Years 9–10 Film it Workshop at ACMI
2025-09-09 10:00 - 2025-10-30 15:30, 2025-08-12 10:00 - 2025-10-02 14:30 (Australia/Sydney) | ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
In this on site workshop at ACMI, students plan, film and edit a fictional film – all in one day!
This intensive filmmaking workshop for students in years 9-10 introduces production elements such as storyboarding, cinematography and editing by placing students in creative filmmaking roles. Working collaboratively to interpret a screenplay, students will explore concepts of narrative, genre and visual storytelling.
Students will:
– understand the different phases of film production and the creative roles involved
– consider tropes, codes, and conventions of different genres
– produce a storyboard and shot list from a script
– film and edit their films with support from ACMI staff
Learning areas and capabilities
Media Arts, Drama, Digital Technologies, Critical and Creative Thinking, Personal and Social

When
Mondays to Thursdays during school terms, 10am–2:30pm

Tickets
Per class / up to 28 students
$625

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Free Media and Digital Literacy Workshop for Teachers
2025-08-20 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-08-06 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-06-18 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-05-28 15:30 - 16:30 | Online
How can we equip students to critically navigate the digital world?

In this professional webinar series organised by ACMI, media literacy and learning experts, Professor Michael Dezuanni (QUT) and Dr Amanda Levido (Southern Cross University), will guide teachers through the complex, challenging and ever-changing landscape of media and digital culture. They will look at curriculum connections, model best-practice teaching and share helpful resources.
All sessions are free but tickets are essential
Session 1 – Digital literacy and critical thinking in English
Wed 28 May, 3.45pm – 4.30pm
Session 2 -Early years media literacy
Wed 18 Jun, 3.45pm – 4.30pm
Session 3 -Media literacy Years 4–8
Wed 6 Aug, 3.45pm – 4.30pm
Session 4 – Media literacy in the age of AI
Wed 20 Aug, 3.45pm – 4.30pm

Kids News Workshop + Exhibition Visit at ACMI in Melbourne
2025-08-14 09:30 - 2025-08-28 14:30, 2025-07-10 09:30 - 2025-07-24 14:30, 2025-06-19 09:30 - 2025-07-03 14:30 | ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
In this on site workshop at ACMI, Years 5-6 students will create news segments on the green screen to develop their news reporting and interview skills. Students will also learn about the technology behind digital backgrounds and the role of a responsible reporter.
Students will:

work in small groups to deliver their own news program
develop reporting and interview skills
consider the difference between primary and secondary sources
understand the ethical responsibilities of a reporter
gain insight into how green screens are used
have their news segmented recorded and edited by ACMI staff

Learning areas and capabilities:
Drama, Media Arts, English, Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding
Important information:
This program can accommodate two classes (up to 56 students) in the one full-day program . The cost is $990 for a class of up to 56 students. This ongoing program can be booked in Monday to Thursday during school terms.
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Media and Me Program at NFSA Canberra for Years 4-10
2025-08-12 10:00 - 2025-10-02 14:30 | NFSA, McCoy Cct, Acton, Canberra, 2601
The NFSA flagship on site media literacy program – Media and Me – offers a facilitated media literacy program that sparks curiosity, develops critical thinking skills and empowers students to become confident media consumers through engaging discussion and guided exploration. Students explore how the Australian story is told and shaped through images, sound and text across a range of media examples – including animation, advertising, video games, social video, film, and music. They engage with media made for them, ranging from early works to contemporary content from the NFSA collection and explore how these formats influence and engage audiences.
Media and Me is curriculum aligned to Australian Curriculum English, HASS and Media Arts key learning areas, while also supporting connections to cross-curriculum priorities.
Current Programs:
Media and Me Primary (Years 4-6)
Media and Me (Year 7 and 8)
Media and Me (Year 9 and 10)

