Assignments Undertaken

This is not a complete list, but is very comprehensive, and is in reverse chronological order. Full CV/Resumé available. Please note that I have actually undertaken the work I have been commissioned to do!

• Commissioned to undertake a case study of the impact of an ICT installation in a new build school.
• Commissioned to advise a company on educational ICT issues.
• Commissioned to edit and adapt series of books for Key Stage 3 ICT.
• Commissioned to undertake research on Bring Your Own Technology.
• Invited to collaborate on a new book about Bring Your Own Technology.
• Commissioned by the University of London Institute of Education to give a presentation to ICT teachers on the future of the ICT curriculum.
• Commissioned by the University of London Institute of Education to work with a graduate teacher trainee in Jersey, Spring 2012.
• Commissioned to write article on ICT for Gifted and Talented pupils for Rising Stars’ magazine.
• Commissioned to write guide to how to get the most from your interactive whiteboard, and review Smart and Promethean interactive whiteboards, for PC Pro’s ICT Reviews.
• Commissioned to advise a school on the sorts of thing it might consider as its "next big thing" in ICT.
• Commissioned to write feature on choosing a laptop + 6 reviews, for PC Pro magazine.
• Commissioned to edit series of books for Key Stage 1 ICT.
• Commissioned to manage OU/Vital's secondary ICT co-ordinators' forum and run weekly online discussions.
• Commissioned to review OU/Vital courses and advise on outdated links etc.
• Invited to give a talk to audio-visual business people about ICT in schools.
• Commissioned to undertake an ICT Mark Assessment for a secondary school in Essex.
• Invited to give a talk to primary school parents on the subject of what is good about ICT.
• Invited to give a talk to a consortium of secondary school Heads of ICT on the subject of the future of ICT.
• Commissioned to write feature on choosing an interactive whiteboard + 6 reviews, for PC Pro magazine.
• Commissioned by the University of London Institute of Education to work with two graduate teacher trainees in Jersey, Spring 2011.
• Commissioned to give an online Teachshare presentation for OU/Vital on the subject of using Excel across the curriculum.
• Commissioned to write an article for Form@re, the best known online journal on eLearning in Italy.
• Commissioned to give an online Teachshare presentation for OU/Vital on the subject of Innovation in schools.
• Commissioned to help set up and run Secondary ICT Co-ordinators' Forum for Vital.
• Commissioned to write a resource page for teachers of Key Stage 3 ICT for OU/Vital project course.
• Commissioned to critically review materials submitted for OU/Vital project course (excluding my own!)
• Invited to give keynote presentation at the online Reform Symposium conference 30th - 31st July 2010.
• Commissioned to advise on the nature of the (free) resources that ICT teachers would like to have.
• Invited to sit on panel at Constructing Education conference.
• Published the Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book.
• Commissioned to be the Series Editor of a forthcoming set of ICT primary books.
• Commissioned to write unit for a new primary ICT scheme of work, to be published soon. 
• Invited to present two spotlight sessions at the iCTLT 2010 Conference in Singapore.
• Invited to present to NELICT on the subject of formative assessment in ICT.
• Invited to present to NELICT on the subject of summative assessment in ICT.
• Invited to become a member of the NE London ICT Consultants’ Group (NELICT) – the only independent member.
• Both proposals to present at BETT 2010 accepted.
• Invited to chair a number of seminars (‘Mirandamods’) for Mirandanet at the University of London Institute of Education.
• Commissioned to undertake further work for a Local Authority in relation to its 14-19 Diploma provision.
• Commissioned to undertake an ICT Mark assessment for a school.
• Invited to attend the Handheld Learning 09 conference as an educational writer.
• Invited to attend the Primary Capital Action 09 conference as an educational writer.
• Invited by the Royal Society of Arts to become a Fellow.
• Invited by the Cambridge Primary Review team to submit a briefing on ICT in the primary sector.
• Invited to sit on the board of directors of the Flat Classrooms Project based in the USA.
• Proofreader for and contributor to Becta’s Tech News.
• Invited to address Broadband conference in Rotterdam on developments in ICT in primary education in the UK.
• Presentation at BETT on young people’s informal learning of ICT.
• Invited to attend the Primary Capital Action 08 conference as an educational writer.
• Invited to attend the Online Information 2008 conference as an educational writer.
• Invited to address a 6^th form assembly in a school in York on the subject of “Keeping safe in social networking”
• Commissioned by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust to organise a series of Inside the Workplace events for new Diploma.
• Invited to present a talk for Nottingham Trent University on the subject of 14-19 developments.
• Invited to present a seminar (with Miles Berry) at BETT 2009, on behalf of the British Computer Society, on the subject of “What are your kids learning while you’re not looking?”
• Invited to chair the first meeting of the North London ICT Consultants Group.
• Presentation at the Westminster Education Forum on the subject of the potential for technology in the classroom.
• Commissioned to provide training for the new Diplomas generic plus IT line of learning).
• Invited to present at SSAT’s 2008 ICT Conference.
• Invited to present the keynote for Flat Classrooms 2008.
• Commissioned to write a comparative review of handheld video products for Micro Computer Mart.
• Contracted by SSAT to deliver training to Diploma practitioners on ‘Inside the Workplace’ and ‘Inside the Diploma’ events.
• Commissioned to work on a Local Authority's resource bank for its 14-19 curriculum, including Diplomas.
• Published a free book on 60 Web 2.0 projects.
