2025 Screen Horizons Call for Abstracts – Australian Teachers of Media

16-17 May 2025 @ Bond University

Screen Horizons encourages delegates to think critically and with anticipation about the issues, skills, qualities on the Horizon of Screen and Media education and industry in Queensland, Australia, and globally. ATOM Qld will curate a conference that will provide delegates with tangible takeaways that can be implemented in practice.

Delegates will include primary, secondary, and tertiary Screen and Media educators, generalist teachers, pre-service teachers, industry practitioners and academics.

We are looking for workshops and presentations aligned to the following topics:
*Teaching ACARA v9 or updated senior syllabuses
*Teaching Media Arts key concepts – Media Technologies, Representations, Audiences, Institutions, Media Languages and Media Relationships.
*Media Arts practices across cultures and diverse perspectives
*First Nations perspectives in Media
*Teaching Media Literacy
*Media Arts in Primary School/Junior Secondary
*Screen and Media Pedagogy
*Screen and Media technical skills
*Screen and Media story craft skills (generating ideas, scriptwriting, storyboarding, developing a bible, developing a pitch deck etc)
*Screen and Media distribution (copyright, film festivals, screen funding, screen distribution etc)
*Inclusive practices in Media Education
*Mobile filmmaking/Short form Storytelling
*Emerging technologies and participatory culture
*Media industry pathways and futures
*Arts education advocacy and research

Workshops will need to include activities for delegates to complete during the presentation and link to the conference theme.

EXAMPLE

Summary of Abstract:

Title of Abstract: Mobile Animations

Have a mobile device? Use the iPad in the class? Refine the apps you use for animating. Delegates will get a hands-on crash course through a couple different types of animation and how to use free animation apps on mobile devices. You will walk away from this session with the skills for illustrated animation and stop motion animation. You must install FlipaClip, Animation Desk and Stop Motion Studio on your mobile device and have some objects at the ready such as lego or paper, pen, and scissors. Explore what’s on the horizon for mobile technologies with easy integration for your curriculum delivery.
model example for workshop with a note to delegates regarding prepatory material required.

You can submit your abstract HERE.