This year for the first time ATOM QLD provided support to Port Shorts Film Festival hosted in Port Douglas. The support provided consisted of a masterclass on writer’s block, a panel on the FTVnM industry and judging the Port Shorts Young Filmmakers Award. The Port Shorts Festival format allowed media educators and students engage in …
On behalf of the Port Shorts team: Click the links below for more details about the Festival: Port Shorts Film Festival Review-Preview Bigger, longer, louder Port Shorts Film Festival launches for 2017 Filmmakers get unique chance to learn from the best Dear film teachers, EXTENDED DEADLINE! Please encourage your students to enter this year’s Port …
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Do you know someone who has contributed significantly to Media Education? In recognition of her service to Media Education in Queensland and Australia, in 2017 Australian Teachers of Media, Qld introduced the Helen Yeates Award for Excellence in Media Education. Helen has had more impact on the introduction and development of Media Education in Queensland …
Nomination for the Inaugural Helen Yeates Award for Excellence in Media Education Read More »
TICKETS Looking Forward ATOM QLD State Conference proudly presented by QUT Creative Industries 2017 marks a juncture in Media Arts, Film Television and New Media education history whereby educators have and are implementing the Media Arts strand aligned to the Australian Curriculum and the release of a brand new FTVnM Senior Syllabus as QLD transitions …
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Unit Overview – AFT101 (Arts Film, TV and New Media, Year 10) Students will explore the institutions and language of film, television and new media. They will develop skills in analysis, creativity and critical thinking, as well as digital, visual and written literacies. This unit will culminate in Responding to a case study investigation (Hollywood …
Year 10 Unit – Hollywood, TV Journalism and TV Advertising Read More »
Below you will find attached a wide range of resources to gain an understanding of the transition from our current QCAA Senior Syllabus toward Senior Assessment and Tertiary Entrance. ATOM QLD thanks those who have taken time to provide feedback to each Draft Syllabus as well as the Writing team and Learning Area Reference Group …
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ATOM Queensland has recently learned of the passing of renowned media educator Barrie McMahon, in Perth Tuesday 16 May. Media education as we know it today, would not exist without the contribution of Barrie McMahon. He has been hugely influential across Australia, and internationally – particularly in Canada, and also in the UK. Barrie built …
2016 was a busy year for ATOM Qld with lots of “backend” work around partnerships (poster), advocacy and readying for changes brought on by the redevelopment of the new senior FTVnm syllabus. A large contingent of ATOM Qld members also made the journey to the national conference, Screen Futures, in Melbourne. But in a transition …