Media Matters specialises in designing and providing curriculum materials and CPD for teachers.

Encouraging the use of technology in the curriculum, through continuing professional development, is an important part of what Media Matters provides.

The impact on teaching and learning of the use of Glow is currently being explored in a number of initiatives involving language, literacy and Expressive Arts.

'The Willie Rodger Gallery' features the final prints which pupils produced during an initiative involving nine schools, from eight local authorities, as they learned to use Glow to develop skills in printmaking. The initiative was a joint venture between Media Matters and Willie Rodger, in association with GLOW. A full report about the work of the schools was published in TESS on 12th December, 2008. The Herald also reported the event. Aberdeen City's Education ICT Team has details on its blog, 'Jist Haiverin'. For further details about the 'In the Hands of WIllie Rodger' DVD & CD-ROM see Curriculum Materials.

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'The Liz Lochhead Collection' features the final poems which pupils produced during an initiative involving a further nine schools, from nine local authorities, as they too learned to use Glow to develop skills in writing poetry. The initiative was a joint venture between Media Matters and Liz Lochhead, in association with GLOW. The website of these final poems was launched on Thursday, 14th January 2010.

Media Matters also produced the 'Learn to Listen' series, addressing listening in order to respond to text at all 5-14 levels.

Key partnerships have included the creation of Assess The Herald, produced in association with The Herald and NGfL Scotland; the iMovie 5-14 CD-ROM, produced in association with Apple Education; the SCETNet series, produced in association with LTScotland; the Studio 8 CPD CD-ROM, produced with support from Pinnacle.