Tag: Librarianship

• 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

• 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

• Holistic Tech Integration in the Library Learning Commoms

  Holistic Tech Integration in the Library Learning Commons

  Deborah McCallum

  January 25, 2016

  Big Ideas in Education

  Librarianship, Library Learning Commons, Technology integration

• The Collaboration Contemplation

    We are hearing so much about collaboration. We hear about all of the benefits, why we should do it, how it improves our practice and student achievement.  I have had wonderful success with amazing collaborations through inquiries, projects, conferences, leadership opportunities, and with students, parents an amazing colleagues! In this way, it has solved […]

  Deborah McCallum

  December 24, 2015

  Big Ideas in Education, Collaboration

  Big Ideas in Education, collaboration, collaborative inquiry, Deborah McCallum, education, leadership, Learning, Librarianship, teacher based inquiries

• Holistically integrating ICT with the help of the Library

  

  Originally created and shared by Deborah McCallum on https://sites.google.com/site/guidetoholisticeducation/librarianship: The purpose of this post is to provide examples of holistic instructional strategies involving information technology in any learning environment. Rather than solely focusing on objectives, assessment outcomes and a heirarchy of subject matter, which are important, the role of the Teacher-Librarian is to help learners […]

  Deborah McCallum

  August 5, 2015

  Big Ideas in Education, Learning Commons

  21st Century Education, Big Ideas in Education, blended learning, Canadian Library Association, content curation, Deborah McCallum, edtech, Holistic Learning, Information Technology, Inquiry Based Learning, Knowledge Building, Learning Commons, Librarianship, makered, makerspaces, Ontario Library Association, Together for Learning

• 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

• Cultivating Knowledge in Virtual Spaces

    There are vast amounts of ‘blank’ spaces in our virtual worlds. The empty virtual spaces will eventually be filled with knowledge. But who’s knowledge will have the privilege of being promoted?  I believe that this is an issue that we need to be concerned about particularly in light of current events in the issue […]

  Deborah McCallum

  February 1, 2014

  21st Century Learning, Knowledge Building, Learning Commons, New Models of Learning

  Big Ideas in Education, collaboration, creation, curate, curating, cyberspace, edtech, education, Educational Technology, information in education, knowledege-building, knowledge, Learning Commons, librarian, Librarianship, Library, Net Neutrality, presenting, Research, share, sharing, virtual education, virtual spaces, virtual world

• Acquire, Manipulate, Process, Present: My 4 Steps for Knowledge Building

  The education sector essentially uses a variety of programs and strategies to add significant value to the lives of all learners. Each one depends upon unique interactions of both the educator and the learner. We are confronting the new challenges that schools are facing in the 21st century. These include, but not limited to, technology […]

  Deborah McCallum

  December 29, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education, My 4 Step Knowledge Building Process

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education, edtech, Educational Technology, information processing, Knowledge Building, Librarianship, Project based learning, Research Process