Tag: reading

• 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

• It is not about the technology. It is about what we do with it.

  This year I have been greatly inspired from a Teacher-Librarian at another school, who has been an expert at garnering support for reading amazing Canadian Literature!  More specifically – The Forest of Reading from the Ontario Library Association.  What I love most about what she does, is that she has built a strong global sense of community […]

  Deborah McCallum

  March 25, 2014

  Ed-Tech, Educational Leadership, Educational Technology

  21st Century skills, Big Ideas in Education, Blended Literacy, collaborative inquiry, community, digital literacy, edtech, Forest of reading, Forest of Technology, frameworks, Inquiry, Learning, Literacy, reading

• Merging Literacies in the 21st Century

  Let’s learn together about how to promote literacy in the 21st century. Merging traditional literacy with digital literacy and other literacies.

  Deborah McCallum

  March 11, 2014

  Big Ideas in Education

  21st Century Technology, Big Ideas in Education, digital literacy, Literacy, love of reading, reading, techhubs