media education resources

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ReMIX media lit workbook

ReMix media Lit is a 40-page workbook for media makers and toolkit media literacy educators. Each section includes an overview of concepts, activities and step by step workbook pages for exploring media literacy through the creation of self-portrait collages, works of culture jamming, sound art story creation, site-specific social justice installations and zine-making. Each section asks you to consider the information transmitted by a media message or material; poses questions about our experiences of media to get the creative juices flowing; outlines art activity how-to’s; and makes suggestions on how to communicate the messages you create to audiences.A great resource for any community maker-lab space, youth serving arts organization as well as art and media literacy being explored in classrooms. Includes: 10 workshop activities and 20 student works to inspire ideas.

Cover image comes to life with FREE download of Artivive’s augmented reality app!

Browse slideshow for preview of what’s inside, and contact Never Gallery Ready here to find out about costs for softcover, pdf versions and sliding scale pricing.

**10 extra pages of content highlighting the works of contemporary Canadian artists working in each medium explored in the workbook.

** Remix Media Lit will help you to integrate a variety of media literacy concepts and skills into existing curricula.

**Evaluation rubrics and additional teacher resources available as well.

The Guide For Young Creatives Sharing Art Works online and in real life

This video was created as a media literacy resource for young creatives/artists when creating and sharing work online and in real life. From seeking collaboration and feedback to dealing with trolls and harnessing the power of the internet to spread messages faster and farther, this video is intended to share info for new generation artists to consider when producing works for the new media landscape.

It was co-produced by Eloya Williams and Never Gallery Ready as part of a SPARK project in partnership with the City of Toronto’s Cultural Hotspot Initiative (2018).

#WeMAKEMEDIA MERCHandise

Bring pictures to life through augmented reality, order postcards, magnets or posters and use Artivive app (FREE) to bring them to life in your classroom, community space. Bring the art of young people off the internet and into your office or home, and contribute to the creation of more works of photography and frame animation like these, all proceeds going to future programming!

Can be made using any gif seen here

5 x 7 postcards - $2 each, $25 for 25 postcards

4 x 6 magnets - $5 each

11 x 17 program poster with 3 AR animations - $10 each

AUGMENTED REALITY POSTERS FOR THE CLASSROOM

These posters about the science, hygiene and history of soap were illustrated by Tyson Bodnarchuck, text and Animated video content by karen darricades, soap characters voiced by Bayan Chacra. Buy the posters for your classroom and engage students in the content by using the free Artivive app to view the digital and 3D content that animates them.

Fun Facts about soap:

The soap we use today is the same soap we have been using for more than 5,000 years! The Babylonians thought it was important enough to carve the recipe into stone —literally!
Surgeons do a full 5 minute scrub in before entering the operating room! And you thought your hands were chafed from all the washing
Ignaz Semmelweis, a 19th-century Hungarian doctor working in Vienna General Hospital, is known as the father of hand hygiene.
Soap kills more germs than hand sanitizer and produces no plastic waste when used in bar form, yay soap!

animating exhibits into gifs at the r.O.M.

Learn basic frame animation skills and make exhibits at the Royal Ontario Museum come to life! Work with NgR’s Artistic Director, karen darricades, exploring digital photography at the R.O.M. then animate your pictures at the Toronto Public Library’s Digital Innovation Hub ( Toronto Reference Library branch). A great opportunity for cyber arts, media and digital literacy educators as well as cultural programmers interested in exploring new media and technology in schools and communities. Book staff teams in marketing departments or digital literacy institutions for a fun professional development experience that will have you learning by doing!

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See reviews from past participants here

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