MEDEA Finalists announced

Source: http://www.media-in-education.net/october-2010

The 9 finalists for the annual MEDEA Awards have been announced. They are (in alphabetical order): BBC News School Report by BBC (UK), Bla Bla Bla e-democracy e minori by Civil Life Lab (Italy), Et si c'était toi by Lycée Technique du Centre (Luxembourg), Evolution of life by CNDP (France), Level 7 by Careersbox (UK), Monkey Labs by Die Keure/Larian Studios (Belgium), Pocket Anatomy by eMedia Interactive (Ireland), Theorem of fire by Nafta Films (Estonia) and The Classroom by Cornerhouse (UK).

The overall winner and other prize-winners will be announced during the MEDEA Awards Ceremony which takes place on Thursday 25th November during the Media & Learning conference in Brussels. In the conference one can also meet the finalists and find out more about their entries. 

This year the competition attracted 140 entries from 31 countries. Entries this year included terrific examples of how students and their teachers are using media to enhance their own media literacy skills while creating learning resources that can have significant social impact.

Helle Meldgaard, from the MEDEA Awards Organising Committee commented "This year we see a good variety in the entries and excellent examples of media in education and training. We are particularly pleased to have seen such a good mix of user-generated and professionally produced media among the finalists coming in from across Europe and beyond. This year we also see a number of high-quality media productions that come about as a result of European cross-border collaboration."

The finalists were chosen by a jury made up of 74 education and media experts from 26 countries.

For more information about the MEDEA Awards: http://www.medea-awards.com 

For more information and the Media & Learning Conference: http://www.media-and-learning.eu