Tag: information literacy

• 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

  March 2, 2016

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education

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

• 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

  November 16, 2015

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education

  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

• 5 Reasons you need to be a Content Curator

  

  No doubt about it, Content Curation is one of the most important digital skills of our time. The basic fact is that Curation is a strategy that we need just to begin to implement and sift through all of the information online.The following explains the top reasons why we need to engage in quality content curation […]

  Deborah McCallum

  June 3, 2015

  Big Ideas in Education

  Consumption, content curation, creation, edtech, educators, information literacy, Inquiry, learners, SAMR, students, Teachers

• Make School Different: Think Like a Librarian

  In keeping with the meme #makeschooldifferent, I have been thinking more about the philosophies behind Librarianship. I decided to think about this in terms of what I want to START, instead of what we need to STOP pretending. I am passionate about education and have also been working on a project for New Pedagogies for […]

  Deborah McCallum

  May 3, 2015

  Big Ideas in Education

  21st Century skills, Big Ideas in Education, collaboration, Deborah McCallum, Education Commons, information literacy, innovation, Learning Commons, Make School different, Makeshooldifferent, new pedagogies for deep learning, NPDL

• Publishing Student Work: Who owns the copyright?

  Who owns the copyright of student work? Should teachers be allowed to publish student work without permission or informed consent? In elementary school, we teach information literacy skills and teach students to properly cite the images and works of others. Creative Commons and the Education Fair Use act allows students to use and cite the […]

  Deborah McCallum

  March 22, 2014

  Copyright, Copyright Modernization Act, Digital Publishing

  Big Ideas in Education, character education, copyright, Creative Commons, Deborah McCallum, digital citizenship, digital publishing, education, elementary students, fair use, FNMI, High school, information literacy, Literacy, respecting children, Social Media

• Information Literacy in the 21st Century Classroom

        Information literacy skills are of paramount importance in the 21st Century. Information Literacy is an all encompassing term that includes traditional reading, writing, oral communication, digital literacy, media literacy, digital citizenship and higher order thinking skills. Higher order thinking skills includes critical thinking, and are are necessary for all curriculum areas and […]

  Deborah McCallum

  March 16, 2014

  21st Century Learning, Knowledge Building

  Big Ideas in Education, critical thinking, edtech, education, Educational Technology, information literacy, information processing, Inquiry Based Learning, Knowledge Building, Learning Commons, Library, Research, technology enabled classrooms