Francis Howlett

My background is in Education. I taught in secondary schools for many years, and then I worked at NCET - Becta - on a variety of projects to do with the use of ICT in teaching and learning. Since leaving Becta I have undertaken a number of projects including web site support. I have edited existing sites, tinkered with them to improve the way that they display, re-written them, and then more recently I have begun to develop web sites from scratch. For the technically minded, these sites include flat HTML sites, sites with PHP routines, sites which are largely running out of MySQL databases using Perl routines. There are sites which run on Apache servers, sites on a First Class server and on an IIS server with ASP, and there are several examples which exploit Digital Brain's London Grid for Learning routines.

The links below are to some of the sites that I have been involved in and which are still visible on the web. If you are interested in the kind of work that I do and would like to discuss your web site needs, or alternatively use the contact form.

Current Projects:

Sites running off Apache servers, with a mixture of PHP, Perl and MySQL thrown in

• Allegri Singers
• Sage Educational Trust (formerly known as 'DBEAZ')
• Downham and Bellingham EAZ eDemocracy Project (now part of Sage Educational Trust)
• MirandaNet Main Site
• MirandaNet eJournals (Link to the Teachers as Researchers eJournal, one of a variety of Ementoring Journals)
• MirandaNet Graphics Discussion Site (example of a combined images and discussion forum)
• World eCitizens
• World eCitizens Peace Room (experimental site currently used by a school in Bromley and in Free State)
• Elapa Virtual Learning Environment for Free State, South Africa

Personal site with Wordpress blogging software

• Jessie Gilbert (a memorial site to a lovely girl, maintained by her sister and family)

Commercial sites (a new venture for me)

• F.Searle Builders
• KS Kohlensäure Service (Berlin/Neukölln)
• First Class Web Design (development version)

Sites running off a First Class server

• Lewisham ICT Advice
• Lewisham Connectivity (now incorporated into the Technical section of the Lewisham ICT Advice site)
• Talent (no longer maintained - written in the days when we used tables for layout)
• Lewisham Literacy Strategy (no longer maintained - written in the days when we used tables for layout)

Site running off an IIS server

• Hillsyde 14 - 19 Federation

Sites running off the London Grid for Learning (with apologies for the poor accessibility of the LGfL platform)

• Virtual Science Department (LGfL)
• Lewisham ICT Portal (LGfL)
• Lewisham Subject Communities Portal
• LGfL Research Portal
• What I am Proud of in my School (Lewisham Experimental Database: a sortable dynamic list served by a static HTML page, a minor miracle)

I design new websites or maintain existing websites. While I specialise in educational sites, you can see from the list that I have begun to work for small family businesses as well. I strive to write all my sites using valid HTML taking account of Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines. If you are interested in the kind of work I do and would like to discuss your needs, please or alternatively use the contact form.