The Australian Teachers Of Media or ATOM is an independent, non-profit, professional association in Australia for teachers of media and teachers who wish to use media effectively in their classroom.

ATOM aims to foster and encourage a generation of students who are both multi-literate and technologically savvy.

Publishing both Metro Magazine and Screen Education and through convening the ATOM Awards and the ATOM Australian International Multimedia Awards, ATOM actively promotes media literacy

Media literacy

Media literacy is a repertoire of competences that enable people to analyze, evaluate, and create messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres, and forms.-Education:...

 in Australia and internationally.

External links

• ATOM Film, Television and Multimedia Awards ATOM Award website
• Council of ACT Education Associations Description of ATOM activities
• AFC NewsAndEvents Description of the 2004 Awards, including finalists
• Australian Teachers of Media ATOM Victoria official website
• ATOM Queensland ATOM Queensland website
• ACCC Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Listing
• "ATOM's reach spreads" 2002 article in The Age
  The Age
  The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
  
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