Tag: Media Literacy

• Edtech, Advertising, and Media Literacy

  The rapid increase of technology in the 21st century has impacted every sector, and education is no exception. While the benefits are numerous, the drawbacks have included the advertising and commercialism tactics that have permeated the many technologies, especially free technologies that educators are using. If educators are not careful, we could be inadvertently endorsing […]

  Deborah McCallum

  December 27, 2013

  Big Ideas in Education, Ed-Tech, Media Literacy

  Advertising in Education, Big Ideas in Education, edtech, Media Literacy, Pedagogy

• Social Media, Digital Citizenship, Critical Thinking

  We all know that social media platforms hold large databases of our personal information. Even when we think we have deleted a post…it still exists with the companies. Even though we don’t know what will happen with this data in the future, we need to engage in real critical inquiry about the ramifications for the […]

  Deborah McCallum

  September 6, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education, Digital Citizenship, Facebook, Social Media

  21st Century Education, Big Ideas in Education, content aggregation, creativity, critical thinking, digital citizenship, Digital footprints, edtech, Educational Technology, Facebook, Facial Recognition, Graph Search, internet safety, Media Literacy, predicting future outcomes, privacy, Social Media, Student learning, student privacy, student safety

• 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

• First Nations, Metis, Inuit Stereotypes in our Media

      Who’s voices matter in our Canadian Society? Who’s voices matter in education systems? The image you have of First Nations, Metis, & Inuit peoples has been impacted by many forms of media, government, society. If you truly consider someone to be an equal, then you cannot think of them as inferior and yourself […]

  Deborah McCallum

  August 2, 2012

  Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit, Metis

  Aboriginal, citizenship, extreme thinking, First Nations Metis Inuit, Media Literacy, stereotypes

• First Nations, Metis and Inuit Stereotypes in Media: Part I

  Impressions learned in early childhood can last a lifetime. Which is why stereotypes perpetuated in the media surrounding First Nations, Metis, & Inuit students are damaging. Books in particular invite students, and all people, to learn more about themselves, and the world around them. Therefore, it is important to ensure that all books and media […]

  Deborah McCallum

  August 1, 2012

  Aboriginal, First Nations, Inuit, Metis

  Aboriginal, FNMI literacy, Media Literacy, stereotypes