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04/03/2011

http://creativecommons.org.au/weblog/entry/2546

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image joins a growing list of Australian and international arts institutions making resources available for reuse and remixing under Creative Commons. In September last year the ACMI launched Generator, an online creative studio space for students and teachers to

21/02/2011

Hello All

The Digital Literacy in Canada discussion paper was launched in May 2010. The paper calls for federal leadership in the creation of a national digital literacy strategy to ensure all Canadians have the necessary skills to use digital technologies to their fullest potential.

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The Education forum of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

21/02/2011

Hello Everybody

A new employment opportunity here at ACMI. It is a 0.5 ongoing position in the Screen Education team. So come and work with one of the most dynamic and exciting education teams on the planet!

We are seeking an outstanding teacher who is qualified to teach Media and who can demonstrate innovation and leadership in the field. http://www.acmi.net.au/hr-education-deliverer.htm?bkTxt=more%20employment

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image offers employees the opportunity to work with a cultural organisation dedicated to the exhibition, promotion and preservation of Victorian, Australian and international screen content.

22/11/2010

Many of you would have seen the recent announcement from Facebook concerning their adoption and imminent release of social messaging. This is being touted bu Facebook as a kind of email killing by effectively consolidating numerous communication arcs into a single channel.

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The Education forum of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

19/11/2010

Google just published a short online book (using HTML5) entitled 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web.

The book provides simple step-by-step discussion of the web from both a technical and social perspective. Created by the Google Chrome team in not only exemplifies the potential of HTML5, but is beautifully ornamented by award-winning German illustrator and children’s author Christoph Niemann.


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The Education forum of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

19/11/2010

NAAE members met with Peter Garrett, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth; Senator Christine Milne, Greens spokesperson for the Arts, and Helen O’Neil, adviser to Arts Minister Simon Crean in Canberra on Tuesday. The NAAE canvassed strategies that will prepare generalist and specialist teachers for implementation of the developing Australian arts curriculum.

“Teachers need to be adequately prepared to teach the new Australian arts curriculum” says NAAE Chair, Julie Dyson, “otherwise the aspiration for all young Australians to have access to sequential and continuous learning in dance, drama, media arts, music and visual arts will be difficult to realise”.

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The Education forum of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

19/11/2010

Enjoying viral internet videos with your friends is fun, but somewhat awkward over instant message. YouTube Social lets you and your friends watch videos at the same time and chat through one unified web interface.


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The Education forum of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

19/11/2010

As the national discussions continue around the Australian Curriculum: Arts the debates that surrounds the five disciplines is becoming increasingly contested.

Find attached a PDF article from The Canberra Times (Thursday, November 18, 2010) written by Phillip Thomson that outlines many such tensions.


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The Education forum of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

18/11/2010

Briony Heneberry writes -- This year I piloted a subject called ‘Metacognitive Gaming’ at Year 9, a subject that uses computer and console games as texts in the same way as conventional English classes use print and film media.

Throughout the course of the semester, students have delved deeply into analysing the way in which games are marketed, why they’re such a popular form of entertainment, why players suspend moral codes when playing, and other aspects of gaming skills and gaming culture.

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The Education forum of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

18/11/2010

The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development in Victoria has just released its Digital Learning Statement.

The Statement represents the Department’s vision to drive learning and teaching in the technology–rich landscape available in Victorian government schools. It outlines three
strategies to support the achievement of the vision:
Anytime anywhere access
Advancing teaching practice
Access to quality resources, tools and data.

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The Education forum of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image

18/11/2010

The follow text is an extract from an extract.

Published in The Age, (November 18 2010) is an extract from the Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture, delivered (November 17 2010) at the Screen Producers Association of Australia given by The Movie Show's Margaret Pomeranz.

I look with awe at our 177-medal total at the recent Commonwealth Games. We trumped England, with a population in excess of 60 million. We trumped India with a billion. It's an indication of how much money this country is prepared to fork out to back winners.

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The Education forum of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image