Education journalist Merlin John wins BETT 2012 Outstanding Achievement in ICT for Education Award
Education journalist Merlin John has been honoured with an Outstanding Achievement in ICT for Education Award for his "exceptional journalism and recognition for the need for discussion".
- (1888PressRelease) January 20, 2012 - Education journalist Merlin John, who founded the former TES Online magazine and now runs his own website, Agent4Change.net, has been honoured with an Outstanding Achievement in ICT for Education Award for his "exceptional journalism and recognition for the need for discussion".
He was given a standing ovation from the audience of more than 600 international educators and members of the UK's ICT education software and hardware industry, as he picked up his award at the annual prestigious BETT Awards held at London's Hilton Hotel.
Dominic Savage director general of the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) said: "Merlin John has been a passionate opinion holder in our profession and is very clear about the need for schools to invest in technology. This man is not afraid to challenge the accepted status quo."
"For someone who learnt to read and write on a slate in Black Lane Primary School in Wales, how could I not be fascinated in seeing the slate go digital?", asked Merlin John after the presentation. "And writing about how teachers are enriching and changing children's lives by innovative use of technology is an absolute pleasure. Being recognised for that by my peers at BETT, the most vibrant technology show in the world, has to be the icing on the cake. But you know what they say in this game - 'Never start taking your own press releases too seriously!"
About Merlin John
Merlin John is a London-based freelance journalist and consultant who runs his own website, Agent4change.net, which focuses on learning with technology, and works with a number of organisations and publications.
A journalist for 40 years, in his 18 years at The Times Educational Supplement he founded and edited TES Online magazine which became the leading UK publication covering learning and teaching with ICT. Along with its sister publication, TES Teacher, it tracked the enormous changes being brought about in and outside schools by adding technology to the learning mix, from the early days of the BBC computers until News International eventually sold The TES and the publication restructured in 2006.
He also helped set up the National College's Future website to support school leaders facing the challenges of innovation and transformation as part of their roles in capital projects like Building Schools for the Future and the Primary Capital Programme.
He has served as a judge in numerous prestigious awards schemes including Becta's ICT in Practice Awards, Partnerships for Schools' Excellence in BSF Awards and Microsoft's Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum Awards, and the Learning Without Frontiers Awards, and was shortlisted for the 2009 CIPR Education Journalist of the Year Awards.
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