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ALEC guiding principles

Mar 9, 2013

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in ALEC, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, SMART, Uncategorized

Let’s have a look at two particular principles that underpin ALEC’s approach to professional development and training. Hopefully, they are principles that you can adopt as your own. We think they really set the scene for the work that we’re about to do. Here’s the first one. It’s a Māori proverb or whakatauki. One of…

Would you rent your professional development and training?

Mar 7, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in Business improvement, Business model generation, Edtech, Education, Literacy and Numeracy, National register, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NDipALNE, Online assessment, Online learning, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, SMART Taupo

Just thinking out loud here… Would tutors, trainers, and organisations purchase low-priced, but ongoing subscriptions to gain access to professional development and training. This is as opposed to paying out a big lump sum payment upfront like standard course fees. And I’m thinking mainly of digitally delivered online education. This is a bit of a…

On why video content trumps interactions for online education

Mar 6, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, Education, Flipped, Online assessment, Online learning, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, Video

This is a rant… Programming interactions for online education and training is a pain in the butt. Recording and editing video can also be a pain in the butt. However, this is what I am starting to realise: Recording video is potentially a whole lot easier than painstakingly creating clever interactions using limited courseware authoring…

Using Lucidchart for process mapping in our education organisation

Jan 31, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in Business improvement, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Process mapping, Productivity, SMART Taupo, Software, Uncategorized

We’ve just started using a new software application as part of our drive to do everything in the cloud. We recently signed up for Google Apps for Business and shifted our emails into the Google Mail system, are integrating Google Drive for cloud-based storage and we’re starting to play with some of the other applications…

#edtechbizdev

Jan 22, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in Business improvement, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Personal development, Professional Development, Self development, Technology

Here’s a broad and largely unsupported generalisation for 2013 moving forward: All education businesses (whether for profit or not) are now education technology businesses. Whether we (or they) like it or not. Here’s another one: Because most teachers and trainers spend most of their time doing the busy work of teaching and training they don’t…

Creating my ideal online vocabulary practice activities

Jan 9, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, Education, Online learning, Uncategorized, Vocabulary

I’ve started working on designing my idea online vocabulary practice system. I’ve written about this before here. Stage 1: Building a database of target vocabulary and related content Locate online versions of high frequency word lists for 1K, 2K, and AWL. Check for creative commons licence or some kind of open source data for the…

What do I need to do next to transform my professional development course into something with wider appeal?

Nov 14, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Business model generation, Edtech, Education, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Export Education, Literacy and Numeracy, Uncategorized

I work in what is possibly the most boring profession in the world. This is not just the world of adult literacy and numeracy education, but adult literacy and numeracy professional development. Need I say more… Ok, great… you’re still reading. Actually, I’ve given up explaining to people what I do. To avoid the glazed…

What’s the Baseline Knowledge for Embedding Literacy and Numeracy?

Nov 6, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, Education, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, infographic, Literacy and Numeracy, Maori Literacy, NCALNE, Online learning, Qualifications

If you are a tutor, training, or otherwise involved in adult education at levels 1 to 3 you should be embedding literacy and numeracy into your trade or other vocational content. You need to understand what the baseline knowledge and skills are for embedding literacy and numeracy. There are seven key areas to focus on: NZ Context…

What software should I use to capture drawing tablet, voice, and slides for creating Sal Khan style YouTube clips?

Nov 1, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Camtasia 2, Edtech, Education, Education resources, NCALNE, Screen capture, Software, Technology

I’m right at the beginning of this learning curve and process, but basically I need to become an online training and especially video production business. This is one of the essential changes I need to make to my education business model in order to survive. To do this I need screen capture software. I’m not…

Which Microphone Does Sal Kahn Use? 2 Great Recommendations

Oct 31, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, Gadgets, Gear, Khan Academy, Microphone, podcast, Podcasting, Recording, Sal Khan, self-publishing, Yeti

To be honest I have no idea which mic Sal Kahn uses… However, I’ve found one that I think absolutely rocks. The Blue Yeti USB Microphone might be one of the best around Here it is. It’s the Blue Microphones Yeti USB Microphone – Silver. This mic seems to work well with both my Macbook…

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