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Cashflow 101 Experiment – Part 3: Developing a Contextualised Numeracy Assessment

Sep 20, 2015

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in Assess, Assessment, Cashflow 101, Diagnostic, Education, embedded, embedding, Fagmify, Financial, Game, gamification, Literacy, Numeracy, Poor Dad, Rich Dad

Feel free to skip this one as well. This is an outline of how I developed the numeracy diagnostic I’m using in my experiment with the Cashflow 101 game. The vocabulary diagnostic is here from the other day. To play the game, you have to maintain a balance sheet. Like the one in the image above.…

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…

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…

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…

7 More Designs For the Underground Advertising Campaign On Learning

Aug 26, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Advertising, ALEC, Campaign, Design, Education, Graeme Smith, Images, Learning, Literacy, Meme, Memes, NCALNE, Numeracy, Underground, Viral

I just posted 6 designs for your underground advertising campaign on learning. Here are 7 more that I think are even better. Please share, print, and distribute. Any favourites? Let me know in the comments 1. NOW WITH BACON 2. THIS IS NOT LIKE SCHOOL 3. AND NUMERACY 4. EVEN WHEN YOU USE WORDS 5.…

6 Designs For The Underground Advertising Campaign on Learning

Aug 26, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in Advertising, ALEC, Campaign, Design, Education, Graeme Smith, Images, Learning, Literacy, Meme, NCALNE, Numeracy, Underground, Viral

Here’s your mission: Start an underground viral advertising campaign for learning. In particular, adult learning. And by adult learning I mean something that includes foundational skills such as literacy and numeracy. Share these images. Print them out and give them to people. Particularly those doing the education part. Any favourites? Let me know in the comments.…

How To Develop Great Teaching Materials In 5 Steps

Aug 25, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Content, Develop, Development, Education, Graeme, How to, Learning, Literacy, Materials, Numeracy, Smith

It’s no secret that I love the process of developing new resources. That’s something that hasn’t changed over quite a few years of teaching and training. My process for materials development has changed quite a lot of the last few years though. I have 5 rules for myself for this process. Well, they’re more like guidelines.…

7 More Trends In Education That Will Disrupt Our Work as Teachers

Aug 19, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Disrupt, Disruption, Education, Graeme Smith, Literacy, Numeracy, Teachers, Trend, Trends

A while ago I wrote about 7 trends in education that will disrupt our work as teachers. Here are 7 more. There is some crossover between them. But 18 months is a long time in internet years and the situation in education is changing. 1. Consolidation In New Zealand, there is a good trade in private training establishments…

7 Things You Need To Do To Totally Dominate Literacy and Numeracy

Aug 13, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, Professional Development, Qualifications, Ronda Rousey

The other day I listed a bunch of reasons why you need to punch literacy and numeracy in the face. Today I want to tell you how to be the Ronda Rousey of adult literacy and numeracy education. Some of this you can do on your own. Mostly, though you need to do this as an…

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