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How to Not Suck at Writing More than 280 Characters

Sep 2, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Education

How to Not Suck at Writing More than 280 Characters
How do I get started writing better long-form content?

Jun 17, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Improve teaching practice, Essay writing, gumroad, How do I get started, How to improve, Improve, Improve learning, Improving learner writing, long-form, plan, planning, Self improvement, Write, Writing, Writing frame

Tweets are fine, but really what people want is long-form content. By that I mean, well-written and interesting articles, essays and blog posts that really dig down into issues and content. But how are YOU going to get started writing great long-form content?
To write long-form content, there are 3 thrilling things you need to think through

Mar 17, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Writing, Blog, Essay writing, Improve, Improving learner writing, imrpove, long-form, Write, Writing frame

Long-form. There are just three things you need to know if you want to write long-from content. And this is true for writing blogs and articles on online or in an academic context.
How do you write an essay?

Jan 22, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Essay, Essay writing, how, How do I, How do I get started, How do I improve, How do you, How to, how to dominate, How to improve, How to win, Improving learner writing, Learning Strategies, plan, planning, Read, Reading, Strategies, Strategy, Write, Writing, Writing frame

Writing essays is nearly always a painful process. And that’s aside from the fact that programmes of study that require essay writing don’t seem to deliver the same return on investment that they used to. The flip side is that learning to write is really a great way to learn how to think. This is…
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

in Facilitate, Facilitator, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), plan, planning, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach better

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

in Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Review, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized, You can teach better

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

in Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Review, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach better

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

in Improve teaching practice, Review, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach better

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…
TEACH: Session 1 in review

Jun 22, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Review, Uncategorized

As well as details of where and when this session took place, here are the questions you should respond to. Use the sentence starters if they’re helpful. Otherwise, you can ignore them if you like. There’s a PDF version here you can print and write on if you need it. Otherwise, remember that these questions…
TEACH: Just do it…! Teaching

Jun 22, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Facilitate, Facilitator, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized, You can teach better

This is the teaching part. Just as a reminder, you need to: Facilitate embedded literacy and numeracy teaching and learning for at least two learners across at least three separate learning sessions. Review each session. Make sure that your commentary for each is at least 250 words. Provide verification details including delivery times and dates.…