media literacy

INgeBEELD is an initiative of the CANON Cultuurcel of the Flemish Ministry of Education and Training and offers a range of highly innovative materials and support resources to teachers and learners in schools aimed at raising levels of media literacy across the curriculum.

An open day held on November 9 provided an opportunity to teachers and others interested in exploring the use of digital media in class to highlight INgeBEELD4 - a rich resource of ideas and resources that aim to move beyond an interpretation of media literacy as simply the adoption of basic media skills. This study day highlighted the new Vlaanderen in Beeld (Flanders in images and pictures) portal which offers rich media resources including the resources becoming available from the archives of VRT, the national broadcaster and included an inspirational talk by Paul Bottleberghs of Ambrosia's Tafel, keynote speaker at the forthcoming Media & Learning conference.

The latest edition of the Media in Education Newsletter is available for download. This newsletter is aimed at anyone interested in developments, best practices, news and resources related to the use of media in education and is linked to the MEDEA Awards.

Highlights in this month’s newsletter include:
- a description of BaKaFORUM 2010, Europe's annual meeting of educational broadcasters
- a feature article on the winner of the MEDEA Special Jury Award 2009: Eyes on the Skies from Germany
- a profile of the Masaryk University Language Centre, MEDEA national contact point in the Czech Republic
- information about various festivals related to the use of media aimed at the education and training sector
- a selection of interesting websites and tools related to the use of media in education