Making News Today is an educational program that aims to help students develop multiliteracies through their engagement in analysing a range of media and creating their own digital video news stories .
The Making News Today educational program is part of a research project involving a team of educators and researchers based at the University of Wollongong. This research is supported by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant funds the project. Apple Computer Australia and WIN Television provide significant support as collaborating organizations.
The project team includes:
- Dr Lori Lockyer
- Associate Professor Ian Brown
- Professor Barry Harper
- Associate Professor Phillip McKerrow
- Dr David Blackall
- Mrs Natalie Cooper
The Making News Today website was developed by emlab.
The Making News Today program can be used across the curriculum and has been particularly designed to address outcomes for Years 9 and 10 English, Technology and Arts. The program has been linked to national Statements of Learning for English and ICT and syllabi in each state and territory.
The program has been linked to national Statements of Learning for English and ICT and syllabi in each state and territory.
Details for each state and territory are available:
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
If you would like more information about the Making News Today project, or if you would like your class to take part in the project, please contact:
Lori LockyerTel: +61 2 4221 5511
Fax: +61 2 4221 4321
Email: llockyer@uow.edu.au