ACMI Education

Teachers: This webinar brings together perspectives from education and online safety to explore what media literacy looks like in classrooms today, including our very own Head of Education & Public Programs at ACMI, Christine Evely.

Find out more and register for this free event, Tue 2 June, 4pm AEST.

https://clickview.zoom.us/webinar/register/3917778961143/WN_f3FK_RMGTQ68jgPDB_499Q #/registration

Celebrate NAIDOC Week 2026 on Tue 14 July with a FREE screening of Jub Clerc's 'Sweet As', a coming-of-age road movie set in the Pilbara region of W.A.

This screening includes a film viewing, followed by a talk where we'll unpack how the film communicates meaning through character, theme, and film form.

This is a mob‑first session designed specifically for First Nations students, with teachers and school staff welcome to attend and support them.

Sweet As | NAIDOC week student screening A free screening for First Nation's students to celebrate NAIDOC week 2026.

Meet Shaun Tan, creator of 'The Lost Thing' and 'Tales from Outer Suburbia', which has been turned into an incredible animation, now on ABC.

Mon 18 May we will have a Q&A with Shaun at ACMI, with student and teacher tickets FREE. Can't make it in to ACMI? This event will be streamed live as a Webinar with our friends the Australian Children's Television Foundation.

Talking Tales with Shaun Tan Join ACMI and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and for a rare opportunity to connect with one of Australia’s most celebrated storytellers, Shaun Tan.

Teachers: interested in using digital games in the classroom? 🎮 🎓

Join us and teacher and digital pedagogy expert Shea Rigney for a series of ~FREE~ professional learning webinars throughout May (11/4, 18/4, 25/4) and explore research-backed theory behind game-based learning, discover practical frameworks for curriculum integration.

Register now:

ACMI and ATOM present, Play to Learn: Digital Games as Educational Tool with Shea Rigney. A full-day workshop designed to transform your teaching through the power of digital games!

In this FREE workshop for Years 4-6, students will analyse media campaigns for social causes, before planning and animating their own messages on an important issue or topic. 🗨 📣

This program builds students’ media literacy through a balance of analysis and creative production, and is free for Vic Gov schools.

We've several dates available throughout Terms 2, 3 and 4, so don't miss this opportunity to have a fun and meaningful day out at ACMI with your students!

VCES - Create change- social message making VCES Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series 2026 Free education workshop

Join ACMI and the Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) for a rare and special opportunity to connect with one of Australia’s most celebrated storytellers, Shaun Tan (The Lost Thing). 🎨 📝 📚

During this Q&A, Shaun will take students on the journey of transforming his beloved anthology, 'Tales from Outer Suburbia' into an animated series.

Schools can join in-person at ACMI, or register for an online stream (18/5). Find out more:

Talking Tales with Shaun Tan Join ACMI and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and for a rare opportunity to connect with one of Australia’s most celebrated storytellers, Shaun Tan.

Media teachers: looking for a great First Nations' focused Australian film for your Media classroom? Our free resource for Jub Clerc's 'Sweet As' (2022) is now online.

Drawing on Clerc’s own experience, the film presents the story of Murra, a 15-year-old girl from Port Hedland in Western Australia who embarks on a week-long photographic safari tour for at-risk teens. 📸 🚌

Sweet As | Learning resource Explore 'Sweet As', the debut feature film from Nyul Nyul/Yawuru woman and writer/director Jub Clerc, which tells the story of Murra, a 15-year-old Indigenous girl who embarks on a week-long photographic safari tour for ‘at risk’ teens.

VCE English teachers: in partnership with the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English (VATE), we are running Professional Learning Days later in the year for the new Year 12 film texts, including 'The Holdovers' (11/9), 'Picnic at Hanging Rock' (14/9) and 'Gurrumul' (7/12).

Head to our Professional Learning page for more details:

ACMI School Programs and Resources Browse through our range of learning opportunities and school excursions both onsite and online, for students and teachers alike

Attention Year 4-6 teachers!

This year we have 5 dates for our FREE Creating Change: Social message-making workshop, as part of the DET's Victorian Challenge and Enrichment series. Students will develop key media literacy skills through analysis and interpretation, before producing their own animated media messages on a significant topic.

Register your class now:

VCES - Create change- social message making VCES Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series 2026 Free education workshop

Teachers: We're hosting a program exploring careers in games for First Nations Secondary students, Fri 13 March.

Completely free, the day will feature insights from leading First Nations creatives, as well as a hands-on text-based adventure game design workshop.

Register your students:

Playful Careers- First Nations game makers share their stories A program for First Nations secondary students to experience the games, careers and insights from leading Aboriginal creatives making games.