Dr John Potter

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BA Hons., PGCE Primary, DPSE, MA, PhD
    • Senior Lecturer
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Culture, Communications and Media
  • Centre:
    • London Knowledge Lab
  • Summary:
    • My research and teaching is in new media and learning, in formal and informal settings as framed by media and cultural studies, theories of identity, new literacies and multimodality. My background is in teacher education, ICT advisory work and, for a number of years, primary school teaching in East London.
  • Teaching:
    • • I am currently course leader for the MA in Media, Culture and Communication.
      • I teach on the Media Culture and Education core module.
      • I also work on Digital Video Production modules in collaboration with the British Film Institute.
      • I developed and teach on the Internet Cultures module which is concerned with the uses of social networking software in teaching and learning online.
      • I contribute to teaching on the MA ICT in Education and to M level modules in PGCE courses in English and Primary Education.
  • Research Projects:
    • "Learner Voice and Technology at Key Stage 2" with Neil Selwyn and Sue Cranmer, funded by BECTA (in dissemination)
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • I am a member of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media.
      My research interests include:
      • Digital video production by young learners – the focus of my doctoral research;
      • The use of social software and online networks for publication and learning;
      • Media education: Investigating ICT, creative activity and learner agency;
      • Issues in ICT in Education: Social, cultural and political aspects of pedagogy in its relationship to technology;
      • The changing nature of teaching and learning in response to the pervasive use of media technologies, computer games and other online environments in formal and informal settings.
  • Professional Activities:
    • • I am an external examiner at Liverpool Hope University.
      • I review journal articles and conference submissions for a number of publications, including Learning, Media and Technology.
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • • "Learner identity and theoretical development on a blog-assessed MA module" Institute of Education :Learning and Teaching conference, Jan 2010
      • "Eliciting learner voice – exploring the enabling/constraining influence of the school setting" [Full text of presentation to Futurelab Learner Voice Conference, University of Warwick, 25.10.08 available at http://www.futurelab.org.uk/events/listing/learner-voice/presentations [Access date: 04.12.08]
      • "Facilitating learner voice at KS2: Implications for teaching and learning in digital worlds" Research in progress paper given to ITTE Seminar, Moller Centre, University of Cambridge, 28th November, 2008
      • "Learners, digital technology and media" Paper given at "Dream or virtually reality? Learning, ICT and the primary school", A conference at the Institute of Education, 19th November, 2008 [see www.ioe.ac.uk/schools/ecpe/pdfs/ICTConfProg.pdf [Access date: 04.12.08]]
      • Presentation of Digital Video research to Special Interest Group at "Multimodality and Learning: New Perspectives on Knowledge, Representation and Communication" June 19, 2008
      • "Issues in ICT in Education - Social Software and Online Networks" Invited seminar series at Medienpädagogik an der Universität Kassel, Germany, April 28-30, 2008
      • "Representation in New Media", National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) conference, Derbyshire, January 2006
      • Seminar presentation for HEARTS project: Digital Media Technologies in Carnival, Goldsmiths College, November 2005
      • "Video for Learning" opening presentation at the NESTA Futurelab 3G Innovations Workshop, June 2005
      • Digital video editing: Creativity and the social practice of representation in new Media at CAL 05, Bristol University, April 4-6, 2005
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • Australia: I have some links with teacher education and colleagues in Sydney and Melbourne. We work with the Comundus European MA in Media which involves regular links with partners in Denmark, France, Germany and Italy
      England: I have experience as lecturer, researcher, advisor, teacher, parent, governor across all phases of education
Dr John Potter

Contact details

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Address:
  • Culture, Communications and Media
    Institute of Education
    University of London
    23-26 Emerald Street
    London WC1H 3QS

  • Office Location:
  • Level 3
    23-29 Emerald Street, WC1N 3QS

Publications

  • Potter, J. (2010) 'Embodied memory and curatorship in children's digital video production', Journal of English Teaching :Practice and Critique 9, 1, 22-35.
  • Selwyn, N., Potter, J. and Cranmer, S. (2010) Primary schools and ICT: Learning from Learner Perspectives. London: Continuum.
  • Potter, J. (2009) 'Photoshopping/photosharing: new media, digital literacies and curatorship' In M. Knobel and C. Lankshear (eds), DIY Media: Digital Literacies and Learning through Popular Cultural Production. New York: Peter Lang.
  • Cranmer, S.,  Selwyn, N.  and  Potter, J. (2009) 'Exploring primary pupils experiences and understandings of E-safety', Education and Information Technologies 14,
  • Potter, J. (2008) 'The Locative narrative: Katie and Aroti - "This is where we always used to sit"', Media Education Journal 44,
  • Potter, J. (2008) 'Re-designing an MA module to foster agency, engagement and production in online social software', Reflecting Education 4(1), 81-91.
  • Selwyn, N., Potter, J. and Cranmer, S. (2008) 'Primary pupils' use of information and communication technologies at school and home', British Journal of Educational Technology 39,
  • Allen, J., Potter, J., Sharp, J. and Turvey, K. (2007) 'Primary ICT: Knowledge, Understanding & Practice (3rd Edition)', Learning Matters
  • Potter, J. (2006) 'Carnival Visions: Digital Creativity in Teacher Education', Learning, Media & Technology 31(1), 51–66.
  • Potter, J. (2006) 'Technology and education: Debates, contexts and computers' In J. Sharp, S. Ward and L. Hankin (eds), Education Studies: an Issues-Based Approach. Exeter: Learning Matters.
  • Potter, J. (2005) '"This brings back a lot of memories" - A case study in the analysis of digital video production by young learners', Education, Communication & Information 5(1),