Category: Hacking

Hakster Inbound Trucker Cap Designed by Calvin Smith

Oct 19, 2023

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Graeme Smith

in Hacking, Hacks, Lifestyle, wellness and lifestyle

Upgrade your lifestyle with the Hakster Inbound Trucker Cap. Designed for high-performers, this cap not only elevates your style but also improves your grind. Featuring performance mesh, adjustable snapback, and quality stitching, it’s the ultimate accessory for those who grind hard and play harder.
Four Tools For Building Cool Stuff Online: Or How To Start Thinking Outside The Box

Oct 10, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Antifragile, business, Business improvement, Business model generation, Conference, Conferences, consulting, Corporate, crushing it, Customer Service, data driven, Design, Design Principles, Development, Disrupt, Disruption, Ed, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, educator, Educator’s Journey, edupreneur, Embed literacy and numeracy, Emergent, entrepreneur, Experiment, Export Education, Good Design, Good ideas, Graeme, Graeme Smith, Hacking, Hacks, Hand, I want a new job, I want to work in, innovation, International education, Just do it, Leadership, Lean, Lean education, Lean literacy, lean methodology, Lean startup, Lean thinking, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Measurement, Minimum viable, MVP, online, Practitioners, Professional Development, Qualifications, Self development, Software, Solution, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Technology, The rise of the educator-entrepreneur, Transforming, Trend, Trends, Understand more, use data, using data, UX

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…
12 Things You Can Do Right Now To Read Better, Improve Learning, and Understand More

Nov 18, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2.0, Adult, ALEC, comprehension, Education, Graeme Smith, Hacking, Hacks, Improve, Improve learning, Learning, Literacy, Numeracy, Read, Read better, Reading, Reading Comprehension Strategies, Right now, Strategies, Understand, Understand more

You might think that becoming a better reader is a big secret, but it’s totally not. Here are 12 things you can do right now to read better and improve what you remember and understand: 1. Look for connections: Ask yourself what you already know about the topic that you have to read. Draw a…
MOOC 2.0 – Why the future of online learning is about embedding foundational literacy, numeracy, and learning-to-learn skills

Sep 29, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Business improvement, Design, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Flipped, Graeme Smith, Hacking, Improve teaching practice, NZ

If you work in education or you’re just interested in education you’ve probably been following the developments of MOOCs – Massively Open Online Courses. Debate around the MOOCs tends to be polarised. I’m always interested in anything in education that creates such strong emotional responses regardless of which side of the fence you tend to sit…
I shall call him… Mini-MOOC – ALEC, Pathways Awarua and the great unbundling of education

Jul 25, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2015, 21204, ako, ALEC, Business improvement, Business model generation, Camtasia 2, Department of Corrections, Design, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALNE, Flipped, Hacking, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, podcast, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Sal Khan, Self development, Software, TEC, Technology, Video
What kind of microphone does James Altucher use for podcasting?

Jul 25, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Edtech, Education, Gadgets, Gear, Hacking, Headphones, Khan Academy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Microphone, Online learning, podcast, radio, Sal Khan

I know… this is the question that you’ve been asking yourself for weeks, right? Well, you can stop losing sleep over it right now… James Altucher is a kind of podcasting god now with daily daily podcasts coming out as well as his normal high quality and much longer weekly podcasts. Anyway, I have this obsession…
What is school for? You Should Read Seth Godin’s FREE 97 Page Manifesto – Stop Stealing Dreams

Jul 23, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in Education, ALEC, Anxiety caused by learning, Diploma, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education delivery model, Educator’s Journey, Flipped, Free, Grammar, Hacking, Improve teaching practice, Jobs, Khan Academy, Leadership, Life, Lifestyle, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, LNPro, Mastery, Meaning, MOOC, MVP, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCLANA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading, Reading comprehension, Sal Khan, Self development, Teaching philosophy, Technology, Theory, Video

Seth Godin’s manifesto on school and schooling This is a great manifesto on education by internet marketing guru Seth Godin. Seth is referring to the public school system in the US. However, I think what he says applies more generally everywhere across education. The industrial model is broken Seth critiques the largely broken industrial model of…
How can we open source our training and still make money working in education?

Jul 22, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2015, 21204, ako, ALEC, Assessment, Business improvement, Business model generation, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Compliance, Creativity, Design, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Facilitator, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Flipped, Hacking, Improve teaching practice, Lean education, Lean literacy, lean methodology, Lean startup, Lean thinking, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Metaphors, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Software, TEC, Technology

It’s a good question… and one that is constantly in my mind as the owner of a small niche education business in a very small country. I’m not sure I’ve got the answer, but this is how I see the way forward at the moment. What I’m describing below is a process that for us…
Hacking Learning – Mini Podcast

Jul 14, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Flipped, Hacking, podcast, Professional Development

Time to practice those new and fairly raw podcasting skills. Here’s the audio of a post from a few days ago:
Hacking Learning

Jul 1, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2015, 21204, ako, ALEC, Business improvement, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Creativity, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Hacking, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, Professional Development, Qualifications

Everyone is in the education business. At least that’s our take on things. Obviously, if you’re a teacher, a tutor, a trainer, or an assessor of some kind then of course, you’re in education. However, if you own a company. If you are in sales. If you make stuff for people. If you’re in business for…