Workshop presentation for the New Literacies, Digital Media and Classroom Teaching Conference at the University of Tasmania on 3rd September 2011.

1. Martin Waller
Classroom Teacher
Holy Trinity Rosehill Primary School
New Literacies, Digital Media and Classroom Teaching Conference
University of Tasmania

2. Classroom Teacher of Orange Class (Year 2) at Holy
Trinity Rosehill Primary School in the UK.
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. Online public writing environments displayed in reverse
chronological order (Blood, 2002)
Blogs are strong examples of ‘literacy as a
social practice’ (Davies and Merchant, 2009)
Blogs need to be understood as part of a whole
wider network of texts (Lankshear and Knobel, 2006)

16. The primary appeal of blogging for teachers
and pupils alike may be that it enables writing
to occur for authentic purposes for ‘real’
audiences. Readers of blogs can comment on
individual posts and this promotes interactivity
and writing as a collaborative process.
(Marsh, 2008: 174)

21. Blogs, as multimodal texts, allow us to
represent these activities in text form, in still
and moving image, or in audio format - and,
of course, some of the most interesting blogs
are judicious combination of these modes
(Davies and Merchant, 2009: 31)

22. http://purple.htrblogs.net
http://y62011.heathfieldcps.net
http://4oqblog.wordpress.com
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337
http://6ab.blackfieldblogs.net

28. 1. Always appropriate language and grammar in posts and
comments.
2. Never write children’s first and last names together. Children
may only mention first names in blog posts and comments.
3. Children should not upload pictures of themselves, their friends
or their family which would make them identifiable.
4. Everybody should be respectful of people’s achievements and
efforts when leaving comments.
5. If children are unhappy with anything that is written on the
blog they must tell a member of the school staff immediately.

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