Tag: Technology in Education

• 5 Questions for Innovation: From What to How

  

  As educators we are very clear about WHAT we would like to do in terms of innovation. However, are we clear on HOW we are going to do it?  Very often in our PLN’s, we are sharing great ideas about ‘WHAT‘ to do. The WHAT is often shared in the form of a new technology […]

  Deborah McCallum

  July 8, 2015

  Big Ideas in Education

  Big Ideas in Education, collaborative inquiry, context in learning, Deborah McCallum, deeper learning, edtech, innovation, Learning, PLN, Technology in Education

• 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

• Technology in Education : BYOD & Equitable Access

    BYOD is an initiative that more and more individual schools and boards are considering to run within schools. While it promises many benefits for students, teachers and school boards, it is an initiative that is not without issues and ethical considerations that should be thoughtfully considered by teachers and boards alike. Equity and access […]

  Deborah McCallum

  October 22, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education, BYOD, Ed-Tech, Educational Technology, Equity and Access

  Access, Big Ideas in Education, BYOD, digital divide, edtech, Educational Technology, Equity, Equity and Access, Technology in Education

• The Psychology behind helping students to ‘Connect the Dots’ to the Future

  As Steve Jobs once said: You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the […]

  Deborah McCallum

  June 8, 2013

  21st Century Learning, Big Ideas in Education, Cognitive Psychology

  21st Century Technology, cognition, Cognitive Psychology, Digital footprints, higher order thinking skills, metacognition, Technology in Education