Change Media: peer-education in schools
We work with schools and educational institutions who are interested in peer-education and challenge-based learning through digital media. If you want your students to excel in cutting edge media analysis and content creation, while learning essential 21st Century skills, please email us. We have worked with thousands of students in hundreds of schools across Australia.
Our school workshops are tailored to fit your curriculum and class schedules: we recommend our train-the-trainer model, where teachers work alongside students in small teams. Our head mentor and creative director, Jennifer Lyons-Reid, is a qualified teacher and certified training assessor.
Our peer-education methodology is challenge-based; students overcome obstacles by learning to problem-solve and find creative solution using a wide range of software and creative tools.
Our narrative approach is applicable across many curriculum strands, aas digital media is fast becoming a medium used in all aspects of professional and personal life. See below for more information on cross-curriculum work.
Our courses can be scheduled as 2-hours, 1-day or weekly sessions. Change Media production offers in depth, hands-on training in selected aspects of production, with special focus on storyboards, digital media narratives, camera + sound techniques, non-linear editing, graphic effects, compositing, DVD authoring, podcasting and music production.
Outcome: Tailored hands-on training for either storyboard/ script work/ camera and sound work or intensive editing with the Final Cut Studio Suite or iMovie. Other applications include Garageband, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, Photoshop, ComicLife and others. Ideal to get started with digital media projects or as an in depth master class to learn more about one specific skill area. We recommend to work on the Apple platform, but can also cater for other operating systems and software requirements.
The course is also available as a full-day self contained edit-in-camera film class, with a finished, edit-in-camera film on DVD as a direct outcome: Document an event, translate your idea to screen, make a TV ad or a community announcement in a day!
Once booked, your class will receive a FREE Directing the Hero Within DVD kit. Students are supported to form their ideas, build teams, create storyboards for their film, rehearse their stories, get hands-on training with sound and video equipment, delve into the wizardry of non-linear editing and DVD authoring or make a short film edit-in-camera. We will provide all equipment necessary: high quality video cameras, tripods, sound gear, video projector and G5 iMacs.
Estimate costs: Full day course $3500 [ex GST] + FREE Directing the Hero Within DVD kit valued at AU$199. Please contact us exact quotes and details for interstate / regional / remote location on-costs or special deals for weekly repeat sessions.
We also recommend that your school hosts a cluster workshop with neighbouring schools, to spread costs and increase empowerment and teacher training / professional development in your region.
Duration: 1 day [9am to 5pm or by negotiation] Target audience Years 5 – 12 (age 8 -18) or whole community. Please note that we are keen to ‘train the trainers’ and are encouraging teachers and adult supporters to participate in our workshops.
Minimum participant numbers: 5 [negotiable]
Maximum participant numbers: 25
Workshop space required (m x m): 5 x 10 Additional costs apply outside South Australia and for regional / remote workshops, eg extra accommodation and transport. For further information and bookings please email us.
Download Info Kit for 1 Day Workshop here.
Significant links to the curriculum framework for the arts:
Visual Arts, Drama, Media Studies.
All covers the 5 Essential Learning Outcomes across the curriculum; Futures, Identity, Interdependence, Thinking, Communication. We have prepared teachers’ notes, support materials and ideas for further activities.
Tip: The Directing the Hero Within DVD & Teacher’s Starter Kit have been designed for all curriculum areas. Digital media is no longer confined to media studies or English; it is now a core literacy tool suitable for all areas of learning. Here are just some applications of digital media. You will know of even more benefits within your school.
Whole School: retention projects / student voice / events & fundraisers
Drama: produce a promotional video for your school / film the play
Media Studies: document the school around you /experiment with styles
English: explore storytelling & film narrative / interpret text
Science: investigate your local environment
Social Studies: discuss the ethics of filmmaking & media
Mathematics: use time lapse to quantify changes over time
Sports: showcase your school sports events
History: re-enact history, interview your community
Music: support your school band with a funky video
Languages: interview a native speaker / make