Doug Johnson has been the Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato Public Schools since 1991 and has served as an adjunct faculty member of Minnesota State University, Mankato, since 1990. His teaching experience has included work in grades K-12 in schools 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 Leading & Learning magazines and on the Education World website, 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, Chili, the UAE, and Australia, and has held a variety of leadership positions in state and national organizations, including ISTE and AASL.