Category: Library

• In support of Libraries for Academic Success & Equity

  

  Libraries are essential in building academic success and equity in our schools and learning environments. This is very easy when staff and students come from similar backgrounds and share similar languages, experiences and expectations. But what about the ‘others’? The one’s who do not share similar experiences, expectations, languages, and backgrounds? First, what does it […]

  Deborah McCallum

  February 7, 2016

  Big Ideas in Education, Library

  academic success, assimilation, citizenship, curriculum, dominant culture, dominant power structures, Equity, Flexible spaces, Historic injustices, Instructional Strategies, Learning, Librarianship, Library, makerspaces, Privilege and oppression, Resource acquisition, Teacher-Librarian, teaching, welcoming environments

• Knowledge Building in the Learning Commons

  Knowledge Building in the Learning Commons   Knowledge Building in the Learning Commons By Deborah McCallum “Knowledge building is perhaps the most important skill of the 21st Century” McCallum aligns the knowledge building process to major ideas and the standards from the new document Leading Learning: Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons published […]

  Deborah McCallum

  May 24, 2014

  Knowledge Building, Learning Commons, Library

  21st century, Big Ideas in Education, Canadian Library Association, Collaboration in Education, Deborah McCallum, Knowledge Building, Librarianship, Standards of Practice for School Library Learning Commons, Treasure Mountain 2014

• 8 Considerations when Creating a 21st Century Learning Commons

  There are important elements that need to be considered when trying to create a 21st Century Library Space. Libraries of the 21st Century truly need to be spaces that promote both physical and virtual senses of Safety, Inclusiveness, and Equity. Regardless of your situation, Safety, Inclusiveness, and Equity need to be at the forefront of […]

  Deborah McCallum

  March 22, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Best Practices, Big Ideas in Education, Learning Commons, Library

  21st Century Education, 21st Century Library spaces, Learning Commons, Library

• Copyright Matters: 13 ways the laws apply to education

  The Copyright Matters document describes the newest laws in Canada as ruled by the Copyright Modernization Act. The purpose is to protect the creative processes of others and to make sure that teachers and students are using the material of others appropriately. The Creative processes occur in an Educational Institution whereby students Create their own […]

  Deborah McCallum

  January 2, 2013

  Copyright, Library

  Canada, copyright, Copyright Matters, Copyright Modernization Act, education, Fair Dealing