MediaEd http://mediaed.org.uk The website for teaching about film, media and film-making with children, young people and adults Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:13:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 FILTA – Film in Language Teaching Association http://mediaed.org.uk/2013/events/filta-film-in-language-teaching-association http://mediaed.org.uk/2013/events/filta-film-in-language-teaching-association#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:13:55 +0000 editorME http://mediaed.org.uk/?p=2119 FILTA has invited you to the event ‘FREE Languages Café – CPD Event’ on FILTA!
Time: February 16, 2013 from 10am to 3pm
Location: Manchester Metropolitan University
Organized By:Yasmin Hussain/Sue Nolan

Event Description:
We have a FREE Languages Café CPD event for teachers on Saturday 16thFebruary, 10.00-15.00. 
The CPD event is for both people new to creating online learning materials and for more experienced developers. It will involve consideration of what makes effective online learning materials, and will introduce an easy-to-use, free tool for creating your own online learning activities, the LOC tool (Learning Object Creator).
This tool was designed by teachers, for teachersand has built-in advice and guidance. The tool is used by teachers of differentlanguages, and other subjects, across the UK. The workshop will includediscussion about good teaching practice with technology, and hands-on practiceusing the LOC tool to create a learning activity. At the close of the session,participants will be shown how to publish their work on the web through the LOCwebsite or through a website called ‘The LanguageBox.’
To book a place, please email routes@mmu.ac.uk
]]> http://mediaed.org.uk/2013/events/filta-film-in-language-teaching-association/feed 0 Scala Youth Film Festival 2013 http://mediaed.org.uk/2013/events/scala-youth-film-festival-2013 http://mediaed.org.uk/2013/events/scala-youth-film-festival-2013#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 12:05:11 +0000 editorME http://mediaed.org.uk/?p=2114 The Scala Youth Film Festival is open to all 11-16 year olds. Create a short film/s (less than 5mins long) based on the categories listed below…

Best Film,
Welsh Language Film,
Foreign Language Film
Community Film
The Festival and Competition screenings will take place on Friday 22nd of March 2013. The closing date for film entries is 22 Feb 2013.

For further information please emailsupport@scalaprestatyn.co.uk

]]> http://mediaed.org.uk/2013/events/scala-youth-film-festival-2013/feed 0 Glasgow Film Festival http://mediaed.org.uk/2013/events/glasgow-film-festival http://mediaed.org.uk/2013/events/glasgow-film-festival#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:56:55 +0000 editorME http://mediaed.org.uk/?p=2071 The ninth edition of Glasgow Film Festival begins on Valentine’s Day and runs until Academy Award night on 24 February. Glasgow Film Festival’s growing popularity is anchored in the programme’s wide range of individual strands that target specific areas of interest, bringing together themed screenings, special guests and an outstanding range of citywide tie-in events to reach a huge spectrum of audiences. For 2013, the Festival offers three new strands: James Cagney: Top of the World, Ma! is a retrospective of one of Hollywood’s original tough guys; Buena Onda: New Brazilian Cinema is a celebration of exciting new voices and award-winning achievements in Brazilian cinema; while Game Cats Go Miaow! is curated by Robert Florence and celebrates Scotland’s passion for gaming. Our annual favourites include Glasgow Youth Film Festival (3 – 13 February); Glasgow Short Film Festival (7 – 10 February); Great Scots; Crossing the Line, our experimental visual art strand; Fashion in Film; Glasgow Music & Film Festival, and FrightFest.

Join us for a magical month of movies, guests and premieres!

Tickets go on sale on 17 January 2013.

 

