Formed in 1986, Media Education Wales is non-profit and includes teachers, advisors, and others on its Board of Management. It supports media and moving image education through resources, training, events, projects, research and consultancy. The main focuses of Media Education Wales are: “filmmaking made easy,” helping children and adults learn about film language, and including […]
Organizations
Media Education Association (MEA)
The Media Education Association (MEA) provides media teachers in England and Wales with a professional association and forum where they can discuss developments in the world of media and media education. The MEA aims to: support media teachers, promote media literacy and work to raise the status of media education. The MEA allows teachers from […]
Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) explores the moving image in all its forms – film, television, games, new media and art. Located in Melbourne, it is the one of very few international moving image centers in the world. It offers an award-winning exhibition program, and is the only cultural facility in the […]
Film Education
Film Education is a registered charity developed in 1985 and funded by the UK Film Industry and the BFI. Film Education’s works to produce and disseminate current educational material on film and film making as media education becomes increasingly important in classroom curricula. Film Education provides a number of free resources for teachers, including training […]
Children’s British Board of Film Classification (CBBFC)
The Children’s British Board of Film Classification (CBBFC), formed by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), is an interactive website which allows children to better understand and engage with how films are classified and rated by the BBFC. The main page of the website gives a description of all BBFC movie ratings, and allows […]
MakeBeliefsComix
MakeBeliefsComix.com is a website developed by Bill Zimmerman, author of “Make Beliefs”, where viewers can create their own comics. The website provides a number of storyline ideas for users, or allows them to make up their own stories entirely. After choosing characters, dialogue, and colors for each cell and a number of other different details, […]
Connections Communications Centre
Founded in 1982, Connections Communications Centre is a registered charity dedicated to promoting cultural diversity and new opportunities in the media industry. The Centre provides training, mentoring and job assistance to help open doors to the media industry for those excluded through lack of training and economic or social deprivation. Throughout the years, the Center […]
CLEMI
The Clemi (centre for liaison between teaching and information media) is part of the French Ministry of Education. It was created in 1983 with the mission of “promoting especially by means of training activities, the multiple uses of news media in teaching with the aim of encouraging a better understanding of the world by pupils […]
Childnet International
Childnet International’s mission is to work in partnership with others around the world to help make the Internet a great and safe place for children. Childnet works in 3 main areas: * Access and promoting quality content: Helping children and young people to use the internet constructively, showcase quality content and enable others to use […]
Australian Teachers of Media Queensland, Inc. (ATOM Qld)
Australian Teachers of Media Queensland, Inc. advocates for media education in Queensland by providing professional development opportunities for teachers; advising education authorities on policy and curriculum development; and providing students with opportunities to engage critically with the media. ATOM Qld provides many web-based resources including online newsletters, internet database and networking options.