MediaEdu provides Media Studies consultancy services to schools, colleges and professional organisations.

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Caroline Bagshaw

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Half-Day Revision Course for AQA GCSE Media Studies External Assessment on Action Adventure Films - 2011

Our first session will be a half-day revision course on Action Adventure Films for this summer’s AQA GCSE Media Studies External Assessment. See ‘Programme Details’ below for more info.

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• We would suggest a Saturday if you would like the course delivered in term time.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in...

When you are teaching students how to edit, there a few things that you need to consider. Firstly what you will want them to edit - usually, moving image and audio. You will therefore need the things which go with this. In this guide, you will be able to find out about the best editing software for your budget, top tips and more.

Hardware

You will obviously need access to computers. When students are editing, it can take more than a few...

What is it?

This is the post-production process of making a moving image text, by the selection and ordering of a range of shots (the footage) into a continuous sequence. Editing can bring in audio (dialogue, score and sound effects), titles (credits) and still images.

Editing can help to enforce a theme, narrative or atmosphere, due to the pace and combination of elements selected. This could be through the use of a montage, the use of...

Half or Full Day Creative Media Production Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Although we have workshops and revision sessions listed below, we would also be thrilled to offer you a more bespoke package. This can be based on year groups, classes or one-to-one student led or can be based on either exam / internal assessment, theory or practical work.

We are also keen to work with teachers and departments and can offer CPD for your subject...

Viki Walden is an experienced Media and Film Studies lecturer and has taught on a range of courses including: Entry Level 3, BTEC Introductory, BTEC First, BTEC National, AS/A2 Media, AS/A2 Film, Extended Project and HNC.

She is a Film specialist with a BA in Media Arts and MA (by research) in Film Studies. She has experience both in inner city further education and suburban sixth forms. She has been a lead teacher for A2 Film and has...

Continuing Professional Development - Whole School and Department

So, how do you move from ‘Good To Outstanding’? What is a ‘Dare Devil’ in the class room? In schools, raising the standards of teaching and learning is important to the students, parents and OFSTED, but it can also be a necessary factor in bringing a bit of excitement into the staff room. Based on her experience as an award winning, AST and Senior Leader, Nicole will share...

One of the major planning points in a teacher’s year is concerning a course. With changing specifications and curriculums, you can find yourself in the position of designing and redesigning media studies courses every year. So when do you do the controlled assessment? When do you tackle the skills training and when can you start the academic theory. Because you have more than a year, it can almost be too much time. Here are a few points which...

Associated Resources

Feedback Student Sheet.doc

A huge part of your teaching day will be giving feedback, albeit on behaviour, discussion or practical work. One area which can be improved is feedback in terms of your students’ presentational skills. You probably give them clear commentary on their content, but it is of equal merit to guide them with their presentation of the work. The stages of feedback is to initially analyse, evaluate,...

Half or Full Day Revision Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Our practical workshops usually include:

• Investigating genre conventions (cards and games)
• Starter activities, ‘odd one out’ / ‘top n tail’ / connective thinking
• Loop cards with key facts
• Loop cards with relevant theories
• Carousel activities ‘add facts’ and move on….
• Carousel activities…making a storyboard…and move on…

We ensure that students get to know the exam structure,...

Half or Full Day Revision Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Our practical workshops usually include:

• Investigating genre conventions (cards and games)
• Starter activities, ‘odd one out’ / ‘top n tail’ / connective thinking
• Loop cards with key facts
• Loop cards with relevant theories
• Carousel activities ‘add facts’ and move on….
• Carousel activities…making a storyboard…and move on…

We ensure that students get to know the exam structure,...

Half or Full Day Revision Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Our practical workshops usually include:

• Investigating genre conventions (cards and games)
• Starter activities, ‘odd one out’ / ‘top n tail’ / connective thinking
• Loop cards with key facts
• Loop cards with relevant theories
• Carousel activities ‘add facts’ and move on….
• Carousel activities…making a storyboard…and move on…

We ensure that students get to know the exam structure,...

Observations are always a bit nerve wracking. You may be on top of your game, but you never know when Johnny is going to kick off, when a last minute room change can occur, or when the fire alarm goes off.

Confidence is based on preparation and ensuring the observer can ‘read’ your lesson correctly.

Schools should be offering observations every term. This can be internal (department ‘buddying’, directorate or senior staff whole...

Associated Resources

AQA GCSE Media Unit 2 Help Sheet.doc

Teaching The Levels: Assessment Objectives

The learning outcomes of a lesson are what the students are expected to know and be able to show. Our job is to:

• show ‘what a good answer looks like’
• tell the students why it is considered ‘good’ and what specific features contributed to that judgement
• give some suggestions about what to do, or to include, in order to reach a similar...

When you insert lesson planning into Google, you get 860,000 results [1] . If you then enter lesson planning media studies, you get 3,110,000 results. Not only is this bewildering starting point, but how do you know which is the best? 

