Jean Johnson

Jean Johnson worked for a number of years in industry in a variety of roles from Financial Planning to Public Relations. She joined the teaching profession in 1980. working in inner London Schools with difficult and disaffected teenagers. In 1993 she became involved in the introduction of the internet to schools working in a variety of national and international projects focussing on the development of digital technology in the curriculum. These include Learning in the New Millennium, Web for Schools, Schools on Line, Comenius, ENIS and the Virtual Classroom. In 2000 she began the current iteration of Notschool.net a Department for Education funded research project. Her brief was to develop an online learning community for disaffected youth. In August 2005, Jean formed a charity dedicated to social inclusion through education. The Charity has won several national awards for its work in the field of digital inclusion.Jean is a frequent speaker at conferences including the Nobel event in 2006. She has published a number of papers and is a frequent contributor to TV and radio both here and overseas including the BBC, Channel 4, Horizon and the Today programme.