Onsite in Canberra | $7 per student | 60-minute sessions | Mon-Fri
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Explore the power of cinema, storytelling, language and culture
2025-08-08, 2025-08-08 - 2025-08-24 | ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
This on site program at ACMI is built around the Melbourne International Film Festival. The program aims to enhance students’ cinema and language learnings’ cinema and language learning, intercultural understanding and media-analysis skills. The program has been curated to address the Victorian Curriculum through the Arts, Humanities, Science and Languages learning areas. Themes and issues build Critical and Creative Thinking, Ethical Understanding, Intercultural Understanding, and Personal and Social capabilities.
The program features free professional learning webinars delivered by MIFF’s film-analysis expert, Dr Josh Nelson, to give teachers additional resources, strategies and ideas for how to best incorporate a screening of a MIFF Schools film into their students’ classroom-based learning.
Book by visiting the MIFF website
Languages Teachers: this year’s program includes films in Japanese, French, German and Italian. Don’t miss this opportunity to introduce language and culture through a quality film viewing experience in the ACMI cinemas.

What does it mean to be able to read and write in a digital era?
2025-08-01 12:00 - 13:15 | Online
This online panel is part of Library and Information Matters Week 2025 and is hosted by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). It brings together five of AMLA’s media literacy experts to discuss how public cultural institutions can build on traditional literacies to support young people to access high quality information online, identify misinformation and produce high quality, ethical and fact-checked content.
Panel Chair
Tanya Notley, Western Sydney University
Event Description
What does it mean to be able to read and write in a digital era?
This panel brings together media literacy experts to discuss how public cultural institutions can build on traditional literacies to support young people to access high quality information online, identify misinformation and produce high quality, ethical and fact-checked content.
Western Sydney University, QUT, ABC, ACMI and ALIA are all members of the Australian Media Literacy Alliance.
This event is free for ALIA members or $25 for non members.
>>Register here
Speakers

Panel

Professor Michael Dezuanni, Queensland University of Technology

Michael Dezuanni is Professor in the School of Communication at Queensland University of Technology. He leads the Creating Better Digital Futures program in the Digital Media Research Centre and is a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child. Michael has been involved in media literacy education for over 30 years, as a secondary school teacher, teacher educator and researcher. He is the current chair of the Australian Media Literacy Alliance.

Amanda Levido, Southern Cross University

Amanda Levido is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Southern Cross University, Australia. She currently researches media literacy education in school and out-of-school contexts and considers how rapidly emerging technologies impact on media literacy education, particularly for young children. She is a qualified secondary school media teacher and has experience working with primary school teachers to include Media Arts and digital technologies in their classrooms.

Chistine Evely, ACMI

Christine Evely is Head of Education at ACMI, Australia’s museum of screen culture. Christine leads a committed team of educators and encourages teachers from early years, primary, secondary, and tertiary settings to collaborate with ACMI to help young people become critical and creative thinkers equipped with flexible and dynamic screen, media and digital literacy skills. Christine is Deputy Chair of the Australian Media Literacy Alliance.

Annabel Astbury, ABC Education

Annabel Astbury is the Head of Education at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Her team has been committed to producing high quality media literacy content since 2017 when it brought Media Literacy Week to Australia. ABC Education recently piloted a news literacy initiative at Parramatta Phive Library that was designed for young adults.

Natan Bedrosian, student, Western Sydney University
Natan Bedrosian is a second-year student who is undertaking Bachelor of Arts by majoring in History and Political Thought at Western Sydney University. Natan took part in ABC Education’s training program hosted by Phive Library, Making Sense of Misinformation and the Media.
Panel Chair
Tanya Notley, Western Sydney University

Tanya Notley is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University where she leads the Advancing Media Literacy in Australia research program. She is recognised for her 25+ years of experience working in the areas of digital inclusion and media literacy. Tanya leads two longitudinal national surveys: one on Adult Media Literacy and one on Young People’s News Literacy.

Script a Smile: Free Online Comedy Writing Workshop for Years: 5-8
2025-06-06 11:30 - 2025-06-20 12:00 | ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
Ready to become a comedy script superstar?

