The following assignments have been undertaken by Terry Freedman since setting up as an independent educational ICT consultant in 2004. They are listed in reverse chronological order.

As the list is rather long, here is a broad (but not exclusive) summary of the type of work undertaken:

Categories of work undertaken

• Bid-writing
• Case study writing
• Article writing (for your newsletter or website)
• Manuals eg 'quick-start' guides
• Presentations to staff, senior leadership, or students
• ICT Vision and strategy writing, for schools, federations of schools or local authorities
• Project management
• Evaluation, eg of technical support provision, ICT provision, ICT Mark assessment or preparation for ICT Mark assessment

If none of the above seems to fit your requirements, please look at the list below or contact us to discuss what you need.

 Memberships and accreditations

You may find the following information useful:

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• Becta-accredited FITS provider and trainer
• ICT Mark assessor
• Member of the British Computer Society
• Fellow of Mirandanet
• Member of the Society of Authors

Career path from 1975 to 2004

The following is a list of posts I have held, in chronological order:

• Teacher
• Head of Department
• ICT Advisor
• Principal Officer at QCA
• Head of E-Education
• Ofsted Inspector

Assignments undertaken

This is not a complete list.

• 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)