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  1. Simon Finch simfin @johnmclear 's commitment to developing innovative tools to enhance teaching and learning is an inspiration to the educators' community. 1 minute ago via Northern Grid for Learning
  2. Lord Langley lordlangley73 @johnmclear I love PrimaryPad, PrimaryBlogger and Primary Games Arena! Your services and support have been top notch, great work! 2 minutes ago via Education Bradford ICT consultant
  3. timrylands timrylands @johnmclear I always demonstrate John's creations when I do ICT presentations to Primary School ICT Leaders and they are always loved! 2 minutes ago via freelance ICT advisor
  4. terryfreedman terryfreedman John's creativity, hard work and initiative make him a great asset to the learning community 2 days ago via independent ICT advisor

    5. References

  5. Michael Latham, Head Teacher - Newby Primary School - Tel: +44 01274 772 208
  6. Sharon Dominic, Administrator - Wilsden Primary School - Tel: +44 01535 272 263
  7. James Langley, ICT advisor - Education Bradford - Tel: +44 01274 385 500


    8. Experience

    School Technical support and server administration

  8. Minerva Centre Ltd (2000-2003)
    School ICT Helpdesk support engineer
  9. Newby Primary School (2003-2004)
    Network administrator
  10. Primary Technology (2005-2007)
    Consulting schools ICT engineer

    11. Management and Directorship

  11. Primary Technology (2005-)
    Managing Director. Primary Technology provides quality ICT services to Schools.
  12. Welcome3 Ltd (2006-)
    Managing Director
  13. Etherpad foundation (2010-)
    Director. Etherpad foundation is the open source foundation behind the Etherpad software.

    14. Educational Internet Technologies

  14. Primary Email / School Email, Primary Technology (2004-2008) Microsoft Exchange, Spamassassin and Postfix design, configuration, implementation, management and promotion.
  15. PrimaryPad (2009-) Etherpad configuration and development. Primary Pad is a collaborative writing service for schools.
  16. Network Health Check, Primary Technology (2010-) Nagios design, configuration and development
  17. Schools Backup, Primary Technology (2010-) Design, configure and deploy a large remote backup solution for Bradford schools.

    18. Websites with an Educational focus for schools

  18. Safe Search (2006-) Safe search is one of the internets most popular search engines for schools. I developed and maintained this site with the support of a handful of educators.
  19. Primary Games Arena (2007-) Primary Games Arena is the largest catalogue of educational games on the internet. I was responsible for technical design and implementation. This included a custom spider, thumb nailing engine and cms design.
  20. My School Closures (2008-) My School Closures is a clever closure system that uses social media sites to research and notify parents about school closures in their area. I was responsible for technical design which included certain VOIP elements.
  21. Primary School Teaching (2009-) Primary School Teaching is a social network for teachers that encourages teachers to share resources. I maintain the technical element of this site.
  22. My School Holidays (2009-) My School Holidays is a website where schools can share their school holiday sites. I managed a design and technical team that deployed this website.
  23. Primary Pad (2009-) Primary Pad is the worlds largest educational collaborative padding service. I configured and managed the deployment of this service.

Educational Geekeryn. Creating ICT solutions for teachers and learners

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