative entry points.; E = Explore and enable/equip; R = Reflect and rethink (this is where the six facets become critical); and E = Exhibit and evaluate (115-116).
 * Importance of the UBD Process: not limited to school projects (life skill); understanding is more than retrieval of information**

Works Cited ||