Narrative Analysis in Media Studies

Catherine Cronin - 'Creating spaces for student voices'

Having connected my students with Catherine Cronin to discuss ideas around digital identity, she asked my students to return the favour and share their ideas about learning in my classroom. They commented on the way they have a voice in the Media Studies classroom. They also discussed the openness of our learning environment and their relationship with me as their 'co-learner', rather than 'teacher'. 

Their comments were included in a presentation that Catherine was giving at #ICTEdu. She wrote up a reflection on the event here, including slides and some feedback on the comments made by my students. 

It was a pleasure to be part of this; I know that my students enjoyed reflecting and sharing their thoughts about the way they learn. Student voice is massively important and I hope that my next group of A2 students will walk away feeling that they had a similar experience. 

Learning in Media @ CCC

After skyping into our classroom, Catherine Cronin asked us to create some artefacts to document how and why learning in Media @ CCC is different to other subjects. What follows are videos and images created and edited by A2 Media Students reflecting on the '3 tenets' that I have tried to foster in their learning:

"Openness ~ Social Media ~ Student Voice/Choice" - Catherine Cronin

This is very much a reflection of the value I place on Independent Learning. The 'leashes' have to come off!

Introduction to Learning in Media @ CCC

Josh on being able to make mistakes:

Alice on equality between learner and teacher:

Alice on using 'social media' to learn and progress:

Danielle on 'openness' and 'student voice':

Lucy on death by PowerPoint:

Hannah on being an independent learner and 'choice':

A-Level Results 2012

I wanted to take a moment to formally congratulate and acknowledge the tremendous success of both our A2 and AS Media Students, who achieved our best ever set of year-end results.

A2 Media Studies

A* - 10%
A*-B - 80%
A*-C - 100%

Serena, Heather, Brogan, Tom, Ellie, Steph, Laura, Hannah, Jess and Sareena... It was an amazing journey, one that I feel I was very fortunate to be a part of. I will miss our lessons, although I'm not sure the word 'lesson' really applies. Enjoy taking the next step, whatever that may be. Remember, if you need anything, I am only a tweet or email away.

AS Media Studies

A - 78%
A-B - 100%

Hannah, Josh, Amy, Alice, Danielle, Alice, Lucy, Averielle and Nicole... talk about setting the bar high! I expect great things from you come September. Your journey is just beginning...

...I'll see you in the "desert of the real".

AS Media Studies - Y12 Homework Link & QR Code

Year 12. This is a permanent link for your homework. You can scan the code with your phone or simply click on the link.

Remember, you can also subscribe to the Twitter feed to keep up to date with the course. See the link in the sidebar on the right.

Homework Link: http://delivr.com/18tq0

Homework QR Code:

GCSE Media Studies - Y11 Homework Link & QR Code

Year 11 Media Studies students. Scan the code or click the link to see your homework.

New homework will be set each week but the link / QR Code will remain the same.

Link: http://delivr.com/18tom

QR Code:

GCSE Media Studies Homework

Great to see the effort some students put into their homework in the run up to exams:

Guest Blogger!

For the first time ever Media @ CCC is going to feature blog posts from a guest blogger. Having already shared some useful links, Sophie Lowden has signed on to add musings, ideas and links to the blog. 


I think this is going to be an exciting new feature and hope that you all enjoying discovering more about media, film and animation through Sophie's unique insight.


Welcome Sophie, the students and I look forward to your first post! :-)

AS / A2: Ringwood Media Blog

A Media Blog from Ringwood school in Hampshire. Some excellent resources and some excellent student blogs. 


Go check it out: http://mediaringwood.wordpress.com/