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Doug Johnson
Doug Johnson has been the Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato (MN)
Public Schools since 1991 and has served as an adjunct faculty member of
Minnesota State University since 1990. His teaching experience has included work
in grades K-12 both here and in Saudi Arabia. He is the author of four books:
The Indispensable Librarian, The Indispensable Teacher’s Guide to Computer
Skills, Teaching Right from Wrong in the Digital Age and Machines are the Easy
Part; People are the Hard Part. His regular columns appear in Library Media
Connection and on the Education World website. Doug’s Blue Skunk Blog averages
over 50,000 visits a month, and his articles have appeared in over forty books
and periodicals. Doug has conducted workshops and given presentations for over
130 organizations throughout the United States as well as in Malaysia, Kenya,
Thailand, Germany, Qatar, Canada, Chile, Peru, the UAE and Australia and has
held a variety of leadership positions in state and national organizations,
including ISTE and AASL.
Less brief bio:
Formal education includes:
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BA in English
Ed. from the University of Northern Colorado, 1976 |
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MA in Library
Science from the University of Iowa, 1979 |
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Certification
in Media Supervision from Mankato State University (MN), 1991. |
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Bush
Leadership Program, 1996-98. |
Teaching experiences include: 2 years high school English teacher
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5 years 1/2
junior high English teacher and 1/2 media specialist |
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5 years K-8
media specialist (Saudi Arabia) |
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2 years high
school media specialist |
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15 years
district media supervisor |
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16 years
state university adjunct in Library Media Education (adolescent materials,
materials for children, information and society, school library leadership
(administration), Internet and advanced Internet for educators, and
technology in education) |
Writings: My articles have appeared in Phi Delta Kappan, MultiMedia
Schools, School Library Journal, The Book Report, Teacher Librarian, Leading and
Learning with Technology, Internet Research, Creative Classroom, Minneapolis
Star Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer-Press, the NASSP Bulletin, and Cricket. I write a
regular column for Library Media Connection, ISTE’s Leading & Learning with
Technology and the Education World website. I also contribute regularly to
AASL’s Knowledge Quest and AASA’s The School Administrator journals. My books
The Indispensable Librarian (1997) and The Indispensable Teacher’s Guide to
Computer Skills 2nd edition (2002), and Teaching Right from Wrong in the Digital
Age (2003) are published by Linworth Publishing. A small book, Machines Are the
Easy Part; People Are the Hard Part: Observations About Making Technology Work
in Schools was published in 2004 and is now
a free download.
Speaking: I have presented and given keynotes for over 150 local, state
and national conferences including NECC, AASL, FETC, MACUL, GaETC, and TIES;
conducted workshops for the Malaysian Ministry of Education and the United
States Information Service and in Germany for the Department of Defense Schools
of Heidelberg; and presented at NE/SA conferences in Bangkok, Nairobi, Istanbul,
Amman, Cairo, and Dubai, at the ECIS conference in Berlin and at EARCOS
conferences in Bangkok. I have also given workshops and done consulting for
school districts throughout the country. A more complete list of schools and
organizations with whom I have worked is
here.
Leadership: My leadership experience includes working on a variety of
state and national library committees and task forces, serving in a variety of
official positions including president in my state media/technology organization
(MEMO, an AASL/ISTE Affiliate), and working on a variety of committees and work
groups for the state of Minnesota’s Department of Education. I have testified on
technology issues for state legislative committees, helped write state standards
and technology plans; and chaired state-wide media/technology conferences. I am
a “charter” member of the ISTE SIGMS, served on a NETS writing/review committee,
chaired the AASL SPVS division, and served from 2003-2008 on the ISTE board.
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