The Australian Teachers Of Media or ATOM is an independent, not-for-profit, professional association that promotes the study of media and screen literacy. The membership of ATOM includes a collective of educators from across all subject disciplines at all levels of education, the screen media industry and, increasingly, the general public interested in the media.
The national organisation is responsible for the ATOM Awards that have been presented annually since 1982. The awards celebrate the best of Australian screen content from the education sector and screen industry professionals, and now feature the 1 Minute Film Competition and ATOM Photo Comp.
ATOM publishes Australia's longest running film publication
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creates and distributes education resources including study guides; and hosts professional development for teachers and screenings.
ATOM aims to foster and encourage a generation of students who are both multi-literate and technologically savvy.
Through the publishing of bot
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and through convening the
ATOM Awards
The ATOM Awards are a group of awards offered to Australian and New Zealand "professionals, educators and students", honoring achievements in the making of film, television, multimedia, and from 2007 multi-modal productions.
The Awards were esta ...
and the ATOM Australian International Multimedia Awards, ATOM actively promotes
media literacy
Media literacy is an expanded conceptualization of literacy that includes the ability to access and analyze media messages as well as create, reflect and take action, using the power of information and communication to make a difference in the w ...
in Australia and internationally.
Australian Government Culture Portal
See also
*Best Enemies
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Program ...
References
External links
ATOM Film, Television and Multimedia Awards
ATOM Award website
Council of ACT Education Associations
Description of ATOM activities
AFC NewsAndEvents
Description of the 2004 Awards, including finalists
Australian Teachers of Media
ATOM Victoria official website
ATOM Queensland
ATOM Queensland website
ACCC
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Listing
2002 article in ''The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Austral ...
'' newspaper
Educational organisations based in Australia
Media studies
Australian film awards
Australian television awards
Video game awards
Awards established in 1982
1982 establishments in Australia
Video gaming in Australia
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