Match the job to the salary UPDATED!!Quick View
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Match the job to the salary UPDATED!!

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<p>Nice starter (in any lesson!) to get students thinking about future employment prospects by looking at how much is earned across various jobs.</p> <p>Updated to include salaries taken from the 2017 Office for National Statistics data.</p>
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Digital Video Production - film-making activities

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A series of eight filming exercises to develop video production skills. Designed for GCSE but suitable for post 16 novice film-makers. Compiled from a range of sources. Please comment/suggest improvements. Also includes a shot list excel template.
Match the Magazine Cover to the Audience ProfileQuick View
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Match the Magazine Cover to the Audience Profile

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A starter activity that can be used in Media Studies to match covers to real audience profiles. The profiles are taken from Bauer's excellent advertising section which has lots of audience profiles. http://magazines.bauermediaadvertising.com/magazines Just move the profile graphic out of the way of the covers to reveal the answer!
Advanced PhotoShop Magazine Cover TutorialQuick View
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Advanced PhotoShop Magazine Cover Tutorial

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This is a step-by-step guide to producing a magazine cover with a variety of effects designed to give students an overview of filters and blending options. All the assets are included and there is also a link to the completed .psd file. Please also see my Simple Magazine Cover Photoshop tutorial. Adapted from a tutorial I found online.
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Social Networking and protecting your reputation

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I put these slides together for a sixth form assembly on why students need to understand the way they act on social networking sites like facebook and twitter can impact their reputation within school, at university and when searching for jobs. Read through the articles referenced in the presentation to fill in the gaps between the slides.
Simple Magazine Cover PhotoShop TutorialQuick View
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Simple Magazine Cover PhotoShop Tutorial

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This resource contains a step by step guide on how to produce a simple magazine cover in Photoshop. Assets are included as are ideas for extension activities. Note that this requires some knowledge of Photoshop before teaching! Please also see my advanced magazine tutorial.
Analysing Name Trends -  Database Starter ActivityQuick View
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Analysing Name Trends - Database Starter Activity

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This can be used as an engaging starter activity during a unit on databases to get students of all secondary age groups thinking about reasons behind trends in data. It uses a mash-up database on the web tracking the popularity of 15,000 baby names in the UK over the last 15 years. I also used a Google Form to capture students' answers - feel free to use/modify.
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Movie Poster Ice breaker

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A one-lesson (potentially plus homework) activity that can be used as an ice-breaker in students' first Media Studies production lesson. Students research move poster conventions and then create a poster about themselves explaining to the rest of the class why they chose media studies. Based on an activity I found from a Canadian school blog.
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Advertising and Brand Values - Full Lesson

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A complete lesson aimed at GCSE Media Studies as part of an Advertising unit with a variety of activities on what brand values are. Students explore a range of different companies and an analysis of a TV advert. There's also a computer task to extend to two lessons.
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MEST4 Marks Checklist

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This checklist combines the 'key ingredients' for the critical investigation mentioned in the textbook with the Assessment Objectives in the Edexcel markscheme. I use it while giving feedback to the students after they've submitted their drafts and to help with the marking.