MEA – The Media Education Association Resource Network

It’s amazing what you can find on your computer…. Latest blog post on talking avatars http://bit.ly/r06AKN

Digital Literacy: Professional Development Resource. A useful resource produced by Futurelab designed to support primary and secondary school teachers integrate the development of students’ digital literacy into everyday curriculum teaching and learning.

http://bit.ly/nSi1Rd

Nice opinion piece in today’s New Scientist on how computers can ’cure
cultural diabetes’ by enabling creative engagement rather than the
passive consumption offered by television. http://bit.ly/iuTZsl

Interesting post on the future of new media

http://huff.to/kWlbqO

Post about using Bitstrips for Schools for storyboarding http://bit.ly/kDobZj

For those not in the know Imogen Heap is an English pop musician who creates complex, multi-layered pieces using a computer. In an interview on Radio 4’s ’Front Row’ on Friday 1st. April she talked about her use of new media to communicate with fans. In her latest song ’Lifeline’ she has crowd-sourced: SFX, music, lyrics, and images to inspire and…[Read more]

Has anyone set up a Posterous blog for multiple users and can give some advice – I have a feeling I’m missing something (or have something missing…)

Merry Christmas!

If you are using your dataprojector for an end of term production you almost certainly need Screen Monkey – an excellent piece of freeware

http://www.screenmonkey.co.uk/DNN/default.aspx

They say:
Screen Monkey is a program that allows you to seamlessly switch between different types of media and directly full screen them to a second monitor. It…[Read more]

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