Kids News Workshop + Exhibition Visit at ACMI in Melbourne
2025-06-19 09:30 - 2025-07-03 14:30, 2025-07-10 09:30 - 2025-07-24 14:30, 2025-08-14 09:30 - 2025-08-28 14:30, 2025-09-11 09:30 - 2025-09-25 14:30, 2025-10-09 09:30 - 2025-10-23 14:30 (Australia/Sydney) | 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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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.

Free Media and Digital Literacy Workshop for Teachers
2025-08-06 15:30 - 16:30, 2025-08-20 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

Explore the power of cinema, storytelling, language and culture
2025-08-08 - 2025-08-24, 2025-08-08 | 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.

Years 9–10 Film it Workshop at ACMI
2025-08-12 10:00 - 2025-10-02 14:30, 2025-09-09 10:00 - 2025-10-30 15:30, 2025-10-14 10:00 - 2025-12-04 14:30, 2025-11-11 10:00 - 2026-01-01 14:30, 2025-12-09 10:00 - 2026-01-29 14:30, 2026-01-13 10:00 - 2026-03-05 14:30 | 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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Media and Me Program at NFSA Canberra for Years 4-10
2025-08-12 10:00 - 2025-10-02 14:30, 2025-09-09 10:00 - 2025-10-30 15:30, 2025-10-14 10:00 - 2025-12-04 14:30, 2025-11-11 10:00 - 2026-01-01 14:30, 2025-12-09 10:00 - 2026-01-29 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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Media & Me Digital Excursion @ NFSA for Years 5/6 and 9/10
2025-10-01 10:00 - 2025-11-21 14:30, 2025-11-05 10:00 - 2025-12-26 13:30 | Online
In this free, interactive, live digital excursion, students will build critical media literacy skills as they explore how media shapes their world. Students will investigate the techniques used to capture attention, stir emotions and persuade audiences through hands-on analysis of media from the NFSA collection.
Students will explore:

How do different forms of media influence us?
What techniques do creators use to engage and persuade?
What does it mean to be a media-literate citizen?

Year levels: 5-6 program, and 9-10 program
Duration: 45 minutes
Australian curriculum alignment: Year 5 and 6 program: English, HASS, Health and Physical Education, Media Arts. Year 9 and 10 program: English, Civics and Citizenship, Health and Physical Education.
General Curriculum priorities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, Information Communication Technology
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Exploring Media Literacy with Matt Cosgrove and Eva Amores
2025-10-29 10:00 - 10:45
Join us for a special Media Literacy Week digital event as we connect with the authors of the Worst Week Ever series, Matt Cosgrove and Eva Amores!
Students will explore a variety of media literacy examples featured in Matt and Eva’s books, and hear Matt and Eva talk about writing and illustrating the series. We will take a closer look at and critically reflect on examples of advertising, social media posts and news reports from the Worst Week Ever series. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in a Q and A with the authors.

Responding to young people’s news and misinformation concerns
2025-10-29 12:30 - 13:30
Join ALIA and ABC Education for a special Media Literacy Week webinar.
In early 2025, ABC Education, with support from Parramatta City Council Library and Western Sydney University, ran a news media education program aimed at strengthening young adults’ understanding of misinformation and news media environments in Australia.
In this webinar, Dr Aimee Hourigan, Media Literacy Producer at ABC Education, describes how the program was designed and implemented, with reflections on key learnings and participant feedback. Through this, the session aims to show the value of news literacy for young people and reflect on how future programs can continue to support young people to gain the critical media knowledge and skills to navigate the increasingly fast-paced media environments they occupy.

Critical and creative in the classroom: Curated Media Literacy Resources for Educators
2025-10-30 18:00 - 19:00
Are you a primary school teacher wondering how you can incorporate media literacy into your classroom? Join AMLA as we explore a range of easy to access and use resources to encourage your students to learn and critically reflect on the media.
In this session we will hear about:
· ACARA’s Media consumers and creators Curriculum Connection – Jane Polley, ACARA
· ABC Education’s media literacy resources – Annabel Astbury, ABC Education
The Museum of Australian Democracy – Dr Stephanie Smith, MoAD

ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media) Victoria's State Conference presented at ACMI
2025-10-31 09:00 - 15:00 | ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
Inspiring seminars and workshops supporting Media Curriculum.
The Australian Teachers of Media and ACMI proudly present The ATOM Vic State Conference 2025. This is an opportunity for all Media teachers (Primary, Secondary, VET) to recharge your teaching toolkit with a full day of networking, seminars, and dynamic workshops to discover fresh ideas and inspiration to take straight to your classroom.

AI and you: in the classroom and beyond
2025-11-06 14:30 - 16:00 | ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
This Masterclass equips educators with youth-led insights and hands-on strategies to cultivate critical, ethical, and meaningful AI literacy in the classroom.

The trust deficit: Decoding AI deepfakes and synthetic voices
2025-11-06 18:00 - 19:30 | ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
This panel brings together international experts in media literacy, journalism and conflict reporting to discuss the possibilities and perils at the heart of AI-driven communication. Covering topics such as deepfakes during climate disasters and voice cloning of politicians, this panel unpacks the complexities of truth and trust when media is so easy to fake.
This panel is presented with the support of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision Making and Society (ADM+S), Swinburne University of Technology, and Western Sydney University’s ARC Linkage Project, Addressing Misinformation with Media Literacy.

DigiCon25.0: Rebooting Digital Technologies and Digital Literacy in Education Conference
2025-11-27 08:00 - 2025-11-28 16:00 | ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia
Victoria’s leading Digital Learning and Teaching conference.
