The School of Education is delighted to invite you to this Twilight Seminar - Primary Media Arts in an AI World: Cultivating Critical Media Inquiry, Literacy and Agency for Primary aged children.
In an era of AI-generated and algorithm-shaped media, children need simple, age-appropriate opportunities to explore how media technologies are used to construct meaning, to understand how media messages can influence audiences, and to investigate how representations shape understanding.
The purpose of Media Arts as a WA subject is to meet the needs of children living in a fast-paced online environment, by developing their critical media literacy skills. In addition to supporting ethical, safe and appropriate media engagement, Media Arts provides unique and valuable opportunities to develop children’s creativity, critical thinking, and agency so they can flourish in the digital world. Media Arts is also positioned to offer cross curricular connection to a range of other WA subject areas.
In collaboration with the Australian Teachers of Media, WA (ATOM WA), this seminar will demonstrate ways that Media Arts can be taught in the primary school classroom through fun, purposeful, and manageable strategies using existing classroom technologies.
Participants will receive information about a new statewide Media Arts competition for WA Primary school students, to run in 2027 and complement the rollout of the revised WA Media Arts curriculum. Supporting resources for teaching media arts will be included in this pack.
Cost: $10 includes light refreshments
Registration and light refreshments will be available from 4.00pm; the seminar will start at 4.30pm.
Certificate of participation available on request.
This event is FREE for ECU Staff and Students; please contact us for a discount code.
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