http://kmitchell.edublogs.org Media in Education site Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:59:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi all, Due to the issues of in-content ads, I have moved this blog to Wordpress.com. Content that existed here, and any new content, can be found at the following address: http://katevideogeek.wordpress.com/ Thanks! http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/03/28/edublogs-no-more/ This one could be used for media influence: Teenager gets 36 years in girl's Mortal Kombat death January 17, 2009 A US teenager has been sentenced to 36 years in prison for his role in the death of a seven-year-old girl during an apparent imitation of the Mortal Kombat video game. These are good ... http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/01/19/the-age-reports-on-some-interesting-media-related-articles/ A little while ago I posted this, in relation to viral video and the Obama campaign. Turns out that Congress is on YouTube! You can subscribe to househub or senatehub channels, and not only do you get to see your favourite politicians looking wooden in front of the camera while ... http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/01/14/new-media-and-politics/ From marketingmag.com.au. The Facebook censoring continues. Following a number of high profile job dismissals due to Facebook postings, a London girls’ school has suspended 29 of its pupils after they posted insulting comments about a teacher on Facebook. http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/01/14/schoolgirls-done-for-facebook-slagging/ A stack of links, for links to resources on representation: MCS: Gender, Ethnicity: Representation - Links and articles MediaLiteracy.com: Organisations addressing media representation and online resources Media Literacy Clearinghouse: Gender and representation Center for Media Literacy: Stereotyping and Representation, Articles and reports http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/01/13/links-for-representation/ Has some good articles relating to representations of women in the media, social values, media influence and media ethics. In particular: "Complaints beaver away at tampon ad" By Elle Halliwell January 04, 2009 12:00am Looks at ads that have been deemed offensive by the public and why - could be useful for social values, ... http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/01/13/womens-forum-australia-linked-articles/ Upfront apologies for the loose, stream-of-consciousness style of this post. At the ATOM Conference this year, Jo Flack talked about Wordle. Just recently, someone sent me a link to this video, of Jonathan Harris and the 'We Feel Fine' project. Both of these illustrate the power of the internet, technology ... http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/visual-representations-and-the-new-media-world/ Screen Australia: Creating an Australian Image Video interview with Stuart Cunningham Stuart Cunningham explains how innovations in technology have transformed television content. Includes Curriculum Focus and suggested Classroom activities. http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/representation-australian-image/ There's a great article dissecting Chris Lilley's 'We Can Be Heroes' series, entitled "Disability, Heroism and Australian National Identity". Covers the representation of disability and Australian identity, and the notion of 'disability' vs 'ability'. I have been considering the use of WCBH or Summer Heights High within the Year 11 curriculum, ... http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/we-can-be-heroes-representation-disability-and-australian-identity/ Tutorial on lessonbucket regarding movie poster mashups, useful for Year 11 Media (technologies of representation, media production). And a video tutorial to go with it. Courtesy of Something Awful and the ATOM list. http://kmitchell.edublogs.org/2009/01/06/remixing-movie-posters/