The document profiles Martin Waller, who works as the Creative Learning Coordinator at Holy Trinity Rosehill Primary School, teaching Year 2 and coordinating learning for nursery through Year 6. It also notes that he is a postgraduate student studying New Literacies and does independent educational research with various organizations. The document discusses Waller's work using Twitter in primary classrooms and developing pupil voice through online social networks. It provides definitions and perspectives on social media, networks, and literacy.

1. Martin Waller
Creative Learning Coordinator
Holy Trinity Rosehill Primary School
UKLA International Conference - Friday 15th July 2011

2. Classroom Teacher of Orange Class (Year 2) at Holy
Trinity Rosehill Primary School.
Creative Learning Coordinator for Nursery through to Year 6.
Postgraduate student (MA in New Literacies) at the University
of Sheffield.
Independent educational researcher working with a
range of organisations.

3. Waller, M. (2010) It’s very very fun and ecsiting – using Twitter in the
primary classroom. English Four to Eleven, Summer, pp. 14–16.
Waller, M. (2011) ‘Everyone in the World Can See It’ - Developing
Pupil Voice through Online Social Networks in Czerniawski, G. and
Kidd, W. (Eds) The Student Voice Handbook: Bridging the Academic/
Practitioner Divide. Emerald Group Publishing (Published September

5. Web-based services that allow individuals to (1)
construct a public profile or semi-public profile within a
bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users within
whom they share a connection, and (3) view and
traverse their list of connections and those made by
others within the system.
(boyd and Ellison, 2008: 221)

6. “Friend me on Facebook and I’ll totally confirm...”
(Dialogue from ‘Sorority Row’ - Hendler, 2009: [00:27:50])

17. Start your own Personal Learning Network by following
the people on this Twitter list.
http://twitter.com/MultiMartin/project-pln

18. Much of the moral panic around new media focuses on
the idea that they distract the attention of children and
young people from engaging with print literacy practices
and are a causal factor in falling standards in literacy in
schools.
(Davies and Merchant, 2009: 111)

24. Reading in this context means not simply
decoding, but involves the taking part in the
construction of social networks in which
knowledge is co-constructed and distributed.
(Marsh, 2010: 29)

27. Children must not mention their name or any o ftheir
friends by name under any circumstances.
Children must not check for replies or direct
messages.
Children must not navigate away from our Twitter
stream page or look at other people’s profiles.
(Waller, 2010)

28. email orange class blog
martinwaller@me.com www.whatwedidtoday.net
twitter orange class twitter
@MultiMartin @ClassroomTweets
@MisterWaller
blog
www.changinghorizons.net