Work Literacy

Archive for June, 2008

Work competency, literacy, and mastery

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized Tony Karrer’s comments to a recent post of mine that discussed the application of a craft work model to knowledge work got me thinking a bit more about the subject. ... Read more..

We May be on the Cutting Edge/Signs of Hope

Monday, June 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized http://www.freefoto.com/preview/15-27-2?ffid=15-27-2 I have a friend who is updating a well-known business writing textbook. She wants to add an assignment where students have to using podcasting or videocasting, and wants my help ... Read more..

What they say and what they mean

Sunday, June 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized On the recommendation of a friend, I recently read Management of the Absurd by Richard Farson. The book is a wealth of ideas and views on management that you don’t ... Read more..

Is the Ability to Create Visuals an Important Work Literacy?

Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized Being able to present information and knowledge in a meaningful way seems to me to be a critical work literacy skill. In checking out this graphic on a post about ... Read more..

WebTools For Teachers 06/28/2008

Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized Teachers 2.0 » Using Google Docs to record, improve, and increase feedback tags: feedback, googledocs, writing, feedbackonwriting Australian Flexible Learning Framework - News Upskilling of existing workers and RPL (recognition of prior learning): ... Read more..

Games and learning

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized I’ve had a strong interest in video games on a personal level for many years (see this page for some of my thoughts). More recently, I’ve become interested on ... Read more..

Learning out loud

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized In an article I was reading, they mentioned how Patagonia was tracking the environmental footprint of some of their products. The point they made, however, was that doing this ... Read more..

The evolution of the employee-employer relationship

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized Here’s another piece from the archives, this one from April 2004. I’ve pulled this one out as part of a response to a discussion between Bill Brantley and ... Read more..

Work Task - Workshop Exercise

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized I tried this before (see Identify Knowledge Work Tasks - Workshop Exercise) and received some really good feedback.  So, I've changed the scenario.  As a reminder, this will be used ... Read more..

Workshop Scenario - Help Please

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized I've posted Work Task - Workshop Exercise and would very much appreciate any thoughts, input, help you can give. Read more..