Category: 21st Century Learning

• STEAM Job descriptions for Curriculum Planning

      Using job descriptions can facilitate program planning and student learning. A job description provides us with rich opportunities to extract content areas, learning goals, success criteria, and rich tasks for learning. It just doesn’t matter if the position is paid or not, volunteer or mandatory. The point is that you will often find key […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  November 12, 2016

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  #feedbackfriendly, assessment, Big Ideas in Education, curriculum integration, feedback, Feedback Friendly Classroom, Instructional Design, integrated learning, Job search, makerspaces, planning, program design, Project based learning, STEAM

• Create your own Google Search Engine

  We are hearing a lot recently about search engines for kids. This is a tricky issue when we get into issues of social justice and certain groups of people and topics being omitted from searches. No matter what, we always need to be vigilant with our students when it comes to searching the internet. I […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  March 2, 2016

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  Big Ideas in Education, content curation for kids, curating, Google Custom Search, information literacy, Librarianship, Research, resource management, Search Engines, students

• Innovation for New Pedagogies and Education Spaces

  

  I have been thinking a lot lately about the deeper ‘why’ behind the need for innovation in education. The deeper WHY behind the need for new spaces and also new initiatives including, but not limited to, makerspaces and genius hour. While I have led initiatives like these before, and believe in them, I wanted to […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  January 29, 2016

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  Big Ideas in Education, education, Equity, FNMI, FNMI students, genius hour, innovation, Learning, makerspaces, new spaces for learning, oppression in education, social justice in education, spaces, teaching

• Learning Commons Technology Mini-MOOC

  

  Learning Commons Technology Mini-MOOC The purposes of a Library Learning Commons are inherent in the 5 Standards of the Canadian Library Association. They can be found in the Leading Learning Document. They are as follows: Facilitating collaborative engagement to cultivate and empower a community of learners. Advancing the learning community to achieve school goals. Cultivating […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  January 25, 2016

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  Big Ideas in Education, Canadian Library Association, Collaborative Engagement, community, Deborah McCallum, Differentiated Pathways, edtech, educators, eLearning, Instructional Design, Leading Learning, Learning Commons, Learning Communities, Library, literacies, Mini-Mooc, MOOC, Networked Learning, Parents, Participatory Learning, safe learning environments, students, Technology, TM4, Treasure Mountain 2016

• Learning Commons Technology Mini-MOOC

  

  Learning Commons Technology Mini-MOOC The purposes of a Library Learning Commons are inherent in the 5 Standards of the Canadian Library Association. They can be found in the Leading Learning Document. They are as follows: Facilitating collaborative engagement to cultivate and empower a community of learners. Advancing the learning community to achieve school goals. Cultivating […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  January 24, 2016

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  Big Ideas in Education, Canadian Library Association, Collaborative Engagement, community, Deborah McCallum, Differentiated Pathways, edtech, educators, eLearning, Instructional Design, Leading Learning, Learning Commons, Learning Communities, Library, literacies, Mini-Mooc, MOOC, Networked Learning, Parents, Participatory Learning, safe learning environments, students, Technology, TM4, Treasure Mountain 2016

• Reading the Internet

  

    We spend so much time talking about the technology, and all of the great new apps, programs, tips and tricks. Undoubtedly it is a literacy unto itself. But do we really teach our kids how to ‘read’ the internet? How do we harness literacy skills as they specifically relate to the technologies available to […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  November 16, 2015

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  adolescent readers, Alan November, Big Ideas in Education, digital literacy, digital media, edtech, information literacy, Literacy, Paris, reading, Reading comprehension, Reading responses, reading strategies, Reading the Internet, transferring skills

• Innovation with Relationships in Education

  This morning we had the privilege of listening to George Couros speak about Innovation. This was very inspiring to me because I am passionate about knowledge building, innovation, and incorporating FNMI values, cultures and perspectives into my learning environments. In my opinion, learning in education is also enhanced through play. Innovation can emerge through ‘Play’, […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  May 10, 2014

  21st Century Learning, Innovation

  Big Ideas in Education, community, Cultures, education, FNMI, George Couros, innovation, Learning, play, PLN’s, Relationships, Right to Play, Righttoplay, Student Voice, Values

• What is important in Education?

  What is Important in Education?   I have recently been doing some reading and listening to  John Seely Brown, and so much of what he has discussed in his work resonates with my own thought processes and inquiries right now. As I think about how our education system needs to change in order to promote […]

  Deborah McCallum; Big Ideas in Education

  April 14, 2014

  21st Century Learning, Inquiry, Inquiry Based Learning

  Big Ideas in Education, community building, education, education reform, education reimagined, entrepreneurial skills, FNMI, Inquiry, Inquiry Based Learning, John Seely Brown, knowledge production, New Pedagogies, Pedagogy, play