Big Ideas in Education Blog

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…

  • In support of Libraries for Academic Success & Equity

    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…

  • Holistic Tech Integration in the Library Learning Commoms

    Holistic Tech Integration in the Library Learning Commons

  • 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…

  • Holistically integrating ICT with the help of the Library

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…