Join ACMI for Script a Smile: a free Comedy Writing Workshop . In this an interactive, fun-filled session for years 5-8 where you’ll learn how to create humorous stories and characters that will have everyone giggling. Whether you’re into slapstick jokes, wordplay, or punchlines, we’ll show you how to turn your wild ideas into punchy comedy scripts.
Unpacking examples from Little Lunch, The Inbestigators and Hardball, students will explore the basics of timing, building humour, characterisation, joke and scriptwriting.
As part of this 30-minute program, writing activities will be introduced that students can engage with at the conclusion of the session.
When
Fri June 6 11.30-12.00

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Videogames: Industry and Impact (Student webinar Years 7-10)
2025-05-30 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-05-07 13:30 - 14:30
This free virtual lesson by ACMI will give students the lay of the land of the Australian games industry, look at gameplay trends (and games that buck these trends), as well as the social impacts of videogames.

Ultimately, this talk is to contextualise videogames and their importance to, as much as their popularity within, society. This webinar would sit well anywhere within a game-making unit, or as part of Media studies as students start to consider the medium of videogames.
After the webinar, registered schools and teachers will receive a link to a ‘Videogames: Industry and Impact’ resource to assist thinking around a gamemaking unit, study of a videogame or class consideration of videogames and the videogame industry.
Join one of two dates available in Terms two and three, 2025.
Wed 7 May – 1:45-2:30pm (AEST)
Wednesday 30 July – 1:45-2:30pm (AEST)
This event is for students in years 7-10.
Tickets

Digital technology and informed consent: can schools achieve it?
2025-05-20 05:30 - 19:30
Australian schools are now bursting with digital technologies. Digital platforms are used to enrol students, deliver learning content, and communicate with parents, and there is increasing use of facial recognition technologies and other ‘smart’ devices in classrooms.

This is indicative of the growing digitalisation of schools and society, but it introduces a range of questions and concerns around access, privacy and informed consent.
In this free panel discussion hosted by ACMI, we discuss these competing tensions and ask if it is possible for schools to achieve informed consent within a context of increasing demands for digitalisation.
Find out more and book your tickets here.
Note: this event is in person at ACMI in Melbourne and also online.

How libraries can support media and information literacy for high school school students
2024-10-31 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
Are you passionate about education and the pivotal role libraries play in shaping young minds? Join the National and State Libraries of Australasia (NSLA) for enlightening online sessions that delve into the crucial role of libraries in fostering media and information literacy for young people.
Why Attend?
In today’s complex information landscape, media and information literacy skills and dispositions are essential for young people. Libraries are uniquely positioned to support the development of these skills, providing resources, guidance, and a safe space for exploration and learning. This symposium will explore why libraries have an important role to play and how a guiding framework of attitude, awareness, ability, and access can be put into action.
>> Register here
The symposium will have 3 sessions, across 3 days, with each focused on a different stage of schooling: early childhood, Year K-6, and Year 7-12/13. Choose a session that best meets your needs, or attend all three to get insights from examples across all year levels.
Key Topics:
Each session will cover the following:

Definitions of media and information literacy, and why it is important.
The role of libraries in developing media and information literacy skills and dispositions.
An overview of the 4As (attitude, awareness, ability, and access) Framework and examples from across NSLA libraries.
Q&A session, including questions from the audience.

Dates & Times:
Day 1: Early Childhood Focus-Tuesday, October 29, 2024: 3:00-4:00 PM AEDT/5:00-6:00 PM NZDT
Day 2: K-6 Focus-Wednesday, October 30, 2024: 3:00-4:00 PM AEDT/5:00-6:00 PM NZDT
Day 3: 7-12/13 Focus-Thursday, October 31, 2024: 3:00-4:00 PM AEDT/5:00-6:00 PM NZDT

Information Literacy turns 50!
2024-10-31 12:00 - 13:30 | Online
As we celebrate 50 years since ‘information literacy’ was first introduced, we honour the Australian practitioners and researchers who have shaped its impact on our field, education and society. With the rapid changes in the information landscape, we must also explore what information literacy means in today’s digital world. In the age of generative AI, deepfakes, and disinformation, is information literacy still sufficient to navigate these challenges? Join us in celebrating this milestone and exploring the future of information literacy.
We will be joined by Professor Christine Bruce, Vicki McDonald, Dr Suzana Sukovic and Dr Ellie Abdi, and the panel will be moderated by Professor Helen Partridge.
This event is free for ALIA members or $22 for non-members.
>>Register here

