Schools remain notorious for co-opting digital technologies to «business as usual» approaches
to teaching new literacies. DIY Media addresses this issue head-on and describes expansive and
creative practices of digital literacy that are increasingly influential and popular in
contexts beyond the school and whose educational potential is not yet being tapped to any
significant degree in classrooms. This book is very much concerned with engaging students in
do-it-yourself digitally mediated meaning-making practices. As such it is organized around
three broad areas of digital media: moving media still media and audio media. Specific DIY
media practices addressed in the chapters include machinima anime music videos digital
photography podcasting and music remixing. Each chapter opens with an overview of a specific
DIY media practice includes a practical how-to tutorial section and closes with suggested
applications for classroom settings. This collection will appeal not only to educators but to
anyone invested in better understanding - and perhaps participating in - the significant shift
towards everyday people producing their own digital media.
