Richard Rothwell

Background

Worked in educational computing for the past 20 years. Now a freelance consultant, with an expertise in sustainable computing and open source solutions. Member of NAACE and the BCS.

Chair of Schoolforge UK and a member of X.org and sometime contributer to the LTSP project. Schoolforge promotes and supports the use of Free, Libre and Open Source Software in schools - working closely with Becta and the others interested in getting FLOSS more involved in schools.

Projects

• Handsworth Grammar School - while at Head of Computing at Handsworth specified and installed a campus wide LTSP network. This has been featured in various press articles and the Becta TCO survey (large pdf files).
  
• Free data logging - currently developing an open resource for schools to cheaply do datalogging.
  

An established public speaker who has spoken at conferences around the country on a range of subjects related to Open Source and education. Also participated in a range of event panel discussions and debates.

Events spoken at include:

• ACCIT
  
• FLOSSIE
  
• OSS Watch
  
• MOST Launch
  
• OpenAdvantage

http://www.richardrothwell.com

education, ict, ltsp, networking, open source, singing, sustainability, thin clients, ubuntu

education, ict, ltsp, networking, open source, thin clients, ubuntu