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Exceptional Media Teaching Resources

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Exceptional Media Teaching Resources

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First and Best in Education

Media Studies: an Introduction to the Terminology & Concepts – this 119 page, photocopiable book will explain the terminology and concepts of the media to your GCSE students in simple terms and will provide them with a logical structure for evaluating media texts.

Media Studies: Preparing for the Exam – this book will enable you to ensure that students are well-prepared to sit their final exams in GCSE Media Studies.

Email: sales@firstandbest.co.uk
Telephone:
01536 399007
Postal address:
Hamilton House Mailings Ltd, Earlstrees Ct, Earlstrees Rd, Corby, Northants, NN17 4HH

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Signpost Educational Ltd

Student Packs for Lessons and Exams – Handy for your students and especially useful for exams. Consists of a clear plastic, “exam friendly” zip up wallet containing:  Three quality ballpens  (black ink), two HB pencils, 15 cm ruler, metal sharpener, eraser. approx, size:  224 x 157 mm.

Telephone: 020-7515-1797
Postal address:
SIGNPOST EDUCATIONAL LTD, PO Box 999, London, E14 6SH, UK

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UniTasterDays

Search Taster Day Events – helps teachers of Media to discover an array of events to book students on to, such as university and college taster days, workshops, residentials, open days, outreach events and widening participation opportunities.

Email: info@unitasterdays.com
Telephone:
+44(0)208 798 0982

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ZigZag Education

Media Teaching Resources – publishers of teaching resources for schools.

Email: sales@ZigZagEducation.com
Telephone:
0117 950 3199
Postal address:
ZigZag Education, Unit 3, Greenway Business Centre, Doncaster Road, Bristol, BS10 5PY

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You can find more Exceptional Teaching resources at exceptionalteaching.org.uk.

Film Trailers and Posters for GCSE WJEC Media Studies

We’ve all seen the trailer for this year’s GCSE WJEC annual topic and it’s going to be a blockbuster. To get you ready for the real thing, ZigZag Education has a boxset of brand-new resources to support the 2016 topic: Film Trailers and Posters.

The nominations for Best Teaching Resource in a Supporting Role are:

  • WJEC Teaching Pack: Bespoke scheme of work with worksheets, handouts and PowerPoints included.  The perfect resources to structure and support your teaching of the annual topic. (WU23/5941, £99) Out Now!
  • WJEC Online Homework: ‘All your homework set and marked’ (P Knowles, Media Teacher & Subscriber) in this four-part quiz/test structure. Gives students a variety of exercises to complete to consolidate their learning, revise key terms and theories, and practise with exam-style questions.  As a teacher, you can track their progress too! (Various packages from £99+VAT for site licence) Release date: January 2016
  • WJEC Revision Guide: Ensure students are fully prepared for the exam, from key terms to pre-production skills.  The workbooks can be used independently, with a variety of activities and exam-style tasks. (WU23/5940, £79) Release date: December 2015
  • WJEC Practice Papers: Original papers in the exact style of the exam. All key concepts tested across a range of exam-style questions.  Detailed examiner commentary on every answer gives students a clear idea of ‘what the examiner is thinking’!  (WU23/6018, £54) Out Now!

All resources are complementary, and can be used either together or independently.  Each resource has been carefully designed so that there is no overlap of content – while still covering the relevant parts of the specification and the core aspects of the topic. 

Here’s what the critics* have to say:

  • ‘This is an excellent resource that covers all aspects of the topic of film marketing. It is challenging yet comprehensive and has a variety of good film examples and has chosen from all areas of the film industry.’ – M Riches, Media Teacher, 2016 Revision Guide (*****)
  • ‘A comprehensive resource, useful for teachers as well as students in flexible ways: for revision purposes, mocks, classroom activities, homework tasks or revision tasks.’ – J Forth, Media Teacher, 2016 Practice Papers (*****)
  • ‘This is a great revision guide and the activities supplement classwork perfectly. I had great success last year with it, and plan on continuing to use it.’ – T Hutchinson, Head of Media Studies, 2016 Revision Guide (*****)

*real bonafide teachers

ZigZag resources are available as ‘copy masters’ or in editable format and come with a site licence, allowing you to pay once and copy as often as you need, or put on your server for multiple use.  The Teaching Pack, Revision Guide and Practice Papers are also available in:

  1. Easy-printing PDF files (add 30%+VAT), or
  2. PDF with editable Word files (add 50%+VAT).

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