- 1. Martin Waller /
@[email protected] Teacher,
E-Learning Senior Leader and Educational ResearcherHoly Trinity
Rosehill C.E. (VA) Primary SchoolBetter Tools, Better Learning II
Conference, Goethe-Institut Riga, Latvia September 25th-26th
2014
2. This presentation is also available online, complete with
videosand hyperlinks,
at:http://beyondnewhorizons.com/2014/09/eepg-better-learning-latvia/The
article about the safe use of Twitter in the Primary Classroomcan
be downloaded
at:http://beyondnewhorizons.com/2010/08/using-twitter-in-the-primary-classroom/Further
information about my published work is available
at:http://beyondnewhorizons.com/publications/Follow me on Twitter
at:http://twitter.com/MultiMartin 3. Teacher andEducational
ResearcherClassroom Teacher of Orange Class (Year 2) and
Y5Moonstone Class at Holy Trinity Rosehill Primary School inthe
UK.Curriculum leader for E-Learning and Computing fromNursery to
Year 6Recent postgraduate student (MA in New Literacies) at
theUniversity of Sheffield.Independent educational researcher
working with a rangeof organisations. 4. This work is based upon 5.
www.beyondnewhorizons.com 6. So, what about education? 7. Image by
Iarstho 8. Web-based services that allow individuals to (1)
construct apublic profile or semi-public profile within a bounded
system,(2) articulate a list of other users within whom they share
aconnection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connectionsand
those made by others within the system.(boyd and Ellison, 2008:
221) 9. Much of the moral panic around new media focuses on theidea
that they distract the attention of children and youngpeople from
engaging with print literacy practices and are acausal factor in
falling standards in literacy in schools.(Davies and Merchant,
2009: 111) 10. Social networks are here to stay - so how can we use
them in schools?What value can they add to an already
crowdedclassroom?Is it safe to use social networks in school?Whats
the point? 11. Reading in this context means not simplydecoding,
but involves the taking part in theconstruction of social networks
in whichknowledge is co-constructed and distributed.(Marsh, 2010:
29) 12. Twitter RulesChildren must not mention their name or any of
theirfriends by name under any circumstances.Children must not
check for repliesor direct messages.Children must not navigate away
from our Twitterstream page or look at other peoples
profiles.(Waller, 2010) 13. Embedding Popular CultureKiKis Delivery
Service - Studio Ghibli 1989Original story by Elko Kadono 14. An
online platform to publish writing on a global scale accessible
from anywhere in the world.Easy to use for staff and pupils
alike.Children receive feedback from a globalaudience and comment
positively and criticallyon their peers work.Writing for a real
audience and purpose.(Waller, 2014)Blogging 15.
class5.htrschool.netmoonstone.htrschool.net 16. 100 Word Challenge
Global Writing Projecthttp://100wc.net 17. The power of Web 2.0 18.
http://class5.htrschool.net/more/barbara-morgan/ 19. Embedding
Technologieshttp://moonstone.htrschool.net/category/everest/ 20.
http://moonstone.htrschool.net/2014/02/02/y5-moonstone-interview-tori-james/
21.
http://moonstone.htrschool.net/2014/02/06/y5-moonstone-skype-with-keith-partridge/
22. Free video conferencinganywhere in the world via aninternet
connection. 23. Replicating existing practices into digital form
and hopingfor the best is not effective use of digital technologies
ineducation.Teaching of safe practices within any onlinesocial
network is crucial.Prescribed curricular definitions of literacy
should bechallenged to take account of new literacy practices. 24.
[email protected]@MultiMartin@MisterWallerY5
Moonstone Bloghttp://moonstone.htrschool.netY5 Moonstone
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