Winners Announced in MEDEA Awards 2009
The overall winner of this years MEDEA Awards is Know IT All for Primary by Childnet International (UK) which was announced by Maruja Gutierrez-Diaz on 4 December during a well attended reception in Berlin.
Know IT All for Primary was represented at the prize-giving ceremony by Lucinda Fell, Policy and Communications Manager, who graciously accepted the bronze MEDEA statuette from Maruja Gutierrez-Diaz, Advisor to the Director of the Lifelong Learning Programme, European Commission as well as hardware and software sponsored by Avid and Adobe. In addition to the overall winner, the MEDEA Award for Creativity and Innovation 2009 was won by Daisy and Drago by Terakki Foundation Schools (Turkey) represented at the awards by Özge Karaoğlu. Traditions Across Europe by Istituto Comprensivo “Don Bosco” (Italy), represented at the awards by Gina Mango won the MEDEA European Collaboration Award 2009. A special jury prize was given to Eyes on the Skies by European Southern Observatory (ESO) (Germany) in recognition for what the judges described as “a superb example of the value high quality video imagery can bring to an educational production”. The MEDEA Awards recognise excellence in the use of media in education and are managed by EduTubePlus partner, ATiT. For more information visit the MEDEA web site