How libraries can support media and information literacy for K-6 school students
2024-10-30 15:00 - 16:00 | Online

How libraries can support media and information literacy for early childhood school students
2024-10-29 15:00 - 16:00 | Online

Good News: Online news media literacy workshop with ACMI
2024-10-25 11:30 - 12:00 | Online
Join ACMI’s education team online during media literacy week.
WHAT: Your students will discover what makes good reporting and interviewing, and get tips to ensure quality and accuracy in their own news reports and analysis. They’ll learn about the use of primary and secondary sources of information, and how to spot bias.
WHO: This free virtual workshop has been design for students in Years 3–6
WHERE: A Zoom link will be sent to registered teachers before the session. Don’t worry if you can’t make the set time, register your details here and they’ll send you a link to the recording to use in your classroom.

Media Literacy Teacher Training with Kate and Jol Temple
2024-10-22 19:00 - 20:00
Join the Museum of Australian Democracy as they connect with authors Kate and Jol Temple to explore what is media literacy, why is it important and how can we support young people to build their critical thinking skills.
AUDIENCE: This free online event is for stage 2, 3 and 4 teachers.

ACTIVITY OUTLINE: This session will focus on news, social media, advertising and the power of books to start conversations. Kate and Jol will talk about their diverse collection of picture books, novels and an Un(real) podcast, sharing how they link to media literacy. They will explore practical examples of advertising, social media posts and news reports within their texts and consider how you can use these with young people. Teachers will also have an opportunity to ask questions and chat with these amazing authors.

SPECIAL GUESTS: Kate and Jol Temple have written over 26 books for kids from their bestselling Bin Chicken series to their International Jr Fiction dog detective series, The Underdogs, and oKate’s own middle grade novel, The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat.
>>Register here.

Project Information Literacy: What students can teach us
2024-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Online
This webinar, hosted by the Australian Library and Information Association, is relevant to library staff.
Since 2008, Project Information Literacy (PIL), a national nonprofit research institute in the U.S., has conducted national, ongoing scholarly studies about how students find, use, evaluate, and create information as they progress through, and beyond, their higher education years.
In this webinar, Dr. Alison Head highlights five major research takeaways about students’ research habits that PIL researchers have learned from conducting a total of 22,500 interviews and surveys with students enrolled at nearly 100 different colleges and universities across the U.S. PIL’s ongoing research, resulting in 14 large-scale and open access research reports, provides opportunities for widening the lens of information literacy in order to improve instruction and student success with coursework as well as lifelong learners navigating a rapidly changing information landscape.
This event is part of a larger Australian tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of information literacy. Western Sydney University Library is hosting the Project Information Literacy (PIL) Tour from October 22 – November 4, 2024, consisting of six symposium-style events at universities around Australia. Her participation is made possible by support from the Fulbright World Learning Program. Full tour details can be found here.
Alison J. Head, Ph.D. is the Founder and Director of Project Information Literacy. Alison is an information scientist and social science researcher. She is the founder and director of Project Information Literacy (PIL), a research institute based in the San Francisco Bay Area that studies what it is like to be a student in the digital age. In a series of groundbreaking studies, PIL has investigated how university students and recent graduates utilize research skills, competencies, and strategies for completing course work and for solving information problems and engaging with news in everyday life. Her research about today’s students and their information practices began with a small study at Saint Mary’s College of California, where she taught new media as the Roy O. Disney Visiting Professor in New Media for 10 years. More about Dr. Head’s research and PIL is available at: http://projectinfolit.org/
This event is free for ALIA members or $22 for non-members.
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Explore Media Literacy with Kate and Jol Temple (for students)
2024-10-22 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
Join the Museum of Australian Democracy as they connect with superstar authors of the Bin Chicken series and Frog Squad Kate and Jol Temple! Students will explore a variety of media literacy examples featured in Kate and Jol’s engaging books.
AUDIENCE: This free online event is for Stage 2, 3 and 4 students.

ACTIVITY OUTLINE: Students will have the opportunity to hear Kate and Jol read from their books and explore links to media literacy. We will take a closer look at, and critically reflect on examples of advertising, social media posts and news reports within their texts. Students will also have an opportunity to participate in a live Q&A session.

