ICT in Schools Division Department for Education and Skills Biographies

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ICT in Schools Division
Department for Education and Skills
Contact Information

• Doug Brown (ICT in Schools Division)
  doug.brown@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
  
  
• Owen McConnell (ICT in Schools Division)
  Research & Evaluation
  owen.mcconnell@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
  
  
• Russell Prue (ICT in Schools Division)
  Curriculum Online
  russell.prue@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
  
  
• Eileen Devonshire (ICT in Schools Division - Curriculum Online)
  eileen.devonshire@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
  
  
• Mark Grundy Head Teacher of Shire Lands Language College, Sandwell, West Midlands (Test Beds)
  mark.grundy@shireland.sandwell.sch.uk
  
  
• Pat Kelly (ICT in Schools Division)
  Home School Links
  pat.kelly@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
  
  
• Simeon Linstead (Channel 4)
  GridClub
  SLinstead@channel4.co.uk
  
  
• Bob Sawyer (Regional Director Numeracy Strategy, Centre for School Standards)
  ICT/Numeracy Strategy
  bsawyer@cfbt-hq.org.uk
  
  
• Myf Powell (RM)
  MathsAlive
  mpowell@rm.com
  
  
• Clare Riley (BBC)
  Digital Curriculum Proof of Concept
  clare.riley.02@bbc.co.uk
  
  
• Derek Butler (BBC)
  Digital Curriculum Proof of Concept
  derek.butler@bbc.co.uk
  
  

Plenary Panel

• Alison Lister (ICT in Schools Division)
  Parents Online
  alison.lister@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
  
  
• Pravin Jethwa (ICT in Schools Division)
  pravin.jethwa@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
  
  
• Keith Holder (ICT in Schools Division)
  keith.holder@dfes.gsi.gov.uk
  
  
• Bob Steedman (British Council)
  bob.steedman@britishcouncil.org
  
  
• Clare Byrne (International Relations Division, DfES)
  clare.byrne@dsfes.gsi.gov.uk
  
  

Biographies

Doug Brown
Doug has been involved in educational computing since starting as teacher in the early 1970's. Having taught in secondary schools in Ipswich and Birmingham he joined the renowned Birmingham Educational Computing Centre in 1981. As a peripatetic head of department he had a brief to make himself redundant in every school he worked in - by training staff in the school to take over his teaching role.

As computing use spread Doug took on the role of managing the in-service training and survived a number of reorganisations rising to firstly head the advisory team for ICT and then acting for a short spell as director of the whole of Birmingham's Educational Support Services. In 1991 he became schools ICT adviser in Birmingham and developed responsibility for the strategic direction of ICT in schools across the LEA. During this time he led on creating the Birmingham Grid for Learning - Birmingham's response to the Government's National Grid for Learning which is now seen as a leading example of what is possible.

Doug also has an international reputation having been the organiser of the 1995 IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) World Conference on Computers in Education which is held every five years. He is also a leading member of their secondary working group and recently chaired an international event on the school of the future. Regularly invited to present keynote sessions on this topic, in August he opened the educational strand of the World Computer Congress in China.

Currently Doug is Divisional Manager of ICT in Schools Division which leads on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills on the Government's ICT in schools policies.

Owen McConnell
Owen McConnell has been the team leader of the Research & Sustainability, in the ICT in Schools Division since January 2000. The team aims to develop a strategic framework for ICT in Schools, to support other policy teams to implement it and to secure appropriate funding. On behalf of the Division, Owen leads on the promotion, collaboration and exchange of best practice amongst European and international partners.

Under Owen's leadership, much research has been published and this reflects the close working relationship built up with the British Educational and Communications Technology Agency (Becta) that underpins much of what the Division does. Recent examples of publications include Transforming The Way We Learn - a vision for the future of ICT in schools, an investigation into using ICT to enhance home-school links, a survey of Young People and ICT, and a preliminary report on the roll-out of the NGfL Programme in ten Pathfinder LEAs. In addition, much work has been done charting the correlation between ICT in schools and the effect that this has on attainment and motivation. It is the area of impact that Owen will concentrate on in his presentation.

Mark Grundy & SIR
Mark Grundy is Head Teacher of Shireland Language College in the West Midlands, near Birmingham, one of only a hundred language colleges nationwide. The success of the college is built upon partnerships, particularly the one of staff and students, and also the one that exists between the school and its community.

Mark also works with the Department for Education & Skills, and will be presenting with the Managing Director of SIR the work of inter school collaboration, clusters of schools and how developments within this field and ICT can benefit schools in the future.

Simeon Linstead, Business Development Manager, GridClub
www.gridclub.com is a Bafta winning award site from Channel 4, Oracle and Intuitive Media.

GridClub is funded by the DfES and provided free to schools. It covers the whole curriculum for 7-11 year olds through unique interactive games and in addition provides a protected, mediated area on the internet where children can interact.

Myf Powell and Steve Bolingbroke, RM, MathsAlive
The initial pilot for MathsAlive was commissioned as one of three KS3 ICT projects undertaken by the DfES in academic year 2000/01. The brief for the pilot included the need to:

• explore uses of ICT to contribute to the teaching and learning of mathematics;
• develop tools to help teacher productivity;
• develop a course to fit the national numeracy strategy in 2000/2001.

The MathsAlive pilot was independently evaluated by Becta (on behalf of the DfES) and Lancaster University (on behalf of RM). Their finding showed that the service was educationally effective and that both pupils and teachers found it extremely motivating. Further details of these evaluations are available in the document Achieving Success with MathsAlive.

Following the successful conclusion of the pilot, RM has developed a fully-deliverable KS3 mathematics teaching and learning service. MathsAlive Framework Edition was launched at the beginning of Autumn term 2001 and since then over 230 secondary schools have started to use the service.

Chris West, Managing Director of Granada Learning Professional
Development, 11-16 content development
The presentation will provide an overview of Granada Learning's provision and developments for the 11-16 age range. It will cover examples of both content and delivery platforms. Content from the DfES funded pilot digital TV project will be demonstrated to show how this is used to support GCSE students. Granada Learning's virtual learning environment - Learnwise will be introduced and the early experience with this and future potential in schools discussed. Our work with the continuous professional development of teachers to make all this a success will be covered briefly.

Clare Riley & Derek Butler, BBC, Digitisation of the Curriculum Project
Due to the sensitive nature of this presentation, the BBC have only been able to confirm that they will talk about the general principle behind the project, their vision and the Proof of Concept.