Tag: Education Technology

• The Careful Consideration of eLearning – Deborah McCallum – Medium

  

  Deborah McCallum

  March 17, 2019

  Big Ideas in Education

  education, Education Technology, eLearning, eLearning design tips, elearning development, online learning

• ‘Quiet’? or ‘Conversational’ Classrooms

  

  The term ‘Quiet’ in our traditional school classrooms, often equates to ‘compliance’. This was very important when our traditional school system was built over 100 years ago. It was essential that we had compliance from our students to adequately train them for the industrial era. When I think of quiet classrooms, I think about the […]

  Deborah McCallum

  April 18, 2015

  Big Ideas in Education

  21st Century Education, collaboration, collaborative inquiry, Communication, community, connecting, critical thinking, curriculum, Curriculum Design, Differentiation, edtech, Education Technology, Inquiry, Knowledge Building, sharing, socializing

• Information-Processing in the Digital Age: Beginning with Content Curation

  The process of finding information and creating new knowledge involves key skills that are important for all learners. In the 21st century, the amount of information that our students must process has grown exponentially, and will continue to grow. This is one area where we need to build capacity with our educators. In the 21st […]

  Deborah McCallum

  January 5, 2014

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education, Capacity Building, Ed-Tech, Educational Leadership, Educational Technology, Uncategorized

  Big Ideas in Education, Capacity building, content curation, edtech, Education Technology, information processing, Library, Research, school goals

• Facilitating a Digital Publishing Program in my new Education Commons Role

    Last year started out as an exciting year, where I had the opportunity to launch a Student Publishing Program in our Library. Inspired by the SAMR and Technology Integration Matrix, and the TPACK models, I decided to design a Digital Publishing Program. As I continue with this initiative in this new school year, I […]

  Deborah McCallum

  September 8, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Aboriginal, Best Practices, Big Ideas in Education, Differentiation, Educational Leadership, Educational Technology, Ideas for Learning Strategies

  21st Century Library spaces, Assessment of learning, Big Ideas in Education, Deborah McCallum, Differentiation, Digital Publishing in the Learning commons, edtech, Education Commons, Education Technology, Elementary Library Spaces, IPad, IPhone, Learning Commons, Librarianship, Library, Publishing

• 6 Reasons to Promote 21st Century Skills vs 21st Century Tech

  “Any educator that aims at completeness must be at once theoretical and practical, intellectual and moral.” Aldous Huxley, Words and Their Meaning, 1940. There are many skills that go into creating that ‘complete’ learning experience that we want for our students. Theory, practical, intellectual and moral principles all play important roles in the development of […]

  Deborah McCallum

  April 24, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Learning Skills

  21st Century Education, 21st Century skills, 21st Century Technology, Aldous Huxley, Big Ideas in Education, digital citizenship, edtech, education, Education Technology, Learning Skills, Media Literacy, Pedagogy, Plato, Skill, Socrates, Technology

• FNMI, eLearning and Culturally Relevant Education

  https://flic.kr/p/jS3h The FNMI populations across North America are incredibly diverse, both linguistically and culturally. With literally hundreds of different First Nations and Aboriginal populations, we are faced with many challenges with regards to how we can adequately preserve Indigenous knowledge and ways of living within Canada. In our Western world, standardized, results-based practices, measurement, and […]

  Deborah McCallum

  March 31, 2013

  First Nations Metis Inuit Perspectives

  Aboriginal, Big Ideas in Education, Cultural Awareness, cultural relevance, culturally relevant teaching, edtech, education, Education Technology, eLearning strategies, First Nations, FNMI, indigenous education, Metis, nuit, Technology