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Cashflow 101 Experiment – Part 2: Developing a vocabulary assessment

Sep 18, 2015

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in Assessment, Cashflow 101, Diagnostic, Experiment, Financial literacy, Literacy, NCALNE, Numeracy, Vocabulary, vocational

Feel free to skip this one… It’s a bit on the technical side. But I wanted to document how I developed a couple of targeted diagnostic assessments. These relate to my Cashflow 101 experiment that I’m running at the moment. This one relates to the vocabulary used in the game. I’ll do a separate post on…

Gamification 101: How To Turn The Course I Teach Into A Game

Sep 18, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Adult, ALEC, Board Game, Card game, Design, Education, gamification, gamify, Graeme Smith, Literacy, NCALNE, Numeracy, teaching, Voc

Technical stuff is hard to teach. This is because it’s… well… technical. As a trainer you have to work hard to make things understandable. One way to do this is to turn it into a game. Or a series of games. I’m interested in this at the moment because I’m experimenting with Cashflow 101. This is…

Cashflow 101: How To Buy The Game

Sep 16, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Best practice, Case Study, Cashflow 101, embedded, embedding, Financial literacy, Literacy, Numeracy

I’ve got this experiment going on at the moment. I mentioned it here the other day. In case you were wondering, you can buy this game online. If you click the link above it will direct you to Amazon. When I checked this today it said that they ship to New Zealand. The cost is about…

Embedding Literacy & Numeracy Case Study: Cashflow 101 – Part 1

Sep 15, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in 101, 21204, ALEC, Cashflow, Cashflow 101, Diagnostic, embedded, embedding, Financial, Graeme, Investing, Literacy, NCALNE, Numeracy, NZCALNE, Poor Dad, Project, Rich Dad, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, Smith, Voc

I’m trying an experiment. I own this game above. It’s kinda cool… like monopoly on steroids. It teaches principles of investing and financial literacy. Numeracy, in other words. Anyway, I’m going to use it as a case study. I want to apply the embedded literacy and numeracy process that we teach in our professional development to…

Literacy & Numeracy Job Vacancies: Kaiako / Tutor Positions With Te Wananga o Aotearoa and Corrections

Sep 9, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Education, educator, I want a new job, Job, Job Board, kaiako, Literacy, Numeracy, Positions, teacher, teaching, Tutor, Vacancies, Vacant, Wananga

Here’s the first job vacancy announcement for the Job Board from my friends at Te Wananga O Aotearoa. Seems fitting that it’s International Literacy Day. Perhaps you should celebrate by getting a new job. Did I say that there are 14 positions available? This is exciting work moving forward in the most challenging teaching environment you…

Developing a Writing Frame For Report Writing

Sep 9, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Improve, Literacy, report, teaching, template, Writing, Writing frame

A while back I redeveloped the writing frame we use to teach people how to write their report for the first part of our course. If you want a better copy of this to print out, there is a PDF version you can download here. I contextualised the writing frame above to the content that we…

Cooking Is The Best Metaphor For Understanding What Actually Happens In Teaching

Sep 8, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in anti-fragile, Antifragile, cooking, Education, improvisation, innovation, Literacy, Metaphors, Numeracy, Professional Development, Taleb, teaching

Cooking is the best metaphor for understanding what actually happens in teaching.

NCALNE (Voc) For Managers: Do My Staff Need Literacy & Numeracy Professional Development?

Sep 8, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Funding, Literacy, Managers, NCALNE, Numeracy, NZCALNE, Qualifications, Requirements, SAC, TEC

If you want to print this out, click here for a PDF version. This is based on the TEC guidelines that I reposted recently. Please forward or send the link to people who need this. Any questions? Hit me up in the comments or you can email us apply@alec.ac.nz

Adobe Illustrator Is Transforming How I Develop Teaching Materials

Sep 4, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Adobe, Design, Development, Education, Illustrator, Instructional, Literacy, Materials, Numeracy, Resource, teaching, Training, Transforming

I’m really slow at this, but I’m enjoying how using Adobe Illustrator is changing and improving how I go about developing teaching resources. There’s a lot jammed on this page, but it’s also high definition. It’s designed to be printed at A3 or larger if possible. This is everything that my students need to know…

TEC Literacy and Numeracy Qualification Requirements for Tutors Teaching SAC Funded Levels 1 and 2

Sep 2, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in 1, 2, ALEC, awarua, Funded, Level, Literacy, NCALNE, Numeracy, Pathways, Qualification, Requirements, SAC, teaching, TEC, Tutors

I’ve fielded a few enquires in the past few days about this so I’m re-posting the relevant information from the TEC website. It’s up to date as of 1 Sept 2015. Instructions are here to sign up to do the NCALNE qualification with Pathways Awarua and ALEC online. You can get started for free. Email apply@alec.ac.nz…

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