Category: Embedding numeracy
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7 Things You Need To Do To Totally Dominate Literacy and Numeracy
The other day I listed a bunch of reasons why you need to punch literacy and numeracy in the face. Today I want to tell you how to be the Ronda Rousey of adult literacy and numeracy education. Some of this you can do on your own. Mostly, though you need to do this as an…
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What do entrepreneurs do that you could do if you work in education? Part 3: Tools
Tools for your (mostly) digital toolbox The other day I outlined some of the ideas, approaches, and tools that I’ve started using in my work in education that have made my life easier and more manageable. Mostly, I’ve borrowed these concepts and tools from the world of start ups, entrepreneurship, and design. Then I suggested a short…
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What do entrepreneurs do that you could do if you work in education? Part 2: Self assessment
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In my last post I discussed some of the things that I’ve borrowed from entrepreneurial and design thinking. These have worked successfully for me and allowed me to gradually change how I think about my work and allowed me to survive and thrive in a chaotic and uncertain work environment. Like I also said, this…
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What do entrepreneurs do that you could do if you work in education? Part 1: Ideas, concepts, tools
Literacy and numeracy is a tough business to work in due to the increasing demands of… well, everything. I have a conference workshop coming up soon and I’m going to argue that one of the things that has worked well for me (in terms of daily survival) is training myself to think and act more…
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Using teaching strategies (also known as instructional strategies) with embedded literacy and numeracy teaching
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How do I get started on Assessment 5 of the NCALNE (Voc) and demonstrating that I’m actually embedding literacy and numeracy into my training?
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How do I get started on Literacy and Numeracy Diagnostic Assessment – and Assessment 4 of the NCALNE (Voc)
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How do I get started on Assessment 3 of the NCALNE (Voc) including Mapping with the Learning Progressions?
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How to get started on Assessment 2 of the NCALNE (Voc) on Maori Literacy and Numeracy
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in 2.0, Adult, ako, ALEC, Education delivery model, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Graeme Smith, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, New Zealand, Pathways, Pathways AwaruaIf you’re feeling like you’re having a tough time getting started on Assessment 2 of your NCALNE (Voc) on Maori Literacy and Numeracy there are quite a few resources here on my blog. Some are feeling a little dated now and are likely to get a refresh over 2015 and moving forward, but for now…
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Group Observation Checklist for Listening & Speaking
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in 2.0, 2015, 21204, Activities, ALEC, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Listening, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, NCALNE, Professional Development, Qualifications, SpeakingThis post carries on my collection of a few different diagnostic assessment tools for use with learners with literacy and numeracy issues. So far I’ve looked at: A basic, but fairly broad numeracy diagnostic assessment. Creating your own contextualised vocabulary diagnostics including developing a word bank to help you do this. A learner observation checklist for…