Richard Bennet was a primary school teacher for 15 years. He was a pioneer in making use of ICT in primary education, having his first articles on classroom applications if ICT published in the early 1980s. He has been a primary headteacher, an advisory teacherfor ICT, an OFSTED inspector and is presently the ICT co-ordinator for the School of Education at University College Chester where he runs and teaches on ICT courses for trainee and practising teachers.