Draft Agenda

1. Future plans, including extension of advisory role
2. Current state of funds
3. Simplifying the website- (discussion points to be circulated in advance of the meeting)
4. Thoughts on the one day event and possible next steps
5. Local groups- progress to date
6. AOB

Some of you have already been in touch previously and we are pleased to say that the MEA has already awarded grants to Derryn Hinks at the Toynbee School, HANTS d.hinks@toynbee.hants.sch.uk for her regional hub including schools in and around Southampton, S Hants and mid-Hants. If you are in this region, you may wish to make contact.

Tim Hawkins from Southfield School in Northants has also submitted a successful bid and anyone in Oxfordshire, Bucks, Northants may wish to make contact with him: tim.hawkins@southfield.northants.sch.uk

We have also previously received interest from hubs in West London (Drayton Manor High School) and East London (Wanstead High School) – but await a further communication before money can be released.

An expression of interest was also received from Belfast and further communication is required if this is to progress.

Anyone else who left details from MEA New Voices conference to say  that you may wish to start a local group: we have a maximum of 10 grants of £100 each to give for activity between now and the end of the academic year and that we will consider making awards based on a good rationale and our need to spread the money geographically.

To bid for one of these grants, you need to

a) Provide a brief outline of what you think you want your group to do and how far its “reach” might be. This can include running a termly meeting, organising a trip to a media institution, copying and sharing resources, developing a newsletter. A brief set of bullet-points is sufficient with an idea of the schools/colleges you could make contact with to get involved.

b) A commitment to feed back a short report in July of progress and future plans.

c) Name, address, telephone number and contact details of the group leader, school and college. Please note we are only able to issue cheques through a school/college address, not to an individual account.

Please send to kate.domaille@btinternet.com

Once we have the 10 groups established we will seek to publish the details on a special map on the MEA website!

98 registered attendees including workshop providers and MEA executive. Attendance showed delegates from South Shields, Yorkshire, the Midlands, East Anglia, London and Home Counties and some attendance from Plymouth in the South West. We even had one visitor from Canada!

On the Friday evening, around 35 delegates came along for the wine reception and talk from Iain Livingstone of Eidos and the NextGen report. On Saturday, after a brief introduction, delegates spread themselves around the three sessions of a total of thirteen workshops and enjoyed a mixture of lively debate, hands-on activity and introduction to some ‘good ideas’ for classroom practice. It was particularly pleasing to see all sectors well represented and people choosing a mix of options, with a real willingness to learn from one another.

The lunch of bagels went down a treat and in the final session there was an overwhelmingly positive feeling as people made it very clear they’d like more of the same. Amongst the responses:

Venue, Organisation, Catering

Good price, definite value for money; Good range of workshops; Great price!; Great Venue; Time management brilliant; Good bagels  – a welcome change from triangular sandwiches!; Nice to have a cup of coffee served by Ian Wall!

Positive remarks about the kind of day

Feedback commended the knowledge, passion and enthusiasm of the workshop leaders and how they had inspired some new practice in the delegates who attended:

• Great to hear from others sharing practice
• I liked the teacher –led nature of the day
• Great day, workshops useful and inspiring
• It was fun! The active participation made the day one of the more enjoyable courses ever.
• Lots of inspiration for teaching media in primary school
• Liked the informality
• The speakers were great. Lots of ideas for expanding media ed in primary school.
• Excellent variety of workshops.
• Hands-on stuff/making – most engaging approach
• On this day I made a short film and an outside radio broadcast in addition to listening and discussing
• Great positive atmosphere – sharing, not showing off!
• Great to see new faces!
• Came away from the day with real enthusiasm for media education
• Can’t wait to try using media in my literacy teaching
• A wonderful collaborative atmosphere that fostered many new connections and ideas
• Really interesting, engaging speakers who were passionate about their subjects.
• Always encouraging to see teachers put themselves forward to share with colleagues
• I liked the low key and how small the groups were, it allowed for better talks and learning.
• Excellent variety of workshops.
• Everything!

Suggestions for the future

• We might make more of the venues we use e.g. incorporate  a free screening or arrange a tour of the venue.
• Maybe make workshops available in more than one session
• More opportunity to discuss the way the subject is changing due to E-bac changes etc;
• Practical workshops about computer software to improve knowledge further
• Perhaps more focus on new media production – website design
• A dedicated “best practice” session. Invite attendees to bring ideas which they could discuss in groups – key stage appropriate
• A whole session where we could debate a media education question as a committee e.g. what would media education progression look like?
• What’s happened to media studies having a critical perspective – debates/analyses of power, control and decision-making seem to have evaporated. Why?
• A plea to ensure workshops all have lots of activities to share the ideas through rather than just narratives!
• More practical tips. Would appreciate a shared working session.
• Ensure there is a plenary speaker – a session for all!
• Develop the website to have forums to continue sharing
• Start regional groups!
• Putting heads together to resolve common problems such as not accessing YOUTUBE
• Perhaps have students at these events..
• Perhaps a presentation from practitioners and collaborators from outside the teaching environment i.e. people who come into schools to help deliver media
• More practical sessions on “how to teach” …
• More opportunity for some networking between sessions.

We won’t embarrass individual workshop leaders by putting their feedback online- they have had it sent to them! All the above points will be considered in planning future events.

Presentation by Andy Wallis:
http://www.slideshare.net/andywallis/mea-presentation-11430103

Oliver Rosen and Hugh Spurling’s ‘Film’s Cool’
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Films-Cool/172537176160552

Dave Harrison’s videogames blog and Prezi
http://institutionsandaudiences.posterous.com/

Claire Pollard and Vicki Georgiou’s blog, including the videos from the day
http://johncassmediaresources.blogspot.com/

Michelle Cannon’s blog including video shot in her session
http://fashioningandflow.wordpress.com/

more to come soon!

More photos on flickr

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‘… IT BEGINS WITH THE AUDIENCE’

Report on the Film Policy Review Survey

http://www.culture.gov.uk/publications/8743.aspx

“In a digital age, the ability both to learn about film and to learn from film (in schools, in universities and colleges, or in lifelong learning) could be greatly enhanced. But existing interventions around learning, especially for children and young people, lack cohesion, while engagement with higher education appears ad hoc. To help address this, the Review recommends that a new single offer for education is co-ordinated by the BFI, alongside a far more strategic engagement with Higher and Further Education and lifelong learning.”

Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes

The report is designed to give an accessible overview of media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15. It also documents the views of parents/carers about their child’s media use, and the rules, tools and other ways that parents manage such use. The full Report can be read here

The re-launch of the site coincides with the new edition of POV edited by Cary Bazalgette and Ian Wall, with a major report on the 21st Century Literacy pilot studies.

Advance notice of our February event: New Voices in Media Education – a conference at the BFI, South Bank, London on Saturday 4th Feb, preceded by a special event on Friday 3rd. The conference will feature workshops run by people relatively new to the media education ‘scene’ so if you’d like to be one of the new voices, please contact the organizer, kate.domaille@btinternet.com. Conference signup details will appear in the next newsletter, but we are keeping ticket prices down to £30 including lunch (free if you run a session!).