C+-+Assignments

= Evaluating Scalability: A Case Study (Whole Group/Team) =   =**Scaling Up the Big6 Information Literacy PD Initiative**= The Information Literacy Committee of the Bayside School System has identified the need to develop an online professional development course instructing teachers on the Big6 Research Model.

**Course Description:** Participants will: Participants will: The six-week professional development program will be offered in an online format. Each week, participants will be introduced to one of the steps of the Big6, along with ancillary concepts and resources related to that step. (Examples include using online databases, comparing database to Google searching, evaluating websites, reviewing types of research, reviewing note-taking, using NoodleTools for Works Cited lists, examining quality presentations, delivering presentations, etc.) They will incorporate the information learned about each step into an ongoing final product in the form of a research lesson or unit. Each teacher will present his/her research lesson that incorporates the Big6 Research Model to the course participants during the last week of the course.
 * PD Goals**
 * 1) Apply the Big6 research model to develop a Big6 research lesson or unit.
 * 2) Integrate the Big6 problem-solving/research process into academic instruction across the curriculum
 * PD Objectives**
 * 1) Understand the Big6 Research Model through online discussions and authentic instruction.
 * 2) Create research units or lessons that integrate the Big6 Research Model.

The Information Literacy Committee piloted this web-based professional development course to introduce the Big6 research process to eight teachers at the middle and high school levels during the previous school year. The instructor made use of a wiki for content delivery and the county's First Class Collaborative Learning Community (CLC) for their group discussions.

=**Scaling Phase One:**= It is now the summer break, and based on the success of the pilot program, in the fall the Information Literacy Committee would like to expand the enrollment for the Big6 online course to at least 16 more teachers, eight at each level.

As a member of the Information Literacy Committee, how will you proceed with the development of this online PD initiative so that eight middle and eight high school teachers will receive Big6 instruction in the fall of the upcoming school year?

=Directions: = = =  1) Each team will create a GoogleDoc for this assignment. Each team’s Reporter will share the GoogleDoc link in the Scalability Case Study thread in the ELC Whole Group Discussion forum. In your team's GoogleDoc, create a list or develop a logic model of the considerations for scaling up the course for the sixteen teachers to take in the fall.

Optional Resources:

Logic Model Template: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArVAI3Gga2-cdHRZa2tkMFdVS0M2b2FWbk5BSWc1dnc&hl=en List of Considerations Template: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArVAI3Gga2-cdGctVGhRRkltT1k3bDFkaENUSWdkNmc&hl=en

=Scaling Phase Two: Capstone Connection=

Evaluating Scalability: A Case Study (Whole Group)
Think about factors that effect scalability as they relate to your own capstone project. Discuss the scalability of your capstone project. Be sure to mention some of the factors discussed in the articles and how these factors might effect your capstone project. Also discuss how you might modify different design elements in your capstone to meet the needs of an increased number of students.

Post initial response to the instructors' mid week prompt in the **Week 6: Evaluating Scalabilty: Phase 2 Capstone Connection**. whole group discussion forum by **Friday, February 12th**. Post at least two follow-up responses to two different students by **Monday, February 15th**.