When planning a Media Studies lesson, scheme of work or entire course, there needs to be a holistic understanding of what you are trying to achieve. You need to be in control and trust where you are going with...

Skills, Experience & Training

Rob Miller is a Creative Consultant, Freelance Writer and an experienced and successful Media and Film teacher and Curriculum Manager working in the post 14 education sector within Sixth Form, FE and Adult Education. He has also worked in schools facilitating Gifted and Talented projects and Media Excellence Days for Year 9 and Year 10 pupils and worked with Careers Departments and Heads of Media from a number of...

Nick Lacey graduated in Film / Literature at Warwick University and has worked for Times Newspapers, EMAP, Yorkshire Post, and Yorkshire Television.

He is currently Curriculum Leader for Media at Benton Park Technology College and is the author of several Media and Film Studies textbooks and has written for a number of other publications.

His girlfriend sometimes wonders about him.

Training

Nicole Ponsford is an award winning, Advanced Skills Teacher of Media and New Technologies. She has worked in a variety of schools, from leafy Surrey schools to Academies, to inner-City schools on the up to ‘Outstanding’ secondary schools. After setting up Media Studies from scratch in these, she has gone on to advising Principals, schools, LEAs and finally nationally.

Nicole has been nominated twice by her students and staff for...

• We can organise half-day or full day courses on any aspect of Media Studies at your school or college.

• We can also provide keynote speakers for conferences and training events.

Contact MediaEdu

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• Where possible assessors from leading awarding bodies lead our courses.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in length and is delivered in both whole group and seminar-style workshops. We can run a full-day course, if...

Check out the Film & Lighting Course by TAP | White Bus.

http://www.coexist.org.uk/tap-courses-by-subject.html

This course is excellent value and comes highly recommended by Vicky Casson.

Friday, 4th November 2011 at Harbour Lights Picturehouse, Southampton

Programme

• TV Crime Drama (AQA)
• Workshops: ‘From Transylvania to Twilight’ - a cross media assignment on Vampires
• Skills Sessions
• Latest Thinking and Initiatives
• Sharing and Networking
• Plus - free memory stick packed with resources

Reserve your place

Contact Pam Noble
[email] click here to send us an email

HIAS £180 SLA Element £25 Full Price: £215

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• We can organise half-day or full day courses on any aspect of Media Studies or Film Studies at your school or college.

• We can also provide keynote speakers for conferences and training events.

Contact MediaEdu

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• Where possible assessors from leading awarding bodies lead our courses.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in length and is delivered in both whole group and seminar-style workshops. We can run a...

Programme Details

• We’ll come to you or a school near you.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in length and is delivered in both whole group and seminar-style workshops. We can run a full-day course, if you wish.

• Revision sessions are active, engaging and comprehensive.

• In order for a course to run, there needs to be a minimum of 20 students.

• Each student place costs £20 and must be paid in advance. We would suggest that the class teacher or...

Half-Day Revision Course for WJEC GCSE Media Studies Exam on Music Videos & Fan Websites - 2011

This is a half-day revision course on Music Videos & Fan Websites for this summer’s WJEC GCSE Media Studies Exam. See ‘Programme Details’ below for more info.

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• We would suggest a Saturday if you would like the course delivered in term time.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in length and is delivered in both...

Media and Cultural Theory by Dr Stephen Hill and B. Fenner is an ideal guidebook for undergraduates studying a range of Media and Cultural Studies courses.

Covering over thirty theorists, the book is organised into ten chapters, each focusing on a specific theoretical strand.

Alongside more traditional forms like film, television and music, the book also makes reference to Facebook, YouTube and MySpace.

For the visual learner, each chapter is...

Click on the link to join us and start networking - it’s free. :)

MediaEdu provides Media Studies consultancy services to schools, colleges and professional organisations.

View Profiles

Click on the links below to view a selection of our experts’ profiles:

Nicole Ponsford

Nick Lacey

Rob Miller

Caroline Bagshaw

Viki Walden

Make Contact

If you would like to contact one of our experts, our contact details are below.

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Half-Day Revision Course for AQA GCSE Media Studies External Assessment on Action Adventure Films - 2011

Our first session will be a half-day revision course on Action Adventure Films for this summer’s AQA GCSE Media Studies External Assessment. See ‘Programme Details’ below for more info.

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• We would suggest a Saturday if you would like the course delivered in term time.

...

Half or Full Day Creative Media Production Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Although we have workshops and revision sessions listed below, we would also be thrilled to offer you a more bespoke package. This can be based on year groups, classes or one-to-one student led or can be based on either exam / internal assessment, theory or practical work.

We are also keen to work with teachers and...

Viki Walden is an experienced Media and Film Studies lecturer and has taught on a range of courses including: Entry Level 3, BTEC Introductory, BTEC First, BTEC National, AS/A2 Media, AS/A2 Film, Extended Project and HNC.

