My research interests centre around three areas of specialization: 1) Research theory and methodologies: Visual and Multimodal research and and Video-based research2) Technology mediated teaching and learning: notably its affect on classroom practices, and subject knowledge3) Multimodal school based research: with a focus on urban schooling, identities, policy and curriculumRecent research project areas include: the development of multimodal methods for researching digital data and environments, the effects of government technology initiatives on learning in the secondary school and the home,