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Australian Teachers Of Media
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 publicationan 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 established in the year 1982 by the Australian Teachers of Media, "an independent, non-profit association to promote media education and screen literacy in primary, secondary and tertiary education and the broader community". Awards are now offered in 36 different categories as of 2005, broken down into awards for ''students'', ''tertiary students'', ''educational resources'', and ''general''. There is also a ''teacher's award. This Award is made at the discretion of the judges, and recognizes the commitment, dedication and inspiration of a teacher or school, and which the judges can observe informing a body of student work as submitted in either the primary, secondary or tertiary categories of the ATOM Awards. The Teachers’ Award can neithe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |