Author Archives: kaddesh

Current Ramblings

Sunday mornings seem to be the absolute best time for me to melt into my phrontistery and ‘pen’ my reflections. On this grey morning, I’ve dragged out my brother’s old PowerBook G4. It has the most extraordinary keyboard- the likes … Continue reading

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New Materialism and Andro-Colonialsim

Hey – I’ve just been trying to get my head around New Materialism. I’m pretty sure the spot where I’ve ended up is not what where’d I thought it would take me. Namely – the Double Slit Experiment and the … Continue reading

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SOLO Taxonomy

A useful framework for moving from loose ideas to extended ideas. Refer to notes in notebook and these resources. Have a look at the Learning Intention generator. What am I doing ? How well is it going? What should I … Continue reading

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CDR – CCDRR

Okay – so the whole point of learner agency is that learners are positioned in a social structure with the power to flourish. What more important context could there possibly be than in the field of Child Centered Disaster Risk … Continue reading

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The Three R’s of Education

There is something very soothing about a polished London accent. The host of Edtech Podcast (Sophie Bailey) embodies this tone perfectly. She recently interviewed Ted Fujimoto with some deeply interesting applications. Before we go too far though – a couple … Continue reading

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Learner Agency #2

Having thought about the last blog – the question came to mind ‘SO WHAT?” Really what difference does it make if students have ‘voice’ or not. Clearly there is a lot of will towards saying that students have voice. A … Continue reading

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Learner Agency 2017

Amazingly, learner agency has become all the rage! Who would have thought that Dr Rod Fawns would have picked it all those years ago! My aim with this post is to try and distill the concept. Firstly – and ever … Continue reading

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School Websites

There are so many school web sites out there. The idea with this post is to come back and up date when I see examples of: Learner agency in a website Great examples of school websites that effectively communicate the … Continue reading

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Personalised Learning

Hmm, been a while since I put anything in this space. So it is a whimsical Sunday morning with three kids glued to their YouTube devices. Each of my boys are watching a short video of their choice and their … Continue reading

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Learner Agency

There is not much out there in the modern world of research into learner agency. This is mind – boggling since it lays the foundation upon which all other lifeworthy learning happens. Rather than complicate things by insisting that learner … Continue reading

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