Category: Literacy Numeracy Professionals

I already have 21204… How do I finish my NCALNE (Voc)?

Aug 1, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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If you have already completed some of the requirements for the National Certificate in Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education – the NCALNE (Voc), but you haven’t actually got the qualification… then we can probably help you. You might have already done Unit Standard 21204 with another provider or your employer. We can help you turn…
ALEC now has a LinkedIn Company Page

Jul 31, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Hey there… Something new for us. We now have a LinkedIn Company page for ALEC. If you’re on LinkedIn you should check it out and follow us… Here’s the link. And if you’re not on LinkedIn… then you’d better sign up and follow us.
How do you consume news and music? And what does this mean for education?

Jul 10, 2013

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Graeme Smith

in Business improvement, Business model generation, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, Self development, Technology

It’s worth thinking about… Just consider how you consume the following: News and other things that used to be traditional print media. Music We used to just buy newspapers, book, and CDs. Now though we have a whole bunch of different ways that we can consume things like news, novels, and music. Why would I…
The Department of Entrepreneurial Education 2.0

Jul 9, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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This was the title slide from my recent talk at the NCLANA Symposium on Literacy and Numeracy. It represents a question in my mind: Why aren’t we teaching educators to be entrepreneurs? The idea is blatantly stolen from Jeff Jarvis’s Department of Entrepreneurial Journalism at New York City University. His idea is roughly as follows:…
How do I access NCALNE Lite on Pathways Awarua?

Jul 9, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Do you deliver trades or vocational training at levels 1 – 3? If you do, then literacy and numeracy are your core business. And you need to make sure that your team have a clear understanding of how to embed literacy and numeracy. Pathways Awarua and ALEC have teamed up to write write a series…
NCALNE Lite: Now Available Free on PathwaysAwarua.com

Jul 2, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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The new NCALNE Lite programme by ALEC is now available free on www.PathwaysAwarua.com. This interactive online professional development pathway is for tutors and trainers delivering trades or vocational training at levels 1 – 3 on the NZQA framework. For tutors: this is the way that you will significantly shift your professional practice towards a practical approach…
Monologue or dialogue?

Jun 20, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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You can’t afford to think like you used to… This is as true in education now as it is in marketing. Under the old model you used to be able to broadcast your message to your audience. It was a one-way information transaction. You would transmit and they would receive. You were active and they…
EdTech 101: Why I chose Pathways Awarua over Pathwright and Udemy

Jun 19, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Ok… so I changed my mind. I’ve been on a fairly steep learning curve when it comes to courseware and authoring tools for creating online learning and teaching content. A while ago I said that I was going to use Pathwright instead of Udemy to have a go a developing a FastTrack version of my…
Embedding literacy and numeracy: What’s on your radar?

Jun 19, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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What’s on your radar? If you are a trades tutor or involved with vocational training, you need to have literacy and numeracy on your radar. Good tutors and trainers have always embedded the literacy and numeracy that their learners need. However, this usually happens in what I call stealth mode. It’s hard to identify the…
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…