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Supercharge Your Writing with Free Writing Exercises: A Simple 10-Minute Daily Practice

Aug 19, 2024

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Creative writing, Creativity, Creativity Boost, Essay writing, Free writing, Improving learner writing, Overcoming Writer’s Block, Personal development, Productivity, Writing, Writing Exercises, Writing frame, Writing Techniques, Writing tips

Discover the power of free writing exercises in just 10 minutes a day! This simple, yet transformative exercise can help you boost creativity, break through writer’s block, and improve your writing skills. Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting out, free writing is the perfect tool to ignite your imagination. Learn more and watch…
Te Ara Tuhituhi: Master the Journey from Initial Idea to Polished Composition

Mar 25, 2024

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Graeme Smith

in Education, creative process, Creative Processes, educational resources, Essay writing, Improving learner writing, Productivity, Productivity Strategies, Skill Development

Discover Te Ara TuhiTuhi, a system and structured approach to evolve your writing from the first spark of inspiration to a refined final piece. Master the stages of brainstorming, outlining, drafting, and finalising with guidance rooted in the Māori descriptors of Te Kore, Te Pō, Te Whaiao, and Te Ao Marama. Perfect for writers seeking…
Developing A “Can-Do” Attitude: This 1 Unconventional Success Skill Will Supercharge Your Productivity

Oct 6, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Education, martial arts, Meme, Memes, Productivity

How To Develop A “Can-Do” Attitude. Sorry, did I say “Can-do”? I meant Kendo.
You really should read the Productivity Commission report on the future of tertiary education…

Nov 8, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, NZ, NZ Context, NZQA, Productivity, Productivity Commission, TEC, tech, Technology, Tertiary, Uncategorized

I know that it’s a terrible title for a blog post. But you really should read the Productivity Commission report on new models of tertiary education. The report is 402 pages long, so here are your options: just read the overview chapter here. Or down load the 10 page pdf version here. And here’s why…
How Do I Concentrate And Stay Focused In A Distracted World…?

Apr 13, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in focused, Productivity, Uncategorized

I don’t watch video’s like the one above. But I do think about how to concentrate and stay focused when everything around me is distracting. I can’t say that I always succeed. Usually, I’m distracted when it comes time to sit down and do some actual work. You know… work that helps to pay the…
Becoming Antifragile in Education – 4 Things You Can Do Right Now

Jan 3, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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How to become antifragile so every blow makes you stronger Nassem Taleb is an expert on risk and probability and he recommends in his latest book that we become less fragile, more robust, and actually antifragile. This is more than just Sissy Resilience… and this means that when the stuff hits the fan you actually bounce back…
How to get started on Assessment Task 1 of the NCALNE (Voc): The New Zealand context

Oct 22, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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UPDATED 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…
Calling all Literacy Numeracy Professionals…

Aug 28, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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I’ve been turning this over in my mind for a while… I’m not sure whether there are so many opportunities for this, but having worked in such a narrow area of education since 2007 I feel that I’ve now got a fairly sharp lens through which to analyse certain kinds of training. This is particularly…
Churn: Dealing with the chronic turnover of tutors and trainers in the education sector

Aug 19, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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The tutors are revolting…! Well.. they’re not actually revolting, but they do keep leaving. This is a major problem for the tertiary education sector including private and public. Maths and education blogger Damon Whitten has absolutely nailed this issue in his most recent post. Here’s the skinny: There are some great things happening in the entry levels…
Designing embedded literacy project work for independent learning – the rough idea

Aug 6, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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I’ve got this idea for integrating the assessment requirements for the 10 credits worth of literacy unit standards together with highly focused topics or content in an inquiry project that learners can complete (mostly) independently. The three unit standards are: Unit Standard 26622: Write to communicate ideas for a purpose and audience (Level 1, Credits…