Category: Literacy Numeracy Symposium
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How to get started on Assessment Task 1 of the NCALNE (Voc): The New Zealand context
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in 2.0, Activities, ALEC, Assessment, Coaching, Complete NCALNE, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, Learning Progressions, 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 initiatives, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NZCALNE (Voc), Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, podcast, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Self development, Tutor, Tutor ProfileUPDATED FOR 2015: Please go here. If you need to complete the NCALNE (Voc) and you’re having trouble getting started (or even if you’re not!), here’s your special care package: Make sure that you are registered to use Pathways Awarua. The latest version of our entire ALEC course for the NCALNE (Voc) is now online in…
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How do you develop embedded numeracy learning outcomes that are relevant to trades tutors?
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in 2.0, 2015, 21204, Activities, ako, ALEC, Area, Assessment, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Complete NCALNE, Creativity, Design, Diagnostic, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, Janet Hogan, Learning Outcomes, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low numeracy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Measurement, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NZCALNE (Voc), Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, QualificationsRecently, we did some work around developing learning outcomes with group that had a lot of painters and plasterers in it. This is a summary of my notes relating to how, as a group, we developed a draft learning outcome for an embedded approach to some very specific numeracy skills around measurement and area. We…
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Where’s the numeracy in the visual arts? 6 Sexy Solutions
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in Embed literacy and numeracy, 2.0, ALEC, Education resources, Embed, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Jokes, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCLANA, NDipALNE, Numeracy, Numeracy activityWhere is numeracy in the visual arts. Actually, it’s everywhere. Dive in to this blog post for some examples and a bit of deeper discussion. Learning Learn Maths visual art
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Change in some foundation-level tutor qualification requirements: NCALNE (Voc) Requirement from 2015
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in 2015, 21204, ako, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Compliance, DipALNE, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Learning Progressions, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, Numeracy, NZ, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, TECThe TEC announced recently that from 2015 the NCALNE (Voc) qualification and training will be a requirement for some tutors. Here’s the announcement in full: Beginning in 2015, the TEC will be transitioning to requiring tutors who teach foundation-level courses to hold an appropriate qualification, such as the National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy…
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But you might ask a painter to teach literacy & numeracy 2013 – Part 5 – Arnie Kumar
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But you might ask a painter to teach literacy & numeracy 2013 – Part 4 – Kushla Clover
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Assessment 7 of the NCALNE (Voc) – Evaluating your embedded LN project: Talking through the assessment task with Graeme
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in ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALNE, 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, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, podcast, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading comprehension, Resources, Tutor, Tutor ProfileHere’s a short blurb from me on the final assessment task. Congratulations if you’re up to here.
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Assessment 6 of the NCALNE (Voc) – Measuring Learner LN Progress: Talking through the assessment task with Graeme
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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, Finish NCALNE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, podcast, Professional Development, QualificationsThis one’s a bit shorter. Here’s my run down on Assessment 6 for the NCALNE (Voc) to do with measuring and assessing learner literacy and numeracy progress… if you need it. Let me know in the comments if anything is not clear. Like the other podcasts relating to the NCALNE (Voc), this one also aligns…
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Six pin bowling: Numeracy activities that work
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in ALEC, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NDipALNE, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Pathways AwaruaThis one is definitely a hat tip to my friend Rodney and like the others it’s based on the Making Sense of Number numeracy progression for adult learners. Purpose Practice the four basic computations, i.e. solving equations using combinations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Equipment Blank paper and pen per student or pair of learners Three…
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Dicing with decimals: Numeracy activities that work
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in ALEC, Education resources, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, Numeracy, Pathways AwaruaAgain, I’m not entirely sure where I picked this one up… might be a hat tip to Rodney Y… Anyway, it’s really simple to set up and needs no resources apart from normal dice. Purpose Practice adding decimals. Practice using decimal place value. Equipment Standard six-sided dice. One playing board per player. See the image below.…