 Keynote Address Dr. Jamie McKenzie 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m |
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| Jamie McKenzie is the Editor of From Now On - The Educational Technology Journal, published online since 1991. In this journal, he argues for information literate schools. More than 25 percent of his 23,000+ subscribers come from countries outside of the U.S., such as Australia, New Zealand, China, Malaysia, and Singapore. From 1993-1997, Jamie was the Director of Libraries, Media and Technology for the Bellingham (WA) Public Schools, a district of 18 schools and 10,000 students fully networked with 2000 desktops all tied to the Internet in 1994/95. He has moved on to support technology planning and professional development for schools across North America, Australia, and New Zealand. 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, assistant superintendent in Princeton (NJ) and 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 and schools to support student centered, engaged learning. |
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