I am a Lecturer in Education and New Media and a member of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media at the London Knowledge Lab. I teach some of the modules on the MA Media, Culture & Communication including digital video production and Internet cultures - the uses of social networking software in teaching and learning. I will be course leader for the MA programme from January 2009 onwards.
Further information is available at the London Knowledge Lab website at www.lkl.ac.uk/people/potter

Research Interests

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.

Recent Research Projects

“Learner Voice and Technology at Key Stage 2” (Sept 2007 - March 2008) with Neil Selwyn and Sue Cranmer, funded by BECTA You can find the report at partners.becta.org.uk

"Special Effects: the distinctiveness of learning outcomes in relation to moving image education projects" with the British Film Institute and the National Foundation for Educational Research for Creative Partnerships (2006 - 2007) www.creative-partnerships.com/content/researchAndEvaluationProjects/140103

"HEARTS - Higher Education and the Arts" funded at Goldsmiths College in 2005 - 06 by the Esmee Fairbairn and Gulbenkian Foundation, to which John contributed work on student generated digital video representations of carnival. Full HEARTS report available here: www.nfer.ac.uk/research-areas/pims-data/summaries/hearts.cfm

“E-SCAPE e-solutions for creative assessment in portfolio environments Phase 1” QCA funded research project with the Technology in Education Research Unit (TERU) at Goldsmiths College www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/teru/UserFiles/File/e-scape1.pdf