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The first 2012 issue of Media & Learning News has just been published and in it you can read articles such as 'Media Literacy – a View from the US', 'Belfedar, a fun way to learn to cooperate and manage conflict', and a feature article about the Merchant of Venice, one of the MEDEA Awards 2011 winners, on which you can read more in 'Having fun and learning accountancy at the same time'.

Other highlights include a 'New initiative on Lecture Recording', Tools of the Trade:  Animation, what software or tools to use…', the 'New Voices in Media Education event in London' and 'Commonwealth film competition about relationships'. As always, you will find plenty of other news, notifications and announcements related to the use of media in education and training in this issue.

The December issue of Media & Learning News was published yesterday. In it you will find news about the winners of the MEDEA Awards 2011 and a feature article on "Developing media literacy skills for science communication", as well as information about the iTEC Designing the future classroom project, and an insight into the International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media based in Sweden.

You can also read about The Center for Media Literacy in the US and the Media & Learning Conference in Brussels which attracted 298 people from 39 countries,as well as plenty of other news items, notifications and announcements related to the use of media in education and training.

The 9th issue of Media & Learning News includes news from the US about how students created a lecture capture and note-taking device, Nikos Theodosakis raises a few issues in his article 'Participation: Social Media's Invitation to Learners'. You can also find out about a report on the use of educational videos and digital learning materials in every class in The Netherlands, and read the final installment in our 5-part series on 3D, about displaying and viewing. Very important in this newsletter are the reminder about the MEDEA Awards deadline which is set on 16 September 2011 and the online publication of the Media & Learning 2011 Conference programme. To read all this and more, visit the newsletter's web page.

In this month's issue, articles included are about the launch of the European Film Gateway website, a feature article on Producing video for teaching and learning - Is there a best way to produce educational video?, news about the loss of an important science video repository with the end of AthenaWeb.org, an update on Dutch Policy on media literacy and digital skills. Also in this issue, are an announcement of the TrueTube and Moviestorm schools video competition, a feature article on Connecting those using Geo-media and Geoinformation in Schools, and plenty of other news items, notifications and announcements related to the use of media in education and training.

The latest Media & Learning News is online now, with highlights including broadcasters' views on educational TV worldwide - international TV professionals' experiences and opinions, an article about Knowledge Pills: efficient learning and knowledge sharing for SMEs using video as well as a feature article on eduSensus - the role of multimedia in supporting Early & Special Needs Education.

Among the many interesting articles are five new resources in the Media & Learning Resources database including science video repositories and a British film archive, and events and calls such as a related competition in the US: International Student Media Awards and plenty of other news items, notifications and announcements related to the use of media in education and training. This issue is published in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Polish.

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The second edition of the Virtual Schools and Colleges Newsletter was published yesterday as an outcome of the European project VISCED which is carrying out a systematic review of virtual schools and colleges at international and national levels including a study into operational examples of fully virtual schools and colleges. 

The June newsletter contains a variety of articles and reports related to the use of ICT in secondary and post-secondary education for 14-21 year olds in Europe and elsewhere. It includes a report on ICT take-up in Finnish schools, recommendations about relevant resources and events and information about projects and initiatives related to the concept of Virtual Schools.

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Media & Learning News readers will be pleased to know that the June issue of the monthly newsletter is out now. In it you will read about how interest in media and digital resources is growing as a US Study on media and learning has been published and questions are raised in our featured article on What's the point of media education? The MEDEA2020 partnership also reports on the First MEDEA workshop on animation and an introduction to the Italian National Film School - Animation Department is also included in this issue, along with tips on interesting sites, tutorials, guides and much more in the new section Top resources which promotes some of the latest resources in the Media & Learning Community Resources Database, and plenty of other news items, notifications and announcements related to the use of media in education and training. You can download this month's issue here and next month's publications will again be available in English, French, German, Italian, Polish and Spanish.

The fourth Media & Learning News of this year was published today, including a feature article about the award-winning "Et si c’était toi?" shortfilm tackling student bullying, an insight into the legal re-use of audiovisual media and the Tools of the Trade series is continued with part 4 of DIY 3D Video. Furthermore, readers will find out a tip on how to expand the use of your materials in other languages by subtitling, news about a equity competition with a visual/audio-visual category and plenty of other news items, notifications and announcements related to the use of media in education and training. The following issue in May will be published in 6 languages again. Visit the current newsletter here.

The popular Media & Learning News was published for the first time in March in 6 languages, French, Polish, Italian, Spanish, German and English. The newsletter includes an article from Catalonian Television about education as a communication challenge, a feature article on MEDEA Awards' winner Pocket Anatomy which visualises the complexities of the human body and a continuation of the DIY series on 3D Video.

It also includes news about new MEDEA National Contact Points in Germany and Cyprus and plenty of other news items, notifications and announcements related to the use of media in education and training.  

5 further multilingual editions are planned for 2011. You can access the newsletter here.

The Media in Education newsletter has been renamed 'Media & Learning News' and will continue to be published every month. From March onwards, this newsletter will be available every two months in Spanish, Italian, French, Polish and German as well as English. 

Highlights in this month's newsletter include: an update on the highly successful BBC News School report and how non-UK schools can get involved in News Day on 24 March; an invitation to the International Council For Educational Media; one mother's experience of how media-rich learning materials are challenging traditional maths teaching; tools of the Trade: fancy creating your own 3-D Video? It also contains the confirmed dates for the Media & Learning Conference 2011 and plenty of other news items, notifications and announcements related to the use of media in education and training as well as the MEDEA Awards 2011.