These 52 key Media Studies words and phrases are set out as a pack of cards with the traditional card suits as the 4 key areas of Media Studies: Representation Audience Media Language Institutions If you need a ready made media studies display or a handy pack of revision cards to increase student use of media terminology then this is ready to go. You can easily use the 52 different image files as a deck of cards or posters or for online exhibition.

Turn your classroom or school into a virtual museum. Students can use the free app; 'blippar' to interact with the posters and access revision resources and videos. These posters are part of an initiative to find engaging ways for students to access curriculum relevant background knowledge. they cover a wide range of subjects and specialisms and allow students to download and keep revision cards and videos about the people and texts featured. A great way to bring technology and cultural knowledge into the classroom.

Amaze your students with an interactive Augmented Reality Homework Booklet that uses mobile phones to unlock extra features. Alongside increasing enjoyment and engagement, this booklet helps support and develop student learning by encouraging self discovery and making contextual resources visible. The resources are curated and chosen by experienced teachers so that actually scaffold and develop the student learning experience as they work through the booklet. The focus of this unit is political speeches and it contains easy to access links to speeches from youtube alongside useful websites and information around key knowledge, speech writing and grammar. There are enough homework resources for a half termly unit. By using the free app 'blippar' on their phones students scan in key images to find websites, youtube videos, and readings of the texts that will help them prepare and complete their homework. All of the extra content they find is saved to their phones and they can refer back to it at any time. Great for revision!

Amaze your students with an interactive Augmented Reality Homework Booklet that uses mobile phones to unlock extra features. Alongside increasing enjoyment and engagement, this booklet helps support and develop student learning by encouraging self discovery and making contextual resources visible. The resources are curated and chosen by experienced teachers so that actually scaffold and develop the student learning experience as they work through the booklet. By using the free app 'blippar' on their phones students scan in key images to find websites, youtube videos, and readings of the texts that will help them prepare and complete their homework. All of the extra content they find is saved to their phones and they can refer back to it at any time. Great for revision!

A prezi presentation suitable for use with KS4 and KS5 Media Studies or English students exploring the gender representations offered in Video Games. There are links to youtube videos and several introductory questions that ask students to explore masculinity and femininity before a main task in which they re design computer game characters without gender stereotypes. The plenary involves peer assessment of their work as students try to analyse each others work for a lack of gender stereotyping This lesson would be suitable for 1 hour + and could maybe even start off a mini project around this topic. The resource that is downloaded is a zip file to a fully playable prezi presentation containing all the slides and and videos needed. It will play offline (although youtueb videos will need internet connection) and on both PC and Mac

Amaze your students with an interactive Augmented Reality Homework Booklet that uses mobile phones to unlock extra features. Alongside increasing enjoyment and engagement, this booklet helps support and develop student learning by encouraging self discovery and making contextual resources visible. The resources are curated and chosen by experienced teachers so that actually scaffold and develop the student learning experience as they work through the booklet. The focus of this unit is Sci Fi novels. Their are activities around the Hunger Games and the gender representations this work presents. There are also literacy exercises and media literacy tasks around Mise en Scene. A half terms worth of homework all in one booklet. By using the free app 'blippar' on their phones students scan in key images to find websites, youtube videos, and readings of the texts that will help them prepare and complete their homework. All of the extra content they find is saved to their phones and they can refer back to it at any time. Great for revision!