She is a Film specialist with a BA in Media Arts and MA (by research) in Film Studies. She has experience both in inner city further education and suburban sixth forms. She has been a lead...

Continuing Professional Development - Whole School and Department

So, how do you move from ‘Good To Outstanding’? What is a ‘Dare Devil’ in the class room? In schools, raising the standards of teaching and learning is important to the students, parents and OFSTED, but it can also be a necessary factor in bringing a bit of excitement into the staff room. Based on her experience as an award winning, AST...

Half or Full Day Revision Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Our practical workshops usually include:

• Investigating genre conventions (cards and games)
• Starter activities, ‘odd one out’ / ‘top n tail’ / connective thinking
• Loop cards with key facts
• Loop cards with relevant theories
• Carousel activities ‘add facts’ and move on….
• Carousel activities…making a storyboard…and move on…

We ensure that...

Half or Full Day Revision Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Our practical workshops usually include:

• Investigating genre conventions (cards and games)
• Starter activities, ‘odd one out’ / ‘top n tail’ / connective thinking
• Loop cards with key facts
• Loop cards with relevant theories
• Carousel activities ‘add facts’ and move on….
• Carousel activities…making a storyboard…and move on…

We ensure that...

Half or Full Day Revision Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Our practical workshops usually include:

• Investigating genre conventions (cards and games)
• Starter activities, ‘odd one out’ / ‘top n tail’ / connective thinking
• Loop cards with key facts
• Loop cards with relevant theories
• Carousel activities ‘add facts’ and move on….
• Carousel activities…making a storyboard…and move on…

We ensure that...

Skills, Experience & Training

Rob Miller is a Creative Consultant, Freelance Writer and an experienced and successful Media and Film teacher and Curriculum Manager working in the post 14 education sector within Sixth Form, FE and Adult Education. He has also worked in schools facilitating Gifted and Talented projects and Media Excellence Days for Year 9 and Year 10 pupils and worked with Careers Departments...

Nick Lacey graduated in Film / Literature at Warwick University and has worked for Times Newspapers, EMAP, Yorkshire Post, and Yorkshire Television.

He is currently Curriculum Leader for Media at Benton Park Technology College and is the author of several Media and Film Studies textbooks and has written for a number of other publications.

His girlfriend sometimes wonders about him.

Training

Nicole Ponsford is an award winning, Advanced Skills Teacher of Media and New Technologies. She has worked in a variety of schools, from leafy Surrey schools to Academies, to inner-City schools on the up to ‘Outstanding’ secondary schools. After setting up Media Studies from scratch in these, she has gone on to advising Principals, schools, LEAs and finally nationally.

Nicole has been nominated...

• We can organise half-day or full day courses on any aspect of Media Studies at your school or college.

• We can also provide keynote speakers for conferences and training events.

Contact MediaEdu

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• Where possible assessors from leading awarding bodies lead our courses.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in length and is delivered in both whole group and seminar-style...

Check out the Film & Lighting Course by TAP | White Bus.

http://www.coexist.org.uk/tap-courses-by-subject.html

This course is excellent value and comes highly recommended by Vicky Casson.

Friday, 4th November 2011 at Harbour Lights Picturehouse, Southampton

Programme

• TV Crime Drama (AQA)
• Workshops: ‘From Transylvania to Twilight’ - a cross media assignment on Vampires
• Skills Sessions
• Latest Thinking and Initiatives
• Sharing and Networking
• Plus - free memory stick packed with resources

Reserve your place

Contact Pam Noble
[email] click here to send us an email

HIAS £180 SLA Element £25 Full...

• We can organise half-day or full day courses on any aspect of Media Studies or Film Studies at your school or college.

• We can also provide keynote speakers for conferences and training events.

Contact MediaEdu

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• Where possible assessors from leading awarding bodies lead our courses.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in length and is delivered in both whole group and...

Programme Details

• We’ll come to you or a school near you.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in length and is delivered in both whole group and seminar-style workshops. We can run a full-day course, if you wish.

• Revision sessions are active, engaging and comprehensive.

• In order for a course to run, there needs to be a minimum of 20 students.

• Each student place costs £20 and must be paid in advance. We would...

Half-Day Revision Course for WJEC GCSE Media Studies Exam on Music Videos & Fan Websites - 2011

This is a half-day revision course on Music Videos & Fan Websites for this summer’s WJEC GCSE Media Studies Exam. See ‘Programme Details’ below for more info.

Programme Details

• We come to you.

• We would suggest a Saturday if you would like the course delivered in term time.

• Each revision course is 3 hours in...

Media and Cultural Theory by Dr Stephen Hill and B. Fenner is an ideal guidebook for undergraduates studying a range of Media and Cultural Studies courses.

Covering over thirty theorists, the book is organised into ten chapters, each focusing on a specific theoretical strand.

Alongside more traditional forms like film, television and music, the book also makes reference to Facebook, YouTube and MySpace.

Click on the link to join us and start networking - it’s free. :)