Category: Literacy Jokes

Maths class (imagined by kids)

Mar 25, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Thanks to Simon for the link… This is for every tutor or teacher who has struggled to teach maths and numeracy. Just awesome…
ALEC Showcase 2 min pitch: selling our literacy and numeracy infrastructure to the world

Oct 3, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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I’m going to a business development thing tonight. I’ve got a 2 min slot to promote my work moving forward. Here’s my draft. Comments welcome…! —————————————————————————————- Kia ora Tatau Graeme Smith here from ALEC. I work in the least funny profession in the world. This is the field of literacy and numeracy professional development. It’s…
ALEC Allstars & Corrections Presentation at this year’s Literacy and Numeracy Symposium

Sep 12, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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This might not work on your mobile devices as I think it’s using flash video player, the quality is not terrific, and you can’t see the slides for the presentations… but, here’s the link to our presentation from earlier in the year where our newly minted ALEC graduates stole the show with their awesome work…
Literacy Jokes Update – Another Lightbulb Joke…

Apr 19, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, jokes, Literacy Jokes, Literacy Numeracy Professionals

How many literacy specialists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: None. Literacy specialists don’t change lightbulbs per se, but you need about a 6 to make it happen… One to analyse the literacy demands of the task, another to conduct a diagnostic assessment of students potentially capable of changing lightbulbs to find out…
Jokes on Literacy Specialists…

Apr 18, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in jokes, Literacy Jokes, Uncategorized

I think I posted these on twitter already, but for the record: What’s the difference between a literacy specialist and a large Pizza? Answer: A large pizza will feed a family of four… Drum roll and cymbal crash please. How many literacy specialists does it take to change a lightbulb? Answer: Just one… as long…
Literacy Numeracy Joke Update 18 February 2013

Feb 18, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in jokes, Literacy Jokes

This longstanding work that we’ve been doing with the Department of Corrections, to teach some of what we know about embedded literacy and numeracy to prison trainers and instructors, has confirmed something that I’ve always known… something that resonates with my background in teaching writing and grammar: It all comes down to sentence planning… [You…

Category: Literacy Jokes

Maths class (imagined by kids)

ALEC Showcase 2 min pitch: selling our literacy and numeracy infrastructure to the world

ALEC Allstars & Corrections Presentation at this year’s Literacy and Numeracy Symposium

Literacy Jokes Update – Another Lightbulb Joke…

Jokes on Literacy Specialists…

Literacy Numeracy Joke Update 18 February 2013