95 - A conversation with Jamie McKenzie Publisher, FNO Press, writer, speaker

Jamie McKenzie who has supported schools around the world as consultant, speaker and keynote, and written about education technology and information literacy . Jamie is Editor of From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal, a Web-based journal published online since 1991 and was the Director of Libraries, Media and Technology for the Bellingham (WA) Public Schools. Jamie shares his rich professional journey, the importance of questions, information literacy and the ever changing landscape of education technology- What seems to have stuck and what do we still need to engage with education technology in schools.  

 

About Jamie McKenzie

 

Dr. Jamie McKenzie is an international speaker with a focus on questioning,

thinking skills, information literacies and the smart use of new technologies. His work takes him from Singapore and Sydney to Dallas and Toronto inspiring  teachers to challenge

students at a high level of rigor.

 

Jamie is the Editor of "From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal"  and “The Question Mark.”  In both publications he explores both the practical and the possible, grounding his work in classroom realities.

 

In the early nineties, Jamie was the Director of Libraries, Media and Technology for the Bellingham (WA) Public Schools, a district of 18 schools and 10,000 students where he helped to pioneer their networking and program development.  He moved on to support planning and professional development for schools and teachers around the world.

 

A graduate of Yale with an MA from Columbia and Ed.D. from Rutgers, Jamie has been a middle school teacher of English and social studies, an assistant principal, an elementary principal, an assistant superintendent in Princeton (NJ) and the superintendent of two districts on the East coast.  He also taught four-year-olds in Sunday school.

 

Jamie has published and spoken extensively on information technologies and how they might transform classrooms to support student centered, engaged learning.  

 

Jamie McKenzie on Social Media

 

Twitter: @EdTech2030 

 

Resources

"From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal"  is at http://fno.org

 

“The Question Mark” is at http://questioning.org

 

A full resume is available online at http://fno.org/JM/resume.html

 

High resolution photographs are available online for downloading at

http://fno.org/JM/resume.html#anchor256763

 

John Mikton on Social Media

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmikton/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmikton

Web: beyonddigital.org

 

Dan Taylor on social media:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantcz/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanTaylorAE

Web: www.appsevents.com

 

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