This month on Conversations with ATOM, with your host Zac Alaimo and co-host Travis McKenzie, we delve into the incredibly innovative and wonderful Castlemaine Jurassic Park Redux being co-produced by two talented teachers, Lisa Gunders and Jen O’Donnell.

This episode also includes highlights from the ATOM Vic State Conference held on Friday the 18th of October with interviews with workshop presenters and delegates who attended.

We also reflect on the recent VCE Media 3 & 4 written examination paper and answer some questions from the Media Teachers Victoria Facebook page.

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Welcome to Conversations with ATOM, the space and place for all things Media Education related, hosted by Zachary Alaimo.

Media as both a concept and a subject relies on discourse. To understand how we communicate with each other in the world and what better way to do that than use an engaging and accessible media form to do so.

This podcast is made for Media educators and students as a resource to support you in the Media classroom. In our episodes, we will explore media education in its many different facets. Whether it be the Media F-10 Victorian Curriculum or the VCAA VCE Media Study Design, we will be providing insight into relevant case studies, ways to teach certain knowledge and skills and have exciting interviews with expert media teachers and media students.

If you’re in some way passionate about media literacy and media education, then you’re in the right spot.

A big thank you to the following people for their involvement in this episode:

• Lisa Gunders
• Jen O’Donnell
• Kayla McCarthy
• Brett Jenkins
• Travis McKenzie
• Daniel Hennequin
• Jo Lourey
• Mark Hewitt
• Katrina Oxley
• Jen Nicholls

On the 13th of November at 11.45am, Media students across the state will sit down for two hours to attempt to write all they know about Units 3 and 4. A revised study design also means a new look at the exam, where the SAT based questions harken back to an older time, and the extended response push towards essay length.

Today’s episode, we're focusing on the VCE Media written examination, and associated tips & tricks. Host Zachary Alaimo is joined by Daniel Hennequin and Oliver Dolbey

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Welcome to Conversations with ATOM, the space and place for all things Media Education related, hosted by Zachary Alaimo.

Media as both a concept and a subject relies on discourse. To understand how we communicate with each other in the world and what better way to do that than use an engaging and accessible media form to do so.

This podcast is made for Media educators and students as a resource to support you in the Media classroom. In our episodes, we will explore media education in its many different facets. Whether it be the Media F-10 Victorian Curriculum or the VCAA VCE Media Study Design, we will be providing insight into relevant case studies, ways to teach certain knowledge and skills and have exciting interviews with expert media teachers and media students.

If you’re in some way passionate about media literacy and media education, then you’re in the right spot.

A common topic that pops up for a lot of media teachers is the Unit 3 & 4 SAT products. How do we support our students to meet the requirements of the SAT? How do I manage a class of students who are all choosing to do different media forms?

Today’s episode, we're really honing in on the SAT production process within VCE Media Units 3 & 4 and to do this, host Zachary Alaimo is joined by the incredible Alison Bischa.

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Welcome to Conversations with ATOM, the space and place for all things Media Education related.

Media as both a concept and a subject relies on discourse. To understand how we communicate with each other in the world and what better way to do that than use an engaging and accessible media form to do so.

This podcast is made for Media educators and students as a resource to support you in the Media classroom. In our episodes, we will explore media education in its many different facets. Whether it be the Media F-10 Victorian Curriculum or the VCAA VCE Media Study Design, we will be providing insight into relevant case studies, ways to teach certain knowledge and skills and have exciting interviews with expert media teachers and media students.

If you’re in some way passionate about media literacy and media education, then you’re in the right spot.