Tag: Student Success

• Tips for Running Blended Learning Environment with your Students

    Three years ago, I embarked on a challenge to integrate FNMI knowledge and blended learning with all of the Grade 3 students in my school. I teach AQ and college courses with D2L, so how hard could it be? It was quite challenging to say the least. So challenging, I decided to put the blended […]

  Deborah McCallum

  April 6, 2014

  21st Century Learning

  Big Ideas in Education, blended learning, D2L, Desire2Learn, education, FNMI knowledge integration, Learning, Learning Management Systems, new pedagogies for deep learning, ossemooc, OTRK12, Student Success, Student Voice

• Are you a Holistic Educator? Or a Dancing Monkey?

  Holistic teaching involves more than just curriculum expectations and standardized testing. It is about teaching our students to connect their own feelings, emotions, and experiences with the knowledge to create meaning. Teaching holistically is important to foster a culture of inclusiveness, cooperation, and empathy in our classrooms. We may understand the philosophy behind the holistic […]

  Deborah McCallum

  March 22, 2014

  Big Ideas in Education, Community, Culture & Caring

  Aboriginal values, assessment, Big Ideas in Education, community, culture and caring, education, educational strategies, FNMI, holism, holistic teaching practices, indigenous education, Inquiry Based Learning, interconnectedness, pedgagogy, Student Success, teaching philosophy

• Top 10 Criteria for Choosing Edtech

    There are important considerations that need to be at the forefront of our decision making when it comes to choosing edtech. When we metaphorically ‘grab’ onto the technology and use it without thought as to how it affects our pedagogy, we may be putting our learners at a a disadvantage. Therefore, there are several […]

  Deborah McCallum

  January 2, 2014

  21st Century Learning, Ed-Tech, Educational Leadership, Educational Technology, eLearning

  Big Ideas in Education, Classroom ecology, Digital Tools, Ed-Tech, Educational ethics, Educational Leadership, Educational Technology, Equity and Access, Equity and Access to Education, Equity and Access to Technology, Ethics, Ethics in Education, leadership, Pedagogy, Student Success, technology adaptation, Technology in Education

• Reflections on Mindsets & the Psychology of Success

    Teachers expectations of students abilities in the classroom play significant roles in learner success. Likewise, learner mindsets have strong impacts in education. The best way to realize the potential within ourselves and the potential within others, especially our learners is, to set and identify reasonable goals – not as ultimate boundaries to where you can go […]

  Deborah McCallum

  December 28, 2013

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

  Big Ideas in Education, mindsets, Student Success

• Learning Disabilities: Early Identification and Consistency

    In this day in age, some organizations definitely ‘push’ for early identification of children who have Learning Disabilities (LD). This is often in contrast to school systems who prefer to wait until children are 8 years old before diagnoses are made. However, early identification of LD’s is warranted, because research does in fact demonstrate […]

  Deborah McCallum

  November 7, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Learning Disabilities

  Big Ideas in Education, exceptional learners, Learning, Learning Disabilities, professional development, Special Education, Strategies for Success, Student Success

• Edtech, Boundaries of Competence, Student Success

  When educators talk about all of the great ways to incorporate technology into the classroom, it is easy to make education about the technology and not the message or curriculum, or the whole student. However, it is wise to start with the learning goals that are based on the curriculum and needs of the students. […]

  Deborah McCallum

  August 8, 2013

  Ethical Principles, Student Success & Transitions, Technology

  Big Ideas in Education, boundaries of competence, edtech, Educational Technology, Ethical principles, Ethics in Education, FNMI, Learning, learning goals, Professional Learning Networks, Student Success, teaching, technology in the classroom