by rcrellin | Apr 19, 2018 | animation, Class Activities, Digital Stories, History
“In My Day” brings Natimuk Primary School, 1934, to life. The animated film by Dave Jones features interviews with senior Natimuk residents and student animations. He also revisits the students and subjects to reveal storytelling and animation processes....
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 14, 2016 | animation, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Stories, Student activities
To celebrate Education Week, Australian Centre of the Moving Image ACMI and Australian Teachers of Media ATOM invite you to find out more about the design and production of games, animations and live-action films. There are two programs suitable for secondary...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 25, 2016 | animation, Arts, Challenge, Curriculum, Digital Literacy, Digital Resources, Digital Stories, Digital technology, How To, languages, Literacy, Mathematics, music, Online Projects, Online Resources, Science, STEM
Art, Maths, literacy? ….I am not sure which teachers and students will grab this first. Pixar in a box is a collaboration between Pixar and Khan Academy. It is a free online tool/course which not only presents students with an amazing set of tools but also the...
by Sandy Phillips | Feb 18, 2016 | animation, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Stories, Digital technology, Literacy, Online Projects, Uncategorized
Last post I congratulated Yanni from Northcote High School for winning the Tropfest Junior Film Festival. Here is the link to see his, and all the finalists’ films. The event is sponsored by the Australian Television Foundation. All students (and...
by Sandy Phillips | Oct 12, 2015 | Class Activities, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Literacy, Digital Stories, Digital technology, Mathematics
ABC Splash are setting a maths mission for students: grab a smartphone or a video-recorder, explain a maths idea in 30-seconds, then enter it into their “Make a maths movie” competition. They will select three entries with the best explanations to be...
by Sandy Phillips | Sep 17, 2015 | Class Activities, Creativity, Digital Learning, Digital Stories, Pedagogy, Student activities
Every year, hundreds of students across the nation enter Screen It – The Australian Centre of the Moving Image’s (ACMI’s) epic moving image competition for Primary and Secondary school students. Screen It is designed to educate, encourage and foster the next...
