ICT Advice for Lewisham Schools - FITS

The Lewisham FITS pilot 2005 to 2006

About Terry Freedman

Terry Freedman has nearly thirty years’ experience in education. Specialising in information and communication technology (ICT), he has taught in inner city schools, been Head of Department, worked at the Qualification and Curriculum Authority and held a 3rd tier officer post – Head of E-Education – in a London local education authority. He was also an Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education) inspector for ICT and Business Education, has worked with the private sector advising on government policy and bidding for funds and has advised government agencies on specific issues.

Terry is also an accredited FITS training provider and a SLICT trainer.

Terry is also the Vice Chair of the Executive committee of the ICT advisory body, Naace, and is a member of the British Computer Society and the British Computer Society’s Schools Experts Panel. He is also a Fellow of MirandaNet, an ICT research body, a trainer for the Senior Leadership in ICT course and an assessor for the ICT Mark, a quality assurance seal of approval for schools. In addition, he is the Communications Chair for the Administrator Special Interest Group for the International Society of Technology in Education, based in the USA.

A prolific writer, Terry has had around 1000 articles published in periodicals such as the Times Educational Supplement, Managing Schools Today and educ@guardian. He has also written several books, including the well-received Managing ICT, and is a member of the UK’s Society of Authors.

Terry also maintains his own website www.ictineducation.org, which is linked to by the Department for Education and Skills as part of its Cutting Bureaucracy Toolkit, has achieved the Mirandanet Site of the Month Award and was the featured website in ICT for Education, as well as being acclaimed in the Times Educational Supplement. Terry also publishes an e- newsletter, Computers in Classrooms, which is read widely by headteachers, teachers, advisors and other ICT “champions”, both in the UK and abroad.

Last update: 19th June 2006