To find out more about visiting Glasgow: www.seeglasgow.com

]]> http://mediaed.org.uk/2013/events/glasgow-film-festival/feed 0 ‘INSET: Using Film in the Classroom to Teach Languages (English, French, Mandarin and Spanish)’ http://mediaed.org.uk/2012/events/inset-using-film-in-the-classroom-to-teach-languages-english-french-mandarin-and-spanish http://mediaed.org.uk/2012/events/inset-using-film-in-the-classroom-to-teach-languages-english-french-mandarin-and-spanish#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:00:12 +0000 editorME http://mediaed.org.uk/?p=2061 Carmen Herrero will provide a brief overview on the benefits of using film in the language classroom. Practical breakout sessions will enable teachers to conduct a scene analysis from a film in the specialist language. In addition, teachers will be encouraged to design workable activities for their own teaching context.
Tutors: English (EFL) (Jessica Frye),  French (Dr Isabelle Vanderschelden), Mandarin (Yanmei Wu)  and Spanish (Dr Carmen Herrero) (Department of Languages, Manchester Metropolitan University)
Fee: £50 (30 students) for the day inc. lunch and refreshments.
For further inquiries regarding the event or to book your place, please contact Sue Nolan (routes@mmu.ac.uk) or phone 0161 2476290
Please forward the atth. with information on the event to other colleagues who can be interested in attending the session.

]]> http://mediaed.org.uk/2012/events/inset-using-film-in-the-classroom-to-teach-languages-english-french-mandarin-and-spanish/feed 0 Media and Film Education Futures http://mediaed.org.uk/2012/events/media-and-film-education-futures http://mediaed.org.uk/2012/events/media-and-film-education-futures#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:18:10 +0000 editorME http://mediaed.org.uk/?p=2051 The Media Education Association is hosting a joint conference for teachers with BFI Education on 23-24 November at BFI Southbank.

The Saturday day conference will be preceded by a Friday evening reception at BFI Southbank: 6-8 pm, a wine reception, an illustrated talk from British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) Examiner Lucy Brett on the history of the BBFC. We are pleased to announce this conference is taking place during the BFI’s season of BBFC Centenary films, screening from Thursday 22 November – Sunday 29 November. Take a look at the BBFC Centenary events

Friday evening reception at BFI Southbank: 6-8 pm, sponsored by Film Education (www.filmeducation.org )

  • a free wine reception, commencing at 6:00pm
  • an illustrated talk from British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) who are currently celebrating a centenary of film classification, followed by Questions and Answers
  • We are pleased to announce this conference is taking place during the BFI’s season of BBFC Centenary films, screening from Thursday 22 November – Sunday 29 November. Take a look at the BBFC Centenary events (http://www.bbfc.co.uk/about/bbfc-centenary.

Saturday Highlights. 9-4

  • Keynote Speech:                 Professor David Buckingham, Loughborough University

“Hard Times: Media Education and The New Nineteenth Century Curriculum”

  • Choice to attend two teacher-led workshops targeted at different stages of education, giving advice, tips and  practical solutions to your needs in the media classroom (workshop titles tbc)
  • Choice to attend research presentations:
  • Dr Julian McDougall Digital Transformations: Teaching Games as (author-less) Literature. ( LA Noire research project) And
  • Dr Becky Parry, University of Leeds and Dr John Potter of the Institute of Education, reporting on Progression in Media Learning (a 3 year study)
  • Plenary session debating the way forward for media educators in difficult times.

(http://www.bbfc.co.uk/about/bbfc-centenary

Booking is available at
http://mediaeducationfutures.eventbrite.co.uk/

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The only INSET conference specifically for WJEC GCSE and A-level


£280 for two days, £150 for one day until June 30th
£300 for two days, £160 for one day from July 1st
• Wide choice of sessions for new and experienced teachers
• 25% discount for multiple bookings (bring a colleague for half price)*

Our popular CPD event for Media and Film Studies teachers will be on 27 and 28 September this year. As in previous years there will be a wide range of sessions for new and experienced teachers of A-level and GCSE Media Studies and A-level Film Studies. More information about the programme will be available shortly.

*Discount is available for two or more colleagues attending on the same days. To get the discount, enter the promotional code ‘MULTIPLE’ when booking.

You can use the form below for all payment types. To request an invoice or to pay by cheque, click on the orange ‘Show other payment options’ link and then click ‘Pay offline’.

If you would prefer not to use online booking, you can email us your booking details (mf2012@mediaedwales.org.uk) or fax them to 029 2056 9353.