• Commissioned to write a regular (weekly) blog for HotChalk.com (USA), and three articles on the topics of Planning your ICT budget, Using Web 2.0 in your classroom, and Assessing educational technology understanding
• Commissioned to write two articles for the Times Educational Supplement magazine on the topics of Learning from the community. How social networking, Skype and Twitter can help you become a better teacher, and You've been framed! Using Seesmic to exchange views with colleagues in other schools.
• Commissioned to write two articles for Technology and Learning (USA), where I write a fortnightly blog, on the topics of Curriculum integration for technology instruction, and Key success strategies for ICT co-ordinators.
• Commissioned to work on the establishment of a new website for the Diploma delivery in a London LA.
• Commissioned to manage a project for generating resources from existing resources, for the new Diplomas.
• Commissioned to look for and evaluate potential resources for the new Diplomas.
• Invited to become a judge on behalf of the British Computer Society in the 2008 Rolls Royce Innovation Awards. (Invitation accepted)
• Invited to become a "meta-judge" in the Horizon 2008 project. (Invitation accepted)
• Evaluation of a school's ICT provision to ascertain suitability for recommendation of the ICT Mark award.
• Chairing of discussion session at Naace 2008 Annual Strategic Conference.
• Presentation at Naace Social Networking conference on the topic of "Teens' view of social networking".
• Presentation at the Training & Development Agency for Schools on the subject of "Web 2.0 and professional development.
• Chairing an educational debate at BETT 2008, on the subject of "What technology changes have best reflected the changing pedagogical landscape in recent years?" -- see here for details and podcast.
• Presentation at BETT 2008, with Miles Berry, ("Personalised learning through technology"), on behalf of Naace.
• Presentation at Nottingham Trent University ("The future of ICT") on behalf of Naace.
• Invited to submit a book proposal to a publishing company.
• Commissioned to write a bid for digital resources (successful).
• Commissioned to work on a Local Authority's resource bank for its 14-19 curriculum, including Diplomas.
• Commissioned to contribute to a book for teaching ICT to Year 8 (13 years old) pupils.
• Commissioned to write two chapters for a book about ICT and special educational needs.
• Commissioned to work with soft federation on project planning and procurement.
• Invited to take part in a dinner debate of the British Computer Society.
• Commissioned to write an ICT vision and strategy for a Local Authority's Education division.
• Commissioned to write an ICT vision and strategy for a college of Further Education.
• Successfully bid for Targetted Capital Funds totalling £500k on behalf of a recently-formed soft federation.
• Presentation to the Westminster Education Forum on behalf of Naace, on "Are we teaching the right sort of IT in schools?"
• Invited (with Miles Berry) to give a presentation at the RSC-NI Conference on the subject of using blogs and wikis etc in education.
• Self-published a booklet on Every Child Matters and one on how to make ICT lessons more interesting
• Invited (with Janet Roberts and Russell Ingleby) to give a presentation at the BETT show on behalf of Naace on the subject of "What does good ICT look like?"
• Invited (with Miles Berry) to give a presentation at the BETT show on behalf of the British Computer Society on the subject of using blogs and wikis etc in education.
• Chair of Naace (1 year).
• Vice-Chair of Naace (1 year).
• Invited to write a bid for funding for ICT in initial teacher training for a college.
• Wrote the first draft of a bid for an LA seeking funding for a 14-19 project (I did the research and writing that enabled the in-house team to refine its approach and submit a final bid)
• Invited to be one of a panel of judges for an international project -- Flat Classrooms (which won an international award)
• Invited to present at an international online conference -- K12 Online (which won an international award)
• Invited to contribute on a regular basis to the USA’s Technology & Learning Blog
• Self-published an ebook about Every Child Matters which is now being used by several thousand teachers and advisors
• Creation of resources pack for the Association of Citizenship Teaching
• Editing a book about Web 2.0 (read by an estimated 60,000 people and recommended for an international award)
• Advising and teaching on a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education course (ICT module)
• Presentation about embedding educational technology in schools at North-East England conference.
• Presentation about ICT planning at Naace all-members conference.
• Presentation about Web 2.0 for Becta-organised Future-gazing seminar.
• Presentation about Web 2.0 for Becta staff training day.
• Presentation about ICT planning at Specialist Schools and Academies Trust.
• Organisation of Naace’s Annual Strategic Conference (approximately 700 delegates)
• Presentation for ORT on e-assessment.
• Organisation of and report on multi-agency think tank on Every Child Matters
• Invited as an independent consultant to advise Becta on its e-safety strategy
• ICT review and evaluation for a secondary girls' school in London
• Writing assignments, eg for The Guardian, TES, Micro Mart, PfP Publishing, ASPECT's journal, Primary Leadership Today and others
• Evaluation of FITS for a London LEA (the original assignment has been extended 3 times).
• Evaluation of Becta’s Framework for ICT Support (FITS) programme
• Writing of the ICT Strategy for a London Local Education Authority
• Facilitator on SLICT courses
• Pre-inspection preparation for a private training company
• Strategic and technical guidance for specialist technology college
• Pre-Ofsted work with secondary school: lesson observations etc
• Representation of Naace at events, eg Building Schools for the Future Conference
• Research report for QCA
• Worked with a private sector company on the aforementioned Becta project (successful)
• Assistance with writing a bid for a Becta project (successful)
• Ofsted inspections of Information and Communication Technology in Key Stages 3 and 4 and post-16, and Business Education at post-16
• Presentation about Building Schools for the Future at the IT Learning Exchange December 2004
• Stand-in editor  for Naace newsletter (3 times) December 2004
• Assistance with writing a bid for Learning & Skills Council funding (successful)