SPECIAL GUESTS: Kate and Jol Temple have written over 26 books for kids from their bestselling Bin Chicken series to their International Jr Fiction dog detective series, The Underdogs, and oKate’s own middle grade novel, The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat.

Launch of the 2024 Australian Adult Media Literacy Report
2024-08-19 08:00 - 10:00
Please join AMLA for the launch of the 2024 Australian Adult Media Literacy Report
Media literacy is widely recognised as a critical form of literacy that is essential for full participation in society. Until recently, we have had limited understanding of adult Australians’ media literacy attitudes, experiences, and needs.
The report will be launched in Canberra and online Monday August 19 by co-authors Associate Professor Tanya Notley, Proofessor Sora Park, Dr Simon Chambers and Professor Michael Dezuanni.The launch includes an opening address from Senator David Pocock, followed by a presentation of key findings by the report authors and a panel discussion with featured guests Associate Professor Caroline Fisher (University of Canberra) who will facilitate a discussion with Annabel Astbury (ABC Education), Cathie Warburton (Australian Library and Information Association) and Bageshri Savyasachi (The Canberra Times).
The event will be held both in-person (at the Museum of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House) and streamed online. A light breakfast (coffee, tea, pastries) will be served from 8am with presentations from 9am – 10am.
To register, visit: https://tinyurl.com/mrym467p
Please specify whether you would like to attend in-person or online at ticket selection.
For more information, including the event program, please see the attached flyer.

National Association of Media Literacy Educators (USA) Conference
2024-07-12 - 2024-07-13 | Online
Hone in on your practice at NAMLE’s annual virtual conference!
From Pre-K to Higher Education, Community Education and Libraries, the conference provides valuable resources, technology, teacher practice and pedagogy, assessments, and core concepts of media literacy education.

Good News: Information and Media Literacy Workshop
2023-10-27 11:30 - 12:00 | Online
Join ACMI’s education team online during media literacy week. Your students will discover what makes good reporting and interviewing, and get tips to ensure quality and accuracy in their own news reports and analysis. They’ll learn about the use of primary and secondary sources of information, and how to spot bias.
How to join: A Zoom link will be sent to registered teachers before the session. Don’t worry if you can’t make the set time, register your details and we’ll send you a link to the recording to use in your classroom.
Who is it for: Year 3–6 students
Date/Time: Fri 27 Oct 2023, 11.30am–12.00pm AEDT
Cost: Free

Young Australians, News Engagement and News Literacy
2023-10-27 11:00 - 12:00
Are young people really disengaged with news and current affairs? Or is this a myth? This online seminar presents findings from a new report “News and Young Australians in 2023: Howe Children and Teens Access, Perceive and are Affected by News Media” about the news practices of Australians aged 8-16 years. The 2023 survey includes new question sets about young people’s news literacy and explores the relationship between young people’s news engagement and their civic engagement. The survey results will be presented by lead researcher, Associate Professor Tanya Notley from Western Sydney University. Following the presentation, we will also hear a response from Annabel Astbury, Head of ABC Education and the Chair of the Australian Media Literacy Alliance.
Who is it for: Researchers, educators, news organisations, young people, parents
Date/Time: Friday 27, 11am-12pm
Where: Online
Cost: Free (register for the online access link)

Young Australians, News Engagement and News Literacy
2023-10-27 11:00 - 12:00
Are young people really disengaged with news and current affairs? Or is this a myth? This online seminar, hosted by the News & Media Research Center at the University of Canberra, presents findings from a new report “News and Young Australians in 2023: How Children and Teens Access, Perceive and are Affected by News Media”. The report examines the news practices of Australians aged 8-16 years. Following a presentation by lead author Associate Professor Tanya Notley , Annabel Astbury, Head of ABC Education and the Chair of the Australian Media Literacy Alliance will respond to the findings.
Who is it for: Researchers, educators, news organisations, young people, parents
Date/Time: Friday 27 October 2023, 11am-12pm
Where: Online, Register here for zoom link
Cost: Free
