Tag: Research

• 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; Big Ideas in Education

  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

• 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; Big Ideas in Education

  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; Big Ideas in Education

  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; Big Ideas in Education

  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