Category: Educator’s Journey

Embedding literacy and numeracy: The funnel of context

Jun 19, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Sometimes, it’s too easy to just jump straight into the fun stuff. When you’re enthusiastic about using a new resource or teaching activity or you’re just coming to grips with this whole embedding literacy and numeracy thing you might be tempted to just jump into the deep water without thinking things through. This approach does…
Embedding literacy and numeracy: What’s your plan?

Jun 16, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Here’a another one from the Literacy Numeracy Pro infinite content generation engine… It’s important to have a plan. If you are a trades trainer or vocational tutor you need to have a plan on how you’re going to deal with the literacy and numeracy needs of your learners. Why? Well… because the same stuff that…
What literacy and numeracy-related content would you like to see on YouTube?

May 28, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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I’m looking to develop further content to go on our YouTube channel for embedding literacy and numeracy. What kind of video content would you like to see on YouTube? I’m particularly interested in material that supplements our professional development process, but open to any ideas at this stage. Here’s what I’m currently considering creating or…
Evaluating your Embedded LN Project work – NCALNE (Voc) Section 7

May 17, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Here’s the revised playlist for Section 7 of the NCALNE (Voc) on evaluating the effectiveness of your embedded literacy and numeracy project work. See your ALEC NCALNE (Voc) Assessment Guide and Study Guide for further details on templates and examples.
Diagnostic – NCALNE (Voc) Section 4

May 16, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Here’s the revised playlist for Section 4 of the NCALNE (Voc) on the using diagnostic tools and processes to know your learners better. See your ALEC NCALNE (Voc) Assessment Guide and Study Guide for further details on templates and examples.
Mapping with the Learning Progressions – NCALNE (Voc) Section 3

May 16, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Here’s the revised playlist for Section 3 of the NCALNE (Voc) on the using the Learning Progressions to map the literacy and numeracy training demands of your course including details on the assessment tasks required. See your ALEC NCALNE (Voc) Assessment Guide and Study Guide for further details on templates and examples.
New Zealand Context for Literacy and Numeracy – NCALNE (Voc) Section 1

May 16, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Here’s the revised playlist for Section 1 of the NCALNE (Voc) on the New Zealand context for literacy and numeracy including details on the assessment tasks required. See your ALEC NCALNE (Voc) Assessment Guide and Study Guide for further details on templates and examples.
Metaphors to train by…

Feb 4, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Being a literacy kind of guy, I really like metaphors. I was thinking about this recently, and I realised that there are a whole bunch of metaphors that I constantly use and refer to. I just haven’t really made them explicit with my learners. However, I did today. These metaphors work for me with the…
Setting the scene for tutor professional development with managers and others

Jan 24, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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How do you convince managers and others of the value of professional development for possibly resistant staff? This is especially an issue for us when dealing with something that sounds inherently mysterious and difficult, i.e. embedding literacy and numeracy. Here’s part of the approach I’m planning for this year as I get ready for a…
The Educator’s Journey Revisited

Jan 24, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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I’ve written previously about the Educator’s Journey here and here and here. This is a shorter more visual version of essentially the same thing. This version is influenced by Robert Green’s new book Mastery which I’ve just started listening to. We see this progression in basic terms when we deliver our NCALNE (Voc) professional development. Our…