Category: Resources
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Guidelines for choosing reading texts at step 4 and above for embedded literacy projects at NCEA Level 1
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in 21204, ALEC, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Complete NCALNE, Design, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, Learning Progressions, 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, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading comprehension, Resources, Text, Tutor, Tutor Profile, WritingThese guidelines relate to my ideas on developing a generic template for embedded literacy project work to develop independent learning skills in more advanced literacy learners. My rough ideas are here and I revised the structure here. Outlined below are guidelines for tutors or others who might be involved in selecting texts for this kind…
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Designing embedded literacy project work for independent learning – the rough idea
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALNE, Compliance, Creativity, Design, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Learning Outcomes, 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, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading, Reading comprehension, Resources, Text, Vocabulary, WritingI’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…
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Don’t be Spooked by the MOOC – Handout 1: Cool New Stuff in Pathways Awarua
I’m launching cool new stuff on Pathways Awarua at the Literacy and Numeracy Conference next week. I’m not doing paper handouts. It’s all going to be here on my blog. You can read it online or print it out as you like. This handout is a collection of screenshots showing some of the cool new…
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10 reasons why your adult education & training course has to go online or die a horrible death
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in 2015, ALEC, Business model generation, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Export Education, Leadership, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, NCALNE, Online assessment, Online learning, Professional Development, Qualifications, Resources, Software, Technology, VideoIt’s the economics stupid…! That’s my conclusion to myself at least. Education is expensive. This is because of high fixed costs like buildings, resources, managers, teachers. The technology for online education is now cheap. Educational bureaucracies are firing the middle layer of managers. In fact, traditional bureaucracies of any kind are firing the entire middle class. This…
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12 Steps You Can Take to Disrupt Education
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in ALEC, Business improvement, Business model generation, Collaboration, Design, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Lean, Lean education, Lean literacy, lean methodology, Lean startup, Lean thinking, Lifestyle, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Personal development, Professional Development, Resources, Software, Technology, workI know, I know… you’d rather not. Nor would any of us really, but I’m working on a manifesto for disrupting education. This is not because I think I know how to do it, but rather because I think it’s inevitable and I want to set myself something to work towards. These are some of…
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Using Evernote for work, sharing files, collaboration despite some nearly fatal flaws and issues
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Evernote is a pretty cool app… It works across all major platforms and devices as well. I mentioned the other day that I’m going to try and use it as my digital filing cabinet for everything that’s not already organised online. However, I have a couple of major issues. I’m invested a fair amount of time…
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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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Literacy Numeracy Pro: Naked Tape in Action – XXX Rated
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, 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, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Naked Measuring Tape, Naked tape, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, Numeracy, Personal development, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, Resources, UncategorizedOne of the coolest things we did this year was design our own branded packaging tape. We just happened to turn it into a teaching resource as well. We call it the Naked Measuring Tape. It’s basically, a measuring tape without the numbers. Or if you like, it’s a blank number line that just repeats.…
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Embedding reading into trades and vocational training
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Design, Education, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Hacking, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, Low literacy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, Reading, Reading comprehension, ResourcesWorking with my ComCol tutors today… we were looking at unit standard 26624: Read texts with understanding. And we came up with this as a draft template for trying standardise reading comprehension questions for trades-based or vocational training texts that they have to work with anyway. Reading Text Title Read through the text and then…
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But I don’t have any numeracy in my course… Why do I still have to teach and assess it…?
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Education, ELN Tutor, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, Low numeracy levels, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the numeracy demands, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, Professional Development, ResourcesThis question seems to come up a bit. The answer isn’t entirely straightforward. However, the received wisdom is that it’s all about literacy AND numeracy these days. The idea that you can just focus on literacy alone is something left over a few years back. Numeracy is possibly more important for people’s lives than literacy.…