]]> http://mediaed.org.uk/2012/events/media-and-film-2012/feed 0 GFT School Events – UK Green Film Festival and Refugee Week 2012 http://mediaed.org.uk/2012/tag-films/films-films/gft-school-events-uk-green-film-festival-and-refugee-week-2012-2 http://mediaed.org.uk/2012/tag-films/films-films/gft-school-events-uk-green-film-festival-and-refugee-week-2012-2#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 13:52:04 +0000 editorME http://mediaed.org.uk/?p=2009 UK Green Film Festival:
One Life
Thursday 17 May 10.00pm – 11.45am
Glasgow Film Theatre
Recommended for Primary 3+, Cert: U [Expressive Arts / Literacy / Sciences]
One Life is a celebration of the most brilliant and imaginative stories of survival from the natural world.
A major feature length production from BBC Earth Films, One Life has been created from 10,000 hours of incredible, intimate footage of amazing creatures that are in turn heroic, strange, loveable, beautiful and surprisingly funny. One Life is voiced by Daniel Craig (Casino Royale, Cowboys and Aliens) and offers an accessible narrative that children will love.
Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Scottish SPCA) will introduce the film with a short presentation on the unusual creatures they’ve come across and how they protect animals in Scotland.
FREE to Glasgow Local Authority Schools. £3 per pupil all other schools, accompanying teachers go free.

 

 

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District 9
Tuesday 19 June 10.15am – 12.15pm,
Glasgow Film Theatre
Recommended for Secondary 4 – 6, Cert: 15
[Expressive Arts / Global Citizenship]
Set in South Africa, District 9 begins as a mock documentary about the imminent eviction of extraterrestrials from a shantytown called District 9. The creatures, nicknamed ‘prawns’, have been on Earth for years, having arrived sickly and starving. Initially received by humans with compassion and care, the aliens are now mired in terrible conditions typical of long-term refugee camps, unwanted by a hostile host society.
The alien refugees soon discover a kindred spirit in Wikus, a government agent who is accidentally exposed to their biotechnology and starts to mutate into a ‘prawn.’ Wikus must find a cure for his transformation as well as helping the refugee aliens return home.
A thrilling and thought-provoking sci-fi take on the plight of refugees across the world.
Introduced by Scottish Refugee Council.

 

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A one-day seminar
 
Friday 13th April  10.30am – 3.30pm
 
We hope that you will be able to join us to discuss these and many more questions on April 13th in the Blue Room at the BFI Southbank from 11am-4pm – refreshments will be provided.
There is no cost for attending. All you need to do is to bring your ideas and be ready to debate! We hope that teachers, film practitioners, training providers and other educationalists will be able to attend.
 
“Alongside audience development, film education has a vital role to play in ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to engage with film across the UK. By enhancing the stock of knowledge and information about film, in particular among children and young people, film education can assist in growing the audience of today and tomorrow, ensuring that audiences have an improved understanding and appreciation of the value of different kinds of film, whilst stimulating creativity.” From “A Future for British Film”, 2012

With the Film 21st Century Literacy Strategy coming to an end and its advocacy document [Integrating Film into Education] recently published, now seems an appropriate moment to consider what exactly is meant by “film education”.

·      Is there a coherent understanding of what film education is supposed to achieve?
·      Does film education address specific knowledge and understanding or is it exclusively about creativity?   Or should it be a combination of all of these? If so, how can an integrated film education be achieved?
·      Are the aims of film education the same for children (and people) of all ages, in all settings, or should it be inflected by different contexts?
·      How can we get any closer to agreeing on what is actually meant by film education?
For further information or to book a place at the seminar please contact Lydia Penke at lydia@21stcenturyliteracy.org.uk
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BFI Southbank – Friday 3rd February (6 – 8:30pm) and Saturday 4th February 2012 (09:30-3:00pm)

This conference is jointly convened by the Media Education Association with the assistance and generous use of the learning spaces from the British Film Institute.

It is aimed at drawing in some new voices to the association and driving some activity forward in 2012.This conference brings together a range of new voices from Primary, Secondary, FE and Higher Education.

The workshops in the conference provide a range of narratives from different areas of the education system. Some are focused on how to teach aspects of the formal syllabus for media at GCSE/AS level and beyond. Other workshops focus on how children learn about the media. Yet others are focused on our own education as media teachers and how we can become better teachers of the media.

For more information and details of the  conference programme visit:

http://themea.org/2011/mea-new-voices-in-media-education-conference/

Bookings can be  made at http://newvoicesinmediaeducation.eventbrite.co.uk 

 

 

 

 

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