The Education Media Alliance (EMA) was formed to support the marketing and outreach efforts of small to medium-sized independent producers of top-quality educational media. The EMA is currently a collaborative of five non-profit companies: MetaFour Productions, Lucky Cat Productions, Film Clips for Character Education, Matrix California, and The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. All Alliance members are producers with a commitment to provide teachers with exciting visual resources in order to inspire student learning.
EMA CONTACT: Carmen Dean • edumediaalliance@gmail.com 323.465.7347 or directly to each alliance partner |
Contact: Michael Rhodes • info@filmclipsonline.com • 805.984.5907 • 4903 Island View St., Channel Islands Harbor, CA 93035
Non-profit Film Clips for Character Education provides low-cost fully licensed short clips form popular movies with K-12 study guides that quickly engage students with issues of character and move them to action. Available on English/Spanish DVDs, Streaming and Site Server packages. References include: NMSA, ASCA, NSLP, CEP, CHARACTERCOUNTS! CHARACTERplus, etc.
Contact: Robert Sharp • luckycatproductions@gmail.com • 626.796.9344 • 2245 E. Colorado Blvd.#525, Pasadena, CA 91107
Instructional coach and Emmy Award-winning producer, Robert Sharp, is the founder of Lucky Cat Productions. Our team consists of Los Angeles-area teachers, administrators, parents and actors. We are dedicated to using media to help students get a deeper understanding of math concepts and improving important skills. Math Park is our next step in this endeavor.
Contact: Kitty Salinas • kitty.salinas@sbcglobal.net • Jeannie Toshima • jeannie_toshima@mac.com
MatrixMath uses a “game-like” movie to induce students to think carefully about important mathematical concepts. MatrixMath includes digital movies, game-like activities, and instructional guides. This product works well as part of an after school intervention program, in a pre-algebra classroom, or in a high school exit exam prep program.
Contact: Carmen Dean • meta4prod@gmail.com • 323.465.7347 • 2189 Fern Dell Place, Los Angeles, CA 90068
MetaFour Productions is an non-profit corporation dedicated to engaging, entertaining, inspiring and serving the educational and informational needs of today’s student. Our unique team of educators, artists and writers ensures that our programs create meaningful and enjoyable educational experiences that are exceptional tools for the classroom teacher.
Past Participating EMA Producers:
Contact: Dale Van Eck • dvaneck@cwf.org • 800.761.8331 • PO Box 1776, Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is the not-for-profit educational institution that preserves and operates the restored 18th-century Revolutionary capital of Virginia as a town-sized living history museum, telling the inspirational stories of our nation’s founding men and women. The Foundation is also a leader in interactive American history media.
