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The Uncommon Podcast with Chance Lunceford and Graeme Smith is Powerful Uncommon

Mar 23, 2021

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Are you uncommon? You might be. You need to check out this excellent podcast episode with Chance Lunceford and Graeme Smith. We’ve got a lot in common that’s uncommon.

Goodbye ALPA – I’ve Joined the NZATD

May 6, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in Business improvement, Development, NZATD, Personal development, Profession, professional, Professional Development, Self development, Tutor Profile, Uncategorized

Last year saw the demise of the Adult Literacy Practitioners Association (ALPA). This means that people like me who occupy this obscure niche of education don’t actually have a professional body to belong to. This doesn’t bother me. But I’ve decided to join the New Zealand Association for Training and Development (NZATD). I think it’s…

Four Tools For Building Cool Stuff Online: Or How To Start Thinking Outside The Box

Oct 10, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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I went to the Supercharge conference the other day in Wellington. This was a business conference… nothing to do with literacy, numeracy or even education (I know… thank goodness right…?) Lots of cool stuff. The coolest though was the 40-minute presentation by Justin Wilcox of Customer Development Labs. At the start of his presentation, he…

Adobe Illustrator Is Transforming How I Develop Teaching Materials

Sep 4, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Adobe, Design, Development, Education, Illustrator, Instructional, Literacy, Materials, Numeracy, Resource, teaching, Training, Transforming

I’m really slow at this, but I’m enjoying how using Adobe Illustrator is changing and improving how I go about developing teaching resources. There’s a lot jammed on this page, but it’s also high definition. It’s designed to be printed at A3 or larger if possible. This is everything that my students need to know…

How To Develop Great Teaching Materials In 5 Steps

Aug 25, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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It’s no secret that I love the process of developing new resources. That’s something that hasn’t changed over quite a few years of teaching and training. My process for materials development has changed quite a lot of the last few years though. I have 5 rules for myself for this process. Well, they’re more like guidelines.…

Literacy & Numeracy Jobs Wanted: Setting Up LN Job Board

Jul 22, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Are you looking for staff with literacy and numeracy expertise and credentials? If you have a literacy and numeracy related job to advertise, I will post it here for free. The same thing applies if you are looking for a contractor or consulting expertise relating to adult literacy and numeracy. At the moment, I am only…

Have your say on Māori adult literacy & numeracy strategy development with the NZCER

Feb 1, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Development, Literacy, Maori, Numeracy, NZCER, Strategy

Kupu Whakamārama Kua tae mai te tono a Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua (TEC) ki Te Wāhanga, i raro i Rangahau Mātauranga o Aotearoa (NZCER) kia hangaia he mahere rautaki mō te 5 tau hei whakapakari i ngā pūkenga pānui pukapuka, pūkenga pāngarau hoki o ngāi pakeke Māori. Your voice is needed on a Māori adult…

More Maths and Numeracy Jigsaw Puzzles – Multiplication and Division

Jan 27, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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I’ve posted our ALEC subtraction jigsaw puzzles here if you want to download and print, or if you want to tinker with them yourself you can also download the original word doc files as well. Here’s the rest of them below… they’re all based around the standard 10 x 10 multiplication and division tables. You…

Try These Maths and Numeracy Jigsaw Puzzles – Subtraction

Jan 27, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Development, Good ideas, Graeme Smith, Jigsaw, Learning, Materials, NCALNE, Numeracy, Practice, Progressions, Resources, Subtraction

For those of you who have attended our literacy and numeracy professional development workshops, you might have seen these cool maths jigsaw puzzles. If not, we’ve done the hard work… all you need to do is print them, cut them out, and use. Learners can complete individually or in pairs. Let me know how you get…

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