Teach Media NZ

#1GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely > distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, > image composition and image authoring. > It works on many operating systems, in many languages.

The Arts Council England and OpenBusiness.cc announce the release of a report, which represents the results of a six-month study into artists’ attitudes towards copyright, creativity and alternative licensing practises, in particular Creative Commons (CC). Although the number of UK artists using open licensing has been growing for the last decade there had been no investigation into how or why such licences were being used.

We wanted this conference to not only celebrate the familiar forms of the media but also make us consider and experience other, newer forms of the media. The challenge is to use these forms ourselves, to use them in our teaching and as part of what we teach about.The question in the conference title asks us to consider the wider implications of these forms, who owns them, uses them and what this means for our students, teaching and society in general. The notions we have had of how media is constructed, who owns it, who can access it and what it can be used for are all challenged by these new forms of media use. They are also having a profound impact on the more traditional media forms of newspapers, magazines, television and film.This site will give you some links and places to go that can provide you with ideas, information and new ways of teaching. It also gives you a way to create your own online learning directories and spaces for you and your students.