University of Toronto: KMDI, POS|OA SEP Awards

enCORE sublayer for Secondary Educators

Interested in New MediaName of Student: Cheryl Ann MadeiraName of Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Jim

SlottaName of Department: Curriculum,

OISE/University of Toronto

The enCORE project develops an educational community for secondary educators and industry professionals to share their experiences and their knowledge of media.

enCORE

In the develop of this community there would be a continuous, fluid exchange and growth of knowledge not only nationally but internationally.

IntroductionIntroduction

The Mind, Media and the Message Festival (M3F) is a secondary international, digital arts festival, run by high school students for high school students.

• Non-profit organization• Variety of activities: launch, fundraisers, a teachers’

conference, submissions of digital artworks, judging, submissions and the actual festival

• www.m3f.org • Past years over 1000 digital artwork submissions from

across country (photography, illustration, dtp, image manipulation, interactive media, video, animation, sound)

• 7th year

• M3F requires a viable and practical way to connect students, teachers and industry members

• Need for open source content management• Need for evolving space for cultural, interdisciplinary,

and curriculum development• enCORE partnership with M3F is one step in

developing developing a sustainable existence.

Background and RationaleBackground and Rationale

Project MethodologyProject Methodology

Developing understanding of enCORE and how to use the system

Developing the various layers of activities

Content and resource management Students and teachers taught how to

have a ‘voice’ in enCORE-M3F sublayer

Project MethodologyProject Methodology

Meetings at digital industry venue (MaRS)