At the Voices Festival, held in Zagreb from February 27th to March 1st, the Algowatch project was prominently featured during the round table discussion, “Media Information Literacy making of: what does it take to succeed against all odds?”… Read More
The Algowatch project team held a significant and productive in-person meeting on 26th and 27th February 2025, hosted at the Catholic University of Croatia in Zagreb.… Read More
Over 100 school librarians at the national conference “Culture and Challenges of New Media” in Zagreb were presented with the Algowatch project’s activities, focusing on the critical role of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) in media content creation and consumption.… Read More
Educators from five Croatian secondary schools participated in a pioneering training session on algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) on January 17th, marking a significant step in the Algowatch project’s mission to empower students and teachers in the digital age.… Read More
The Algowatch project was prominently featured among three sense-making practices at the 17th MediaEd Forum, held online on 10 January 2025, by the Media Education Lab in the USA, specifically within the panel dedicated to the EDMO Guidelines for Effective Media Literacy Initiatives.… Read More
The Algowatch project was the central theme of the programme “90 Seconds of Science” on the Portuguese public radio station RDP1, aired on 9 January 2025.… Read More
English teachers from across Croatia gathered at a national conference on December 20th in Split, where they were introduced to the Algowatch project and its resources, marking a significant step in AI literacy education.… Read More
The Algowatch team member Aphra Kerr, from Algowatch at University College Dublin, participated in the recently held webinar “Games for Good: Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship” on 11 December 2024.… Read More
“Media, Citizenship, and Democracy in the Context of AI and Algorithms” was the theme of a session led by researcher Vitor Tomé on 10 December 2024, at Cacilhas-Tejo Secondary School in Almada, south of Lisbon, Portugal.… Read More
The Algowatch project was one of the projects highlighted in the presentation that researcher Vitor Tomé presented on December 5th at the National Conference of the Association of Educational Services Agencies (AESA), which took place in Orlando, Florida, USA.… Read More
Algowatch researcher Aphra Kerr from UCD was one of two guests on the panel discussing AI through a media literacy lens at the Media Literacy Ireland annual conference 2024, held at the Foundry in Dublin, hosted by Google, on 4 December 2024.… Read More
The Algowatch project team convened for a face-to-face meeting at Maynooth University in Ireland on 2 and 3 December 2024, bringing together ten members to discuss key updates and progress.… Read More
Resources produced by the Algowatch project team, including quizzes, eye openers, and a video game, were validated in the Azores from 18 to 20 November 2024, during sessions with journalists and librarians.… Read More
The Algowatch project and the Centre for Teacher Training of the Sintra School Association (CFAE Sintra) organised an in-service training course titled “Media, Algorithm, and Artificial Intelligence Literacy for All,” which took place on 6 and 20 November 2024, with the participation of 104 teachers.… Read More
The Algowatch project was one of the highlighted initiatives in the Media & Learning webinar on 20 November 2024, focusing on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in education.… Read More
“Learning About and With AI: A Natural Project of the School Library” was the central theme of Vitor Tomé’s presentation at the XXVII Meeting of the Leiria Library Network on 16 November 2024. … Read More
The French team of Algowatch, Savoir Devenir, facilitated engaging workshops at the “Critical Thinking Encounters” event in Bastia, France, on 18 October 2024.… Read More
The Algowatch Maynooth team were present at European Researchers Night in Ireland, on Friday, 27 September between 4 – 8pm in the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Trinity College Dublin, and presented for the first time a demo of the Algowatch game to researchers and the public.… Read More