Tag: Library

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 8 Ingredients for increasing Literacy and 21st Century Skills

  Students who access and use libraries and their contents – both librarians and books – outperform those students who rarely or never use libraries.  I am inspired from this quote from the article:  It’s About Access. This is particularly because it outlines 2 very powerful words:  Access and Use. Access and use of effective and appropriate […]

  Deborah McCallum

  May 25, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education, Educational Leadership

  21st Century skills, Access, Big Ideas in Education, critical thinking, Deborah McCallum, education, Library, Literacy, Print and electronic resources, Usage of Resources

• 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