ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
This website is very worthwhile for teachers and students.
Through the ABC Schools Television Website you will have instant
access to information on programs and resources. This includes
current schedule and program information, summary of new programs,
resources and information to support the programs.
Adcritic
This advertisement showcase is basically for industry
professionals but is widely used by others too. As well as
providing enjoyment, it can be used by students analysing
advertisements.
‘The
Age’ Education Site
This site includes an extensive range of resources for
teaching about the media.
ATOM
Australian Teachers of Media
This site is a useful one for English teachers. Scanning
through will find some useful notes and approaches to teaching
film as text even though the actual films chosen might not
be useful.
Australian
movie site
Andrew L. Urban's site. Content includes news, features,
information about the making of Australian films, reviews.
It is updated weekly and is a good point of contact for information
about recent Australian movies.
The Blockbuster Movie
This site introduces teachers and students to the phenomenon
of the blockbuster movie – its history, characteristics and
influences.
Children’s
Advertising and Gender Roles
The American National Institute on Media and the Family
site contains a number of fact sheets and further references
for students on advertising. This particular page contains
information about advertising and gender stereotyping, and
there are many other similar summaries of media issues.
Drew’s
Scripts-O-Rama
This is an amazing site listing and linking to hundreds of
film and television scripts on the World Wide Web. As
well as scripts written for films, there are also some transcripts
others have taken from the final screened versions and sometimes
draft scripts. It’s a fascinating resource for teaching
about how films are developed, for investigating particular
films, for teaching script-writing.....and so on..
Film
Australia.
Information about new releases and past productions, teaching
notes, purchase details. Film Australia has produced
films based on texts such as Jeannie Baker’s collage
works and documentaries about authors such as David Malouf,
as well as many other thought-provoking films.
Film Australia’s Online Resources
This site gives teachers access to a range of video clips from
the Film Australia archives.
Film
Sound Design
Greatest
Films
This is a large site full of relevant information for teachers
and students. The site includes useful information on film
genres.
iNK,
Interactive News for Kids
Part of the News Limited site, this section is a useful
‘web-based set of tools which allow you and your students
to author, produce and publish your own on-line news publication.’
It guides teachers and students through all the steps needed
to produce a publication, using any available technology.
The intended end product is publication on the site itself,
but parts of the process can be used to create publications
for other purposes. The site is easy to use and suitable for
students from about grade 5 to grade 12.
Internet
Movie Database
This site has information on thousands of films. It has been
developed in association with amazon.com and is similar in
style and navigability.
Learn
Online
This is the ABC's education section. It has many features
including 'Behind the News', 'Games', 'Open Learning' and
other worthwhile educational resources.
Mars
Attacks.
Rich site based on Tim Burton's science-fiction comedy, Mars
Attacks. It features lots of production information
about how the movie was developed and created, including information
about special effects
Media
Awareness Network
This is an excellent Canadian site with resources for teachers,
students and parents. Includes some great teaching ideas
and lesson outlines for grades K-12.
The
Mercury Newspapers in Education
This Tasmanian site is a great resource for students and teachers.
It includes teaching ideas, links, and an archive of past
NIE material produced for students.
PBS
Teacher Source
This web site has search facilities for teachers by grade
level and curriculum area. It also has information about
copyright. Mainly useful for American teachers but you
might find something relevant.
State
Media Library
The
Learning Centre (http://www.actf.com.au/learning_centre/introduction.htm)
is the Australian Children's Television Foundation's (ACTF)
searchable online resource of over 200 lesson plans,
worksheets, study guides and interactive teaching kits based
on their popular programs and aiming to support media literacy
and multiliteracies teaching. Developed for use in primary and
secondary schools, all learning activities support the
Essential Learnings.
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