Category: Literacy Numeracy Symposium
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Literacy and Numeracy Plus Work Readiness Warrant of Fitness (WOF)
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in ALEC, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, New Zealand Context, Personal development, workIs this any use to anyone…? It’s something I made a few years back. I’m just cleaning out old files. This link should give you the PDF if you want it: 2010 SMART Work WOF. It’s not meant to be a full literacy and numeracy diagnostic by any means – more of a quick heads up on…
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Diploma Brainstorming: Describing your personal approach to embedding or contextualising literacy and numeracy
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Literacy and numeracy for non-experts (Or how do you recognise low levels of literacy and numeracy?)
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Embedding literacy and numeracy into basic trades training in prisons
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, NZCALN, NZDALN, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, Tutor, Tutor Profile, VideoOk… just one more since I can’t stop showing off the success of our fantastic ALEC graduates and their work. Here is Andy Wood – Literacy and Numeracy Ninja – discussing how he uses a basic framing task to embed literacy and numeracy. What kinds of literacy and numeracy skills do you think the learners…
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And another ALEC All-star graduate embedding literacy and numeracy into building and painting in the prison system
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Andy Wood ALEC All-star Graduate Embedding Literacy and Numeracy into Carpentry Training in Prison
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New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN): First Big Project
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in DipALNE, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, QualificationsOk… so we’ll have to change this graphic to reflect the change in name from National Diploma in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (NDipALNE) to the New Zealand Diploma in Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NZDALN) or something similar. In terms of course content, what I’m planning is a couple of big projects that bookend several…
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New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN): The ALEC Model
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Business model generation, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Design, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Resources, Tutor, Tutor Profile, UncategorizedOnce again… I’ve started work on the Diploma. This is like about the 5th time I’ve had a go at writing this thing and hopefully, this time I’ll finish it. Actually, this time it should be more of a collaboration, but more on that in a future post. What I wanted to establish here is…
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Guest Post: The unmotivated, dispassionate New Zealand adult learner… Think again!
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Today I’m very pleased to present our first guest post from Damon Whitten – LN Ninja and Grand Master Researcher: A wonderful finding from my research – New Zealand adult learners are wonderfully passionate about mathematics and numeracy! They care… They complain bitterly when they have an answer wrong, they shout and cheer when they…
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ALEC graduates Embedding Literacy and Numeracy into Agriculture and Horticulture with the Department of Corrections
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, NZCALN, NZDALN, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, TEC, Tutor, Tutor Profile, VideoVery proud…! These are some of our graduates. They completed the NCALNE (Voc) with ALEC and are now embedding literacy and numeracy into their trades training with prisoners. Here you can see them talking about how they embed literacy and numeracy into agriculture and horticulture. Well done…!