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How To Win Bigly – You May Already Be Awe-Inspiring and Awesome…

Feb 23, 2021

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Graeme Smith

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So You Already Know How To Win Bigly… But have you heard of Squat Adams. Not Scott Adams, mind you. The real loserthink is untrained quadriceps. Turn off the TV and start lifting heavy things today.
Self-Publishing On Gumroad: A 2020 Archive Note

Oct 6, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Amazon Book, Damon, Essay writing, gumroad, Improving learner writing, Self development, Self improvement, self-publishing, Write, Writing, Writing frame

This archived guide reflects an earlier approach to self-publishing on Gumroad. Use it as a historical case study, not current platform advice.
Mathematics And Muscles: 2 Crazy Kiwis On The Barbarian Rhetoric Podcast

Oct 4, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Damon, Math, Mathematics, Maths, Muscle, savage, Whitten

Mathematics and Muscles: Damon Whitten and @smith_graeme with @steeljanz on the Barbarian Rhetoric Podcast. Shooting the breeze on teaching, learning and how to get strong, fast.
What is learner agency? 2 short videos with agency expert Dr Damon Whitten

Mar 8, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Uncategorized, Adult Learning, Autonomous learning, Concepts, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Knowing the learner, Learn anything, learner, Learner Agency, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Learning Strategies, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach better

What is Learner Agency? Agency is when learning involves the activity and the initiative of the learner, more than whatever is passed on from the teacher, curriculum or resources. Listen to Dr Damon Whitten and I discussing learner agency Learner Agency Part 1 Learner Agency Part 2 What else? Learner agency is when learners have…
Motivation: What is it? 2 Cool Things You Need To Know

Mar 8, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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What is motivation? Intrinsic… extrinsic… Find out more with Dr Damon Whitten
How Do I develop Maths Thinking At Home Or In My Class?

Feb 29, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in 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, Math, Maths, Maths Anxiety, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, Uncategorized

Recently my friend Damon Whitten has been posting some very cool ideas for encouraging kids to develop mathematical thinking at home. I think the same ideas and processes apply to adults and these can work in classroom situations as well. I reposted his video here on my blog but you might want to head over to…
How Do I Help My Kids Develop Maths Skills At Home

Feb 4, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in Develop, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Home, Kids, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low numeracy levels, Math, Maths, Maths Anxiety, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, Personal development, Professional Development, school, Self development, Sschools, Uncategorized

If you have kids and you want to help them with maths you need to watch this short video. Actually, if you know someone who has kids you probably need to watch this. It’s 11 minutes long. You might have to watch it a couple of times. And you might need to share this with…
Damon Says: Do We Need A Literacy of Learning? A Kind of Meta-Literacy?

Aug 17, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Adult, ALEC, Beliefs, Contextualised, Damon, embedded, embedding, Learning, Literacy, Numeracy, Whitten

I think i’m going to start a new series of posts that all start with “Damon Says”. My family frequently hear this refrain around the house when the conversation turns to learning (which it does a lot since we work in education and we homeschool as well). My friend and colleague Damon Whiten really has his…
What can you actually do if your tutors are not embedding literacy and numeracy as well as they should be?

Oct 28, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Well that’s a curly question… The other day I reposted part of a transcript between a prosecuting lawyer and the CEO of large tertiary organisation. It was one of the scariest things that I’ve read in this field all year. Spoiler Alert: In case you didn’t realise, it was fiction. But I didn’t realise that when I…
The scariest thing I’ve read all year about literacy and numeracy provision and funding…

Oct 26, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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There’s not much that catches me off guard these days. However, this did. I’ve posted in a section of it below. You need to go to here to get the rest. McDonell: I’m going to be asking you questions pertaining to two different but related areas. The first is to gain clarifications regarding your organisations’ definition…

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