Category: Should we teach

#1 New release in Study & Teaching and now Literacy

Aug 23, 2018

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Graeme Smith

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my short new eBook is currently the #1 new release in Literacy. Yesterday it was #1 new release in Study and Teaching.
Buy My Book: Teach better Now

Aug 22, 2018

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Graeme Smith

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This is an act of shameless self-promotion for my new book which I’ve self-published on Amazon. The cost is less than what you pay for your trim soy-raspberry-mocha-latte-cappuccino. So click here and buy it now. You can download it to your phone, tablet or Kindle. I’m going to run a free book promotion shortly, so…
Why haven’t I self-published a book on how to embed literacy and numeracy into vocational training yet?

Aug 20, 2018

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Graeme Smith

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No good reason really… But today I spent about 12 hours learning how to use Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing suite of tools and resources. It was most interesting. I especially like that you can generate these previews above that show you what the final publication will look like. The actual editor tool is a bit…
Teach Better Now – Assessment 7 of the NZCALNE (Voc)

Aug 30, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Teach Better Now – Assessment 6 of the NZCALNE (Voc)

Aug 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Teach Better Now – Assessment 5 of the NZCALNE (Voc)

Aug 29, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Teach better now – Where’s the new content for Assessment 6 of the NZCALNE on planning and facilitating embedded literacy and numeracy?

Jun 27, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Kia ora and welcome to Collection 6 If you’re reading this then you are up to Assessment 6 in the new and improved NZCALNE (Voc). Good work…! This next part is heart of the programme. The focus is on planning and teaching embedded literacy and numeracy as part of what you do. Like the other…
TEACH: What’s your supporting evidence?

Jun 22, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Right-O…! To finish this off, you need to provide evidence that supports the teaching that you’ve done. We’d prefer it if you provided scans or digital images of your learners’ work. And where possible, we’d like it if you included pictures of your learners doing the work (as well as the actual work that they…
TEACH: Session 3 in review

Jun 22, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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As well as details of where and when your third session took place, here are the questions you should respond to again. Use the sentence starters if you like. Otherwise, ignore. There’s a PDF version here that you can print and write on. Also, as before, remember that these same questions are in your assessment…
TEACH: Session 2 in review

Jun 22, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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As well as details of where and when your second session took place, here are the questions you should respond to. As before, use the sentence starters if they’re helpful. Otherwise, you can ignore them. There’s a PDF version here you can print and write on if you need it. Also as before, remember that…