Blog info

This blog is the official blog of the “medialiteracy.info” conference, taking place in Vaasa (Finland) May 10-11. Here you will be able to find reports and reflections concerning presentations and social events during the two days of the conference. As a visitor to the blog you are more than welcome to interact by commenting on posts. Some presentations at the conference will be published as a video clips and archived, and links for these presentations will also be placed in the side bar of the blog.

Hope you will enjoy your virtual visit! And please, remember to register in our official site www.mediaeducation.fi/vasa!

Welcome to the conference!

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The Finnish Society of Media Education and the Faculty of Education at Åbo Akademi University in Vasa organize the Nordic conference on media education “medialiteracy.info” in May 10-11, 2007 in Vaasa in co-operation with the Nordic Council of Ministers, Suomi 90 Finland Anniversary Year and the Ministry of Education.

The main themes of the conference are gender, special education, multiculturalism and children and youth culture. The aim of the conference is to present and share new information and innovations in the field and to increase co-operation between practitioners in the Nordic countries. The event addresses both researchers and practitioners in the field of media education in the Nordic and Baltic countries.

The conference languages are English and Scandinavian. The lectures are held in English. Otherwise are English and Scandinavian in use.

The conference is offered free of charge, but the participants will cover for their own accommodation and the travel costs.

For more information, see www.mediaeducation